HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams continued their perfect women's squash season with a 6-3 victory over the visiting Princeton University Tigers this afternoon at Kellner Center. The No. 2-ranked Bantams improve to 7-0 and No. 3-ranked Princeton is now 6-2. Trinity hosts top-ranked Harvard on Friday at 5 p.m. Trinity led, 4-2, after two waves with early 3-0 wins by seniors
Sahari Lopez (Zappopan, Mexico) and
Nadiia Usenko (Kiev, Ukraine) and junior
Lily Taylor-French (Fano, Italy) and a 3-1 triumph at the top of the ladder by rookie
Malak Moustafa (Alexandria, Egypt) over Princeton's Andrea Toth. First-year
Jana Safy (Cairo, Egypt) swept Elle Ruggiero in a dominant performance at the No. 2 in the lineup, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6, and classmate Madeline Hylland (Baerum, Norway) added a 3-1 win for the Bantams. Two of Princeton's victories were five-setters, as Ranaam El Torky edged Trinity rookie
Nouran Youssef and Katherine Glaser outlasted Trinity first-year Lujan Palacios (Asuncion, Paraguay).
MATCH RESULTS
1. TC-
Malak Moustafa d. Andrea Toth, 11-2, 11-1, 3-11, 11-5
2. TC-
Jana Safy d. Elle Ruggiero, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6
3. P- Raneem El Torky d.
Nouran Youssef, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8
4. TC-
Madeleine Hylland d. Caroline Spahr, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3
5. TC-
Sahari Lopez d. Meme Leonard, 11-7, 11-7, 14-12
6. P- Katherine Glaser d. Lujan Palacios, 13-11, 11-5, 5-11, 10-12, 11-5
7. TC-
Nadiia Usenko d. Oliva Robinson, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
8. P- Katherine Sapkinski d.
Habiba Dawood, 5-11, 14-12, 11-3, 11-9
9. TC-
Lily Taylor-French d. Molly Chadwick, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9
Trinity (Conn.) 6, Princeton University 3