
Men's Squash Defeats Columbia 6-3
January 13, 2023 | Men's Squash
New York, N.Y. - No. 3 Princeton men's squash opened Ivy League play with a win In New York, defeating the Columbia Lions 6-3.
The victory was the team's first win of the new year, improving Princeton's record to 2-0. Several, Princeton sweeps contributed to the Tigers win on Friday afternoon.
Daelum Mawji at the No. 1 position, Karim Elbarbary at the No. 2 position, Thomas Rosini at the No. 4 position, and Zain Ahmed at the No. 7 position all defeated their Columbia opponents 3-0.
Mawji dominated at the No. 1 position, only dropping 2 points in the second game.
At the No.9 position, Avi Agarwal came back from 2-0 down to win in 5 games and defeat Columbia's Ryan Chen 3-2.
The Lions managed to score three points against the Tigers, but Princeton came out on top to take the match 6-3.
Up Next:
The Tigers will return to play on Sunday for another Ivy League match against the Cornell Big Red at home in Jadwin Gymnasium at 2:30 pm.
Results
The victory was the team's first win of the new year, improving Princeton's record to 2-0. Several, Princeton sweeps contributed to the Tigers win on Friday afternoon.
Daelum Mawji at the No. 1 position, Karim Elbarbary at the No. 2 position, Thomas Rosini at the No. 4 position, and Zain Ahmed at the No. 7 position all defeated their Columbia opponents 3-0.
Mawji dominated at the No. 1 position, only dropping 2 points in the second game.
At the No.9 position, Avi Agarwal came back from 2-0 down to win in 5 games and defeat Columbia's Ryan Chen 3-2.
The Lions managed to score three points against the Tigers, but Princeton came out on top to take the match 6-3.
Up Next:
The Tigers will return to play on Sunday for another Ivy League match against the Cornell Big Red at home in Jadwin Gymnasium at 2:30 pm.
Results
- Daelum Mawji def Harold Castiaux 3-0 (6-11, 2-11, 7-11)
- Karim Elbarbary def Adam Goad 3-0 (9-11, 5-11, 9-11)
- Ahmed Hussein def by Chaitanya Shah 1-3 (11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9)
- Thomas Rosini def Franklyn Smith 3-0 (8-11, 3-11, 2-11)
- Alastair Cho def by Zach Nam 2-3 (11-8, 12-10, 11-6)
- Alhassan Khalil def by Rutvik Rau 0-3 ( 11-8, 12-10, 11-6)
- Zain Ahmed def Jacob Bulia 0-3 (9-11, 4-11, 7-11)
- Gordon Lam def Sameer Saxena 3-1 (11-7, 1-11, 8-11, 11-13)
- Avi Agarwal def Ryan Chen 3-2 ( 12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 8-11, 2-11)
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