Men's Squash Earns Exciting Win Over Yale, 5-4

Sunday, January 29

Princeton, N.J.

2:30 PM

Princeton University

Yale

January 29, 2023 | Men's Squash

Princeton, N.J. – The Princeton men's squash team won an exciting match against the Yale Bulldogs, 5-4, that came down to the very last moments of a five-game, match played by Zain Ahmed.

Having secured the win on Sunday, the Princeton men gain back-to-back victories for the weekend, remain undefeated at home for the 2022-23 season, and improve the teams' record to 6-1.

Karim Elbarbary at the No. 2 position, Hassan Khalil at the No. 5 position, and Alastair Cho at the No. 6 position added the first Tiger wins for Princeton.

Both Elbarbary and Cho swept their Yale opponents, 3-0 to gain the victory. Hassan Khalil was able to win his match in four games to outscore his opponent 3-1.

Following a 3-1 win from Thomas Rosini at the No. 2 position, the match was evenly tied between the Tigers and the Bulldogs at 4-4.

The fate of the Tigers was in the well-equipped hands of Zain Ahmed at the No. 7 position.

Ahmed dropped the first game to his Yale opponent, Arav Bhagwati 7-11. Ahmed responded by winning the second game in his favor, 11-7.

In a back and forth manner, Yale's, Bhagwati then won game three, allowing him to take a 2-1 lead.

Ahmed, cheered on by his Princeton teammates coaches, and fans, would not back down.

Game four was won by Ahmed 11-8, and he was jut one game away from securing the win for Princeton.

Ahmed closed out the match on a high note for Princeton taking an early 3-0 lead, that allowed him to accelerate past his Yale opponent, win game five, 11-5, and hand Princeton the win over Yale 5-4.

Zain Ahmed and the rest of the Tigers secured the win on their home court to end the weekend on a high note.

Up Next:

The Tigers will return to action in Philadelphia on Saturday Feburary 4^th, to face the Penn Quakers on the road for their final Ivy League opponent of the 2022-23 schedule.

Results:

Princeton 5, Yale 4