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Trinity Women's Squash Advances To Howe Cup Semis With Win Over Virginia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Madeleine Hylland (Baerum, Norway) posted the lone 3-0 victory of the match to lead the Trinity College Bantams to an 8-1 victory over the University of Virginia Cavaliers in the quarterfinals of the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship (Howe Cup) Tournament this afternoon at Harvard University's Murr Courts.  Trinity, seeded No. 2 in the field, improves to 14-1 and advances to the semifinals against No. 6-seeded Drexel tomorrow at 1 p.m.  Virginia drops to 13-5 and faces No. 3-seeded Princeton tomorrow at 4 p.m.  Hyland grinded out her first two sets at the No. 4 spot on the ladder, 11-9, and, 14-12, before blasting Virginia's Olivia Walsh, 11-1, in the third.  Bantam first-year Malak Moustafa (Alexandria, Egypt) won, 3-1, over Meagan Best, 3-1, at the top of the ladder and Trinity's bottom third all pulled out five-setters.

MATCH RESULTS
1. TC- Malak Moustafa d. Meagan Best, 11-9, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6
2. TC- Nouran Youssef d. Maria Moya, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
3. TC- Sarahi Lopez d. Emma Jinks, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 18-16
4. TC- Madeleine Hylland d. Olivia Walsh, 11-9, 14-12, 11-1
5. TC- Nadiia Usenko d. Maureen Foley, 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6
6. V- Sydney Maxwell d. Nanna Carleke, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4
7. TC- Janna El Ashmawy d. Amanda Haywood, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6
8. TC- Lily Taylor-French d. Caroline Baldwin, 11-13, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5, 13-11
9. TC- Zeinab Bakayoko d. Erin O'Connor, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7
Trinity (Conn.) 8, Virginia 1
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