PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Columbia men's and women's squash team continued action at the CSA National Team Championships Friday. Women's squash defeated Tufts in a consolation match, while the men were defeated by Penn in the Potter Cup quarterfinals.
MEN'S RECAP
Columbia put up a battle early against top-seeded Penn in the quarterfinal match. The Quakers eventually pulled away to earn the 7-2 victory.
Zach Nam and
Adam Goad posted individual wins for Columbia. The Lions will now move into the consolation bracket and will face No. 5 Virginia on Saturday.
#1 Penn 7, #8 Columbia 2
1 | Salman Khalil (PENN) def.
Shaurya Bawa (COL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
2 | Nicholas Spizzirri (PENN) def.
Yusuf Sheikh (COL) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5
3 | Omar Hafez (PENN) def.
Arhan Chandra (COL) 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
4 | Marwan Abdelsalam (PENN) def.
Franklyn Smith (COL) 11-6, 11-3, 4-11, 11-8
5 | Dana Santry (PENN) def.
Imad Athar (COL) 11-4, 11-4, 13-11
6 |
Zach Nam (COL) def. Zane Patel (PENN) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
7 | Abdelrahman Dweek (PENN) def.
Tommy Soltanian (COL) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
8 | Varun Chitturi (PENN) def.
Laszlo Godde (COL) 8-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-8, 12-10
9 |
Adam Goad (COL) def. Roger Alber Baddour (PENN) 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3
WOMEN'S RECAP
The 10
th-ranked Columbia women's squash rebounded after Thursday's loss to defeat No. 11 Tufts, 6-3 in a consolation match.
Simmi Chan,
Nourin Khalifa,
Amal Izhar,
Kaavya Bansal,
Andreea Ghiorghisor and
Renee Chan secured individual victories Friday. Columbia will move on to face No. 9 Drexel on Saturday at 11 a.m.
#10 Columbia 6, #11 Tufts 3
1 |
Simmi Chan (COL) def. Vharshamaithraa Dinesh (TU) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4
2 |
Nourin Khalifa (COL) def. Maria Arseniev (TU) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
3 |
Amal Izhar (COL) def. Riddhi Joshi (TU) 8-11, 11-6, 14-12, 7-11, 12-10
4 | Sohni Vermani (TU) def.
Eva Salzman (COL) 13-11, 11-6, 11-0
5 |
Kaavya Bansal (COL) def. Anika Goyal (TU) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
6 |
Andreea Ghiorghisor (COL) def. Nieve Monderer (TU) 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4
7 | Aleezah Burhan (TU) def.
Advita Sharma (COL) 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 13-11, 11-8
8 | Indira Moshi (TU) def.
Sophia Hu (COL) 11-7, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6
9 |
Renee Chan (COL) def. Chloe Bergam (TU) 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7
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