NEW YORK — The women's squash team has made a case to move up the national rankings by toppling seventh-ranked Columbia, 6-3, on Sunday at SL Green StreetSquash. The Big Red later lost to sixth-ranked Stanford, 7-2.
Cornell (6-3, 2-1 Ivy League) improved to 6-1 all-time against Columbia, backing up a victory in the Howe Cup seventh-place match last year to set itself up to again leapfrog the Lions in the College Squash Association national rankings this week. Five of the matches against Columbia went to five sets, with Cornell emerging victorious in four of them
Junior
Margaux Losty swept her match at No. 3, then sophomore
Hannah Scherl battled back to win in five sets at No. 9 to give Cornell a 2-1 lead over Columbia following the first rotation. Junior
Charlotte Knaggs won in three at No. 8 and senior co-captain
Rachel Scherman outlasted her opponent at No. 2 send Cornell into the final rotation with a 4-2 lead. Junior
Emma Uible (No. 4) and freshman
Lucy Martin (No. 7) then won in five in the final rotation to clinch the match for the Big Red.
After a quick turnaround to the day's second match, the Big Red never got on track against the Cardinal. Losty won her second match of the day at No. 3, then junior Michèle Garceau battled back to win in five at No. 1.
"There were some close matches. I'm very happy with how hard we fought," said
David Palmer, the first-year James Broadhead '57 Head Coach of Squash. "I think we could turn this result around if we play Stanford again at nationals."
Cornell returns to action next weekend with an Ivy League trip to Dartmouth (noon Saturday) and Harvard (noon Sunday).
#8 CORNELL 6, #7 COLUMBIA 3
1. Tanvi Khanna (Clm) def. Michèle Garceau, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4
2.
Rachel Scherman (Cor) def. Maddie O'Connor, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
3.
Margaux Losty (Cor) def. Jui Kalgutkar, 11-5, 15-13, 11-4
4.
Emma Uible (Cor) def. Colette Sultana, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9
5. Maya Patel (Clm) def.
Madison Miles, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5
6. Addie Fulton (Clm) def.
Nghi Nguyen, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6
7.
Lucy Martin (Cor) def. Diana Masch, 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 4-11, 11-4
8.
Charlotte Knaggs (Cor) def. Gabi Martin, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
9.
Hannah Scherl (Cor) def. Maryam Aly, 5-11, 11-4, 11-1, 8-11, 11-6
#6 STANFORD 7, #8 CORNELL 2
1. Michèle Garceau (C) def. Casey Wong, 5-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8
2. Chloe Chemtob (S) def.
Rachel Scherman, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-3
3.
Margaux Losty (C) def. Zandra Ho, 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8
4. Sarah Bell (S) def.
Emma Uible, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
5. Tara Shannon (S) def.
Madison Miles, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
6. Christina Huchro (S) def.
Nghi Nguyen, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5
7. Lucy Rowe (S) def.
Lucy Martin, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
8. Tatyanna Dadabbo (S) def.
Charlotte Knaggs, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8
9. Anna Marie Manning (S) def.
Hannah Scherl, 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
