The Virginia womales’s and males’s squash groups took on a pair of extremely-ranked Ivy League opponents on the road this weekend. Although the Cavaliers collectively went 1-3 over the 4 matches they performed, the one victory was pretty historic. On Sunday, the No. 9 Virginia womales’s squash group defeated No. 4 Columbia, The very biggest-ranked opponent UVA has defeated Inside the historic previous of This method.
It was A very aggressive and exhausting-fought match, with the Hoos needing every level they gained So as to emerge with a 5-4 victory over the Lions. Maria Paula Moya, Erin O’Connor, and Maureen Foley every picked up wins in three video recreations. Sydney Maxwell defeated Sarah Cao in 4 video recreations: 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8. Lastly, Caroline Baldwin acquired here from behind to win An important 5-recreation match in the direction of Ellie McVeigh (11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5) for Virginia’s fifth win.
On Saturday, the UVA womales’s squash group fell to No. 5 Yale 2-7. Meagan Best and Mandy Haywood each gained their matches in 4 video recreations, however they have been The one Cavaliers to notch victories.
The No. 7 Virginia males’s squash group, which started its season with a 9-0 sweep at No. 21 Navy final week, suffered again-to-again losses to No. 8 Yale and No. 6 Columbia, every by a 3-6 margin. Aly Hussein defeated each of his opponents in straight-recreation victories. Omar El Torkey additionally gained each of his matches this weekend, defeating Yale’s Max Forster in 4 video recreations (10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-3) and Columbia’s Callan Hall in 5 video recreations (11-7, 10-12, 1-11, 11-7, 11-0). Myles McIntyre defeated Jed Burde of Yale in 5 video recreations (11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-8), whereas Cullen Little notched A 3-recreation victory over Columbia’s Chaitanya Shah.
Up subsequent, each Virginia squash groups proceed to play on the road with one other three matches in the direction of Ivy League groups subsequent weekend. The Cavaliers play Penn (males’s No. 1, womales’s No. 8) on Friday, Princeton (males’s No. 3, womales’s No. 3) on Saturday, and Cornell (males’s No. 9, womales’s No. 7) on Sunday.
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