Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College Bantams returned to action on the women's squash court this afternoon an impressive fashion with an 8-1 victory over the No. 7-ranked Cornell University Big Red this afternoon at Kellner Center. Trinity, ranked No. 6 nationally, improve to 4-1 after a season-opening loss and will visit No. 8-ranked Columbia on Wednesday at noon. The Big Red drops to 3-2.
Trinity welcomed back All-American junior Anna Kimberley (Colchester, England) from a semester abroad, and she delivered in her first competition of the season with an 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 win in the No. 4 spot in the lineup. Bantam first-year Jennifer Haley (Caldicot, Wales) won, 11-2, 11-6, 11-3, in the No. 6 position in her collegiate debut, while senior co-captain Kanzy El Defrawy (Cairo, Egypt) and sophomore Ranaam Sharaf (Giza, Egypt) and Salma El Defrawy (Cairo, Egypt) also won by 3-0 scores.
MATCH RESULTS
1. TC- Kanzy El Defrawy d. Rachel Sherman, 11-3, 11-4, 11-9
2. TC- Raneem Sharaf d. Margaux Losty, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
3. TC – Julia LeCoq d. Emma Uible, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
4. TC- Anna Kimberly d. Charlotte Knaggs, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
5. TC- Salma El Defrawy d. Reut Odinak, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
6. TC- Jennifer Haley d. Nghi Nguyen, 11-2, 11-6, 11-3
7. TC- Sachika Balvani d. Lauren Leizman, 11-6, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6
8. C- Sydney Francis d. Alexia Echeverria, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10
9. TC- Karolina Holinkova d. Hannah Scherl, 13-11,11-5, 12-10
Trinity (Conn.) 8, Cornell 1
