HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams played their first home match in almost two years and handed the visiting University of Pennsylvania Quakers a 7-2 loss in women's squash action this afternoon at Kellner Center. Trinity, ranked No. 2 in the nation, improves to 6-0 entering a home match tomorrow against the No. 3-ranked Princeton Tigers. The Quakers drop to 7-4.
Trinity won four matches by 3-0 scores, as seniors
Sahari Lopez (Zappopan, Mexico) and
Nadiia Usenko (KIev, Ukraine) and sophomores
Nouran Yousseff (Smouha, Egypt) and
Madeleine Hylland (Baerum, Norway) each swept her opponent. No matches went five sets, as Trinity first-year
Malak Moustafa (Alexandria, Egypt) won at the top of the ladder, 3-1 over Penn's Ashley Manning, junior
Habiba Dawood (Cairo, Egypt) won, 3-1, at the eighth spot, and rookie Lulu Palacios (Asuncion, Paraguay) won, 3-1, in the sixth position, Jamila Tarner and Navmi Sharma won, 3-1, and, 3-0, respectively for the Quakers.
MATCH RESULTS
1. TC-
Malak Moustafa d. Ashley Manning, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-2
2. P- Jamila Tamer d.
Jana Safy, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
3. TC-
Nouran Youssef d. Yoshna Singh, 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
4. TC-
Madeleine Hylland d. Anvi Anand, 11-6, 11-4, 15-13
5. TC-
Sahari Lopez d. Amina Tamer, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
6. TC- Lulu Palacios Benitez d. Grace Lavin, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
7. TC-
Nadiia Usenko d. Emma Carter, 11-1, 11-6, 11-2
8. TC-
Habiba Dawood d. Emma Wolf, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
9. P- Navmi Sharma d.
Nanna Carleke, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6
Trinity (Conn.) 7, Pennsylvania 2