PRINCETON, N.J. — Sophomore
Xin Ying Yee upped her record on the year to 8-0 as the No. 8-ranked Cornell women's squash team (5-3, 1-2 Ivy League) fell to No. 4-ranked Princeton (6-0, 2-0 Ivy League) by a 7-2 score at the brand-new Racquet & Recreation Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.
Yee avenged dropping the first game, 11-3, by winning the next three, 14-12, 11-9, 11-9, and handing Princeton's Zeina Zein (3-1) her first loss of the season.
Also winning for the Big Red was senior
Ananya Dabke, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Charlotte Bell at the No. 3 match, 3-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9.
Junior
Alysa Ali (No. 4), sophomores
Christa Kay (No. 5),
Maya Voloshin (No. 6) and
Saniya Jaggi (No. 7) all lost their respective matches in four games.
RESULTS
No. 1:
Xin Ying Yee def. Zeina Zein, 3-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-9.
No. 2: Emma Trauber def.
Aishwarya Khubchandani, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4.
No. 3:
Ananya Dabke def. Charlotte Bell, 3-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9.
No. 4: Caroline Eielson def.
Alysa Ali, 11-7, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6.
No. 5: Katherine Sapinski def.
Christa Kay, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7.
No. 6: Sonya Sasson def.
Maya Voloshin, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.
No. 7: Liyen Teoh def.
Saniya Jaggi, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-2.
No. 8: Hermoine Cao def.
Kahjin Yap, 11-1, 11-7, 11-7.
No. 9: Josephine Klein def.
Devon Shatzman, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
UP NEXT
Cornell will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 18, when it returns to Philadelphia to square off against fellow Ivy League rival Penn (8-1, 1-0 Ivy League). First matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Match action will be streamed live on Stretch Internet.
Penn owns the lead in the series with Cornell, 32-3, and has won the last two contests against the Big Red.
Last year, the Quakers prevailed, 8-1, in the second consolation bracket of the Howe Cup at the 2024 CSA National Collegiate Team Championships in Philadelphia.
Maya Voloshin won her match at the No. 8 position by default.
Cornell's last victory over Penn came at the Belkin Squash Courts, 6-3, on Jan. 13, 2023, which snapped the Big Red's 25-match losing streak to the Quakers.
