AMHERST, Mass. — Seven players of the No. 8-ranked Cornell women's squash team (3-1) posted three-game victories as the Big Red defeated No. 15-ranked Amherst (3-2) at the Davenport Squash Center on Sunday afternoon.
Sophomore
Xin Ying Yee (No. 1) and freshman
Sabine Ball (No. 7) both improved to 4-0 to begin the season, serving as two of the seven Big Red players to win in three games. Joining Yee and Ball in sweeping their opponents was juniors
Aishwarya Khubchandani (No. 2) and
Alysa Ali (No. 4), sophomores
Maya Voloshin (No. 6) and
Saniya Jaggi (No. 8), and freshman
Kahjin Yap (No. 9).
Junior
Ananya Dabke avenged dropping the first game to Alex Brown, 11-5, before stringing three consecutive wins together, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4, to win in four games at the No. 3 position.
Sophomore
Christa Kay ensured the clean sweep for Cornell, coming back from a 2-1 deficit against Brigid Brandon in the No. 5 match. Kay won the first game, 11-5, before losing the next two games, 11-9, 11-7. The final two games favored Kay by 11-6 scores.
MATCH RESULTS
No. 1:
Xin Ying Yee def. Tanmai Pathak, 15-13, 11-9, 11-9
No. 2:
Aishwarya Khubchandani def. Quincy Cline, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7
No. 3:
Ananya Dabke def. Alex Brown, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
No. 4:
Alysa Ali def. Kristen Daniel, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
No. 5:
Christa Kay def. Brigid Brandon, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6
No. 6:
Maya Voloshin def. Ella Miller, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
No. 7:
Sabine Ball def. Isabelle Tilney-Sandberg, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9
No. 8:
Saniya Jaggi def. Morgan Chaudhary, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8
No. 9:
Kahjin Yap def. Clara Dawn, 11-5, 11-8, 11-2
UP NEXT
Cornell will return to the court on Saturday, Jan. 11, when it opens Ivy League play against No. 11-ranked Dartmouth (2-2, 0-1 Ivy League) at the Belkin Squash Courts. Match action is scheduled to begin at noon, and will be streamed live on Stretch Internet.
