PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Yale women's squash team started off the CSA Championships in a big way, downing Tufts 9-0 on Thursday evening at the Arlen Specter U.S. Squash Center in Philadelphia. 

The fifth-seeded Bulldogs cruised in their opening round matchup against No. 12 Tufts. The Elis dropped a total of four games throughout the event as they cruised to the quarterfinals of the national championship tournament. 

Match Results
Elisabeth Ross (YALE) def. Vharshamithraa Dinesh (TUFTS) 11-8, 11-2, 13-11
Sneha Sivakumar (YALE) def. Maria Arseniev (TUFTS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5
Christy Lau (YALE) def. Riddhi Joshi (TUFTS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
Gigi Yeung (YALE) def. Caroline Chin (TUFTS) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3
Meghna Sreedhar (YALE) def. Aleezah Burhan (TUFTS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Rashi Goverdhanam (YALE) def. Nieve Monderer (TUFTS) 11-5, 7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-3
Lindsay Westerfield (YALE) def. Sanjana Vissapragada (TUFTS) 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5
Joy Qu (YALE) def. Ellyn Xu (TUFTS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
Nina Mital (YALE) def. Sora Karanja (TUFTS) 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-3

Moving On
The Bulldogs will face off against fourth-seeded Penn on Friday at 3 p.m. in the quarterfinals.