Feb 13th ,
New Haven CT - For the Yale Bulldogs, playing in front of
a large and lively home crowd, this last regular season match
of the 2007-08 campaign was worth waiting for, for both the
men's and women's varsity squash teams.
HISTORIC DOUBLE WIN
Yale has enjoyed some
level of success against Harvard squash over the years, but
as the Yale sports info department scurried to scour the
record books, it appears that this is the first time that
Yale's men and women's teams have beaten Harvard the same
season.
For the women, the victory was expected
and not completely unusual, since the Yale women enjoyed
a three year run as national champions recently. But for
the Yale men, it was their first victory over Harvard since
wins in 2002 and 2003. The Yale men scored a dominant 7-2
win over the Harvard Crimson Wednesday evening at the Brady
Squash Center. The Bulldogs finish the regular season 11-2
(5-1 Ivy), second place in the Ancient Eight behind Princeton.
In both contests, the men's and the women's,
Yale started the evening with a 4-0 lead, then coasting home
to victory. So although not suspenseful, the wins were important
and well contested ones.
The
bottom of the Eli lineup came up huge, putting together a
4-0 record. No. 6 Moshe
Sarfaty beat J. Reed Endresen, 3-0 (9-4, 9-6, 9-5),
No. 7 Todd Ruth dominated
Franklin Cohen, 3-0 (9-1, 9-7, 9-1), No. 8 Colin
Campbell handily defeated Ned Reeves, 3-0 (9-1, 9-1,
9-2), and No. 9 Naishadh
Lalwani cruised to a victory over Alastair Smith, 3-0
(9-3, 10-8, 9-4).
The most stirring performance of the night,
however, came from No. 2 Aaron
Fuchs. Fuchs quickly fell behind two games to Verdi
DiSesa before winning a tight 10-8 third game. Fuchs then
rolled 9-0, 9-0 to pick up the win for Yale.
No. 3 John
Fulham and No. 4 Francis
Johnson picked up the final two wins of the night.
Fulham downed Richard Hill, 3-0 (9-7, 9-1, 9-2) and Johnson
beat Niko Hrdy, 3-1 (6-9, 9-6, 9-7, 9-5).
The victory propelled
the Bulldogs into the No. 3 seed in this weekend's CSA
Championships. Yale will
face the No. 6 Penn Quakers on
Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Cambridge.
On the women's side, the margin of victory
was 6-3, a decisive margin especially considering Harvard's
very close 5-4 loss to National #1 Penn last weekend in Cambridge.
Yale's
top three made quick work of their Crimson foes. No. 1 Miranda
Ranieri defeated June Tiong, 3-1 (9-5, 4-9, 9-4, 9-5),
No. 2 Logan
Greer downed Alisha Mashruwala, 3-1 (9-3, 9-1, 2-9,
9-0), and No. 3 Sarah
Toomey handled Katherine O'Donnell, 3-1 (9-7, 7-9,
9-4, 9-0).
The overall match hinged on two extremely
competitive contests that could have gone either way. No.
9 Eli
Hill battled Sandra Mumanachit in an epic match, eventually
pulling out a win, 3-2 (0-9, 10-8, 9-4, 7-9, 9-7). No. 6
Jessica Balderston won her match against Ali Zindman
in three games, but had to battle her opponent in 10-8,
9-6, 10-8 wins.
No. 4 Alia
Aziz, who has come back strongly this season after a summer
knee injury, picked up the final win for the Bulldogs, over
Johanna Snyder, 3-2 (6-9, 10-8, 9-2, 3-9, 9-4).
With the win,
the Bulldogs will likely pick up the No. 3 seed for next
week's Howe Cup in Princeton, pending results from this weekend.
Yale def Harvard Women 6-3
Results:
No. 1 Miranda
Ranieri (Y) def. June Tiong (H), 3-1 (9-5, 4-9, 9-4,
9-5)
No. 2 Logan
Greer (Y) def. Alisha Mashruwala (H), 3-1 (9-3, 9-1,
2-9, 9-0)
No. 3 Sarah
Toomey (Y) def. Katherine O'Donnell (H), 3-1 (9-7,
7-9, 9-4, 9-0)
No. 4 Alia
Aziz (Y) def. Johanna Snyder (H), 3-2 (6-9, 10-8, 9-2,
3-9, 9-4)
No. 5 Bethan Williams (H) def. Caroline
Reigeluth (Y), 3-1 (9-8, 7-9, 9-3, 9-1)
No. 6 Jessica
Balderston (Y) def. Alexandra Zindman (H), 3-0 (10-8,
9-6, 10-8)
No. 7 Supriya Balsekar (H) def. Sarah
Barenbaum (Y), 3-0 (9-0, 9-0, 9-3)
No. 8 Charlene Neo (H) def. Tara
Wadhwa (Y), 3-1 (0-9, 9-6, 9-0, 9-2)
No. 9 Elisabeth
Hill (Y) def. Sandra Mumanachit (H), 3-2 (0-9, 10-8,
9-4, 7-9, 9-7)
Yale def Harvard Men 7-2
Individual
Results:
No. 1 Colin West (H) def. Max
Samuel (Y), 3-0 (9-4, 9-0, 9-0)
No. 2 Aaron
Fuchs (Y) def. Verdi DiSesa (H), 3-2 (5-9, 0-9, 10-8,
9-0, 9-0)
No. 3 John
Fulham (Y) def. Richard Hill (H), 3-0 (9-7, 9-1, 9-2)
No. 4 Francis
Johnson (Y) def. Niko Hrdy (H), 3-1 (6-9, 9-6, 9-7,
9-5)
No. 5 Eliot Buchanan (H) def. Ho
Ming Chiu (Y), 3-0 (9-7, 9-6, 9-4)
No. 6 Moshe
Sarfaty (Y) def. J. Reed Endresen (H), 3-0 (9-4, 9-6,
9-5)
No. 7 Todd
Ruth (Y) def. Franklin Cohen (H), 3-0 (9-1, 9-7, 9-1)
No. 8 Colin
Campbell (Y) def. Ned Reeves (H), 3-0 (9-1, 9-1, 9-2)
No. 9 Naishadh
Lalwani (Y) def. Alastair Smith (H), 3-0 (9-3, 10-8,
9-4)
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