PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The No. 8 Cornell women's squash team advanced in the CSA Championships on Thursday afternoon with a 5-4 victory over No. 9 Columbia. The Big Red will face No. 1 Trinity College at 3 p.m. Friday. 

Cornell avenged a 6-3 loss to Columbia two weeks ago behind wins from Wen Li Lai, Aishwarya Khubchandani, Alysa Ali, Christa Kay and Saniya Jaggi. Ali and Kay lost their matches in the first meeting against Columbia. 

Jaggi and Khubchandani won in straight sets. 

Match-by-match results: Cornell 5, Columbia 4

Match 1: Wen Li Lai def. Chan Sin Yuk 3-2

Match 2: Aishwarya Khubchandani def. Erica McGillicuddy 3-0

Match 3: Nourin Khalifa def. Ananya Dabke 3-2

Match 4: Alysa Ali def. Sarah Cao 3-2

Match 5: Christa Kay def. Amal Izhar 3-1

Match 6: Aleeza Khan def. Devon Shatzman 3-1

Match 7: Eugenia Li def. Ania LaDow 3-1

Match 8: Kaavya Bansal def. Maya Voloshin 3-2

Match 9: Saniya Jaggi def. Advita Sharma 3-0

Up Next

• Cornell faces No. 1 Trinity on Friday, March 1, at 3 p.m. 

• Trinity beat the Big Red 8-1 on Jan. 27. 

• Cornell has never beaten Trinity in 20 games.