No. 2 Princeton Tops Yale, Heads to CSA Championship Final

Saturday, February 22

New Haven, Conn.

3:30 PM

Princeton University

Yale

Emme Leonard won in three games for Princeton against Yale.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

No. 2 Princeton Tops Yale, Heads to CSA Championship Final

February 22, 2020 | Women's Squash

For the first time since the team's third consecutive Howe Cup title in 2009, the second-ranked Princeton women's squash team will play in the Howe Cup final. As it was then, the Tigers will be facing Harvard, now ranked No. 1 and entering as five-time defending Howe Cup champions.

Sunday's match is set for a 2:45 p.m. start.

The Tigers got wins Saturday from Emme Leonard, Caroline Spahr, Grace Doyle, Morgan Steelman, Emily Rose and India Stephenson, with Leonard and Spahr winning in three games and every match below fourth taking more than three games to complete.

Results from Saturday are below:

Lucy Beecroft (Yale) def. Elle Ruggiero (Princeton), 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-5)
Helen Teegan (Yale) def. Raneem El Torky (Princeton), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
Emme Leonard (Princeton) def. Elisabeth Ross (Yale), 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
Caroline Spahr (Princeton) def. Brianna Jefferson (Yale), 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-8)
Aishwarya Bhattcharya (Yale) def. Andrea Toth (Princeton), 3-2 (11-9, 2-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5)
Grace Doyle (Princeton) def. Gigi Yeung (Yale), 3-1 (11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5)
Morgan Steelman (Princeton) def. Riya Mital (Yale), 3-1 (12-14, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9)
Emily Rose (Princeton) def. Alexis Lazor (Yale), 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3)
India Stephenson (Princeton) def. Nikita Joshi (Yale), 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7)