PHILADELPHIA, PA. – The No. 6 Yale women's squash team battled to a 7-2 Ivy League victory over Penn at the Penn Squash Center. The Bulldogs improved to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the Ivy with the win.
"After a great performance against Penn, the women will shift their focus to another tough Ivy opponent in Princeton with eyes on another victory," says
Lynn Leong, Brooks G. Ragen Director of Squash. Three of Yale's nine matches went to five sets as
Sneha Sivakumar,
Brianna Jefferson, and
Gigi Yeung battled for the wins. Jefferson, in particular, went down 2-0 early on and rattled off three-straight wins to earn the W. This was Yale's fifth-straight victory over Penn dating back to Feb. 5, 2017.
Match Results
- Malak Taha def. Elisabeth Ross (YALE) -- 6-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9
- Sneha Sivakumar (YALE) def. Avni Anand – 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
- Christy Lau (YALE) def. Jana Dweek – 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
- Brianna Jefferson (YALE) def. Ashley Manning – 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-1
- Whitney Taylor (YALE) def. Natasha Pensler – 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
- Meghna Sreedhar (YALE) def. Eujung Park – 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5
- Mika Bardin (YALE) def. Grace Lavin – 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
- Gigi Yeung (YALE) def. Penelope Oh – 7-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10
- Emma Carter (PENN) def. Nina Mital (YALE) – 11-2, 11-9, 11-6
Up Next
The Bulldogs will travel south for another tough Ivy League opponent in Princeton on Sunday, Jan. 29.
