Elis play closest match of season

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale Women's Squash Team suffered its first loss of the season Sunday afternoon against No. 3 Princeton. The Bulldogs and Tigers were tied going into the final match before Princeton came out with a 5-4 victory. 

The match was neck-and-neck from the start thanks in large part to the Bulldogs' top three players, No. 1 Lucy Beecroft, No. 2 Helen Teegan and No. 3 Celine Yeap.

In the opening match of the afternoon, Beecroft took down her opponent in a five-game nail biter. Teegan then outlasted Princeton's Raneem El Torky 3-2, and in the penultimate match of the afternoon, Yeap defeated her opponent 3-1.

Also securing a victory for the Elis was No. 8 Nikita Joshi, who won 3-2 in a tight match.

The Bulldogs travel to No. 5 Stanford on Saturday for a noon match.

Full Stats, Yale vs. Princeton:

No. 1 seed: Lucy Beecroft, Y def. Hiu Lam Lui, P (11-2, 7-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8)

No. 2 seed: Helen Teegan, Y def. Raneem El Torky, P (11-4, 11-3, 8-11, 8-11, 11-4)

No. 3 seed: Celine Yeap, Y def. Elle Ruggiero, P (11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9)

No. 4 seed: Grace M. Doyle, P def. Aishwarya Bhattacharya. Y (8-11, 3-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8)

No. 5 seed: Samantha Chai, P def. Emily Sherwood, Y (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)

No. 6 seed: Emme Leonard, P def. Riya Mital, Y (14-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3)

No. 7 seed: Andrea Toth, P def. Alexis Lazor, Y (11-8, 11-8, 11-3)

No. 8 seed: Nikita Joshi, Y def. Morgan V. Steelman, P (11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4)

No. 9 seed: Isabel W. Hirshberg, P def. Jessica Yacobucci, Y (12-10, 11-4, 11-3)

Report by Johnny Gross '21, Yale Sports Publicity