NEW YORK — The eighth-ranked Cornell women's squash team bounced back from a difficult weekend with a 7-2 victory over No. 15 Columbia on Saturday at the SL Green StreetSquash Center.

The Big Red (6-5, 2-3 Ivy League) won seven of nine matches to extend its winning streak over the Lions to three and improve to 12-8 all-time in the series. Cornell posted three victories in straight games and also had three others end in four games against the Lions (1-8, 0-5 Ivy).

After outlasting Columbia's Eva Salzman in the first game, 14-12, senior Alysa Ali dominated the final two games, allowing only eight total points in her straight-game victory, 14-12, 11-3, 11-5. At the top position, junior Xin Ying Yee posted a straight-game victory over Nourin Khalifa, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, while senior Aishwarya Khubchandani rallied from a first-game deficit at No. 2 to defeat Yeheni Kuruppu 9-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-6.

Sophomore Sabine Ball added a straight-game win at No. 5, defeating Amal Izhar 11-6, 11-8, 11-8. Junior Maya Voloshin overcame an opening-game loss at No. 7 to defeat Charlie McCrone 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, while fellow junior Saniya Jaggi posted a four-game victory over Columbia's Isha Gupta at No. 8, 14-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5.

The longest match of the afternoon came at No. 6, where junior Christa Kay outlasted Eugenia Li in five games, 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 9-11, 11-5.

Columbia's two victories came from Kaavya Bansal, who defeated freshman Vicky Lai in four games at No. 4, and Advita Sharma, who posted a straight-game win over freshman Lamees Shalaby at No. 9.

RESULTS
No. 1: Xin Ying Yee def. Nourin Khalifa, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.
No. 2: Aishwarya Khubchandani def. Yeheni Kuruppu, 9-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-6.
No. 3: Alysa Ali def. Eva Salzman, 14-12, 11-3, 11-5.
No. 4: Kaavya Bansal def. Vicky Lai, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5.
No. 5: Sabine Ball def. Amal Izhar, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.
No. 6: Christa Kay def. Eugenia Li, 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 9-11, 11-5.
No. 7: Maya Voloshin def. Charlie McCrone, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.
No. 8: Saniya Jaggi def. Isha Gupta, 14-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5.
No. 9: Advita Sharma def. Lamees Shalaby, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.

UP NEXT
Cornell will play its final non-conference match on Sunday, when it faces No. 3 Stanford (6-2). Match action is scheduled to begin at noon.

The Cardinal have won both of its matches on the weekend, cruising past Columbia, 9-0, on Friday before edging No. 9 Yale, 5-4, on Saturday.