ITHACA, N.Y. — Freshman Siva Subramaniam continued the red-hot start to her collegiate career with a fourth straight victory at the No. 1 position, accounting for the women's squash team's lone point in an 8-1 loss to Yale on Sunday at Belkin International Squash Courts.
The Big Red's highly-decorated mid-season addition defeated Lucy Beecroft on Sunday in four games. It marked the first time Subramaniam, ranked 45th in the world by the Professional Squash Association, dropped a game – and took a two-time first-team All-America selection to do it.
Though the victory at the top rung on the ladder represented the lone point on the day for Cornell (4-8, 1-4 Ivy League), the nation's 12th-ranked program showed improvement elsewhere in relation to its 9-0 loss to fifth-ranked Yale (9-3, 4-1) last season. Four of the Big Red's other scoring matches went to four games, compared to just two a year ago. The Bulldogs are now 28-1 all-time against Cornell.
The Big Red wraps up its regular season with three matches next weekend. It starts with a visit to Penn at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by the Ivy League finale at home against Princeton at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. St. Lawrence then visits Belkin to complete the doubleheader with a match against Cornell at 5 p.m. Sunday.
YALE 8, CORNELL 1
National rankings: Yale 5, Cornell 12
At Belkin International Squash Courts; Ithaca, N.Y.
1. Siva Subramaniam (C) def. Lucy Beecroft, 11-5, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8
2. Helen Teegan (Y) def.
Lily Zelov, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10
3. Celine Yeap (Y) def.
Nghi Nguyen, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
4. Aishwarya Battacharya (Y) def.
Madison Miles, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
5. Emily Sherwood (Y) def.
Colby Gallagher, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
6. Riya Mital (Y) def.
Mimi deLisser, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
7. Alexis Lazor (Y) def.
Lucy Martin, 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4
8. Nikita Joshi (Y) def.
Hannah Scherl, 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6
9. Jessica Yacobucci (Y) def.
Lauren Leizman, 13-15, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
Ex. Ainsley Weber (Y) def.
Steph Tan, 11-3, 10-12, 17-15, 11-5
