Princeton rookie Zeina Zein is in the Ramsay Cup semifinals.
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March 08, 2024 | Women's Squash
Princeton rookie Zeina Zein is in the semifinals of the Ramsay Cup, one match away from becoming the program's first finalist in the women's top draw since 2001.
At the Specter Center in Philadelphia on Friday, Zein was a three-game winner over Drexel's Karina Tyma in the round of 16 and a three-game winner over Trinity's Jana Safy in the quarterfinals. Harvard's No. 2 player in both meetings with Princeton this season, Saran Nghiem, is up next in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. semifinal. Zein is Princeton's first semifinalist since Olivia Fiechter '18 in 2015, also Fiechter's rookie season.
In the Holleran Draws, Molly Chadwick, Emma Trauber, Katherine Sapinski, Charlotte Bell and Josephine Klein will all play matches on Saturday, with Chadwick in the Holleran North semifinal, Trauber in the Holleran South semifinal, Sapinski in the Holleran South semifinal, Bell in the Holleran West semifinal and Klein in the Holleran West consolation semifinal.
The draws can be found here with video via the College Squash YouTube channel here.
Ramsay Cup
Round of 16
Marina Stefanoni (Harvard) def. Liyen Teoh (Princeton), 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-2)
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Karina Tyma (Drexel), 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-4)
Quarterfinal
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Jana Safy (Trinity), 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10)
Consolation Quarterfinal
Elisabeth Ross (Yale) def. Liyen Teoh (Princeton), 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-8)
Semifinal
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Saran Nghiem (Harvard), Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Holleran North
Round of 16
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) def. Basmala Sayed Ahmed (Chatham), 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-3)
Quarterfinal
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) def. Khushi Kukadia (Stanford), 3-2 (6-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9)
Semifinal
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) vs. Madeleine Hylland (Trinity), Saturday, 10 a.m.
Holleran South
Round of 16
Emma Trauber (Princeton), bye
Clare Minnis (Virginia) def. Katherine Sapinski (Princeton), 3-1 (2-11, 13-11, 11-0, 11-5)
Quarterfinal
Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. Anne Leakey (Dickinson), 3-1 (13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6)
Semifinal
Emma Trauber (Princeton) vs. Clare Minnis (Virginia), Saturday, 10:50 a.m.
Consolation Quarterfinal
Katherine Sapinski (Princeton) def. Jada Smith-Padmore (Wm. Smith), 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-0)
Consolation Semifinal
Katherine Sapinski (Princeton) vs. Noa Romero (Trinity), Saturday, 10:50 a.m.
Holleran East
Round of 16
Lucy Stephenson (Princeton) def. Vharshamithraa Dinesh (Tufts), 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
India Stephenson (Princeton) def. Antoinette Ramsey (Denison), 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-9)
Quarterfinal
Maureen Foley (Virginia) def. Lucy Stephenson (Princeton), 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8)
Janna Ashmawy (Trinity) def. India Stephenson (Princeton), 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11)
Holleran West
Round of 16
Charlotte Bell (Princeton), bye
Lujan Palacios (Trinity) def. Josephine Klein (Princeton), 3-0 (11-1, 11-9, 11-5)
Quarterfinal
Charlotte Bell (Princeton) def. Riddhi Joshi (Tufts), 3-2 (10-12, 14-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7)
Semifinal
Charlotte Bell (Princeton) vs. Lujan Palacios (Trinity), Saturday, 1:20 p.m.
Consolation Quarterfinal
Josephine Klein (Princeton) def. Anna O'Connor (Wm. Smith), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-2)
Consolation Semifinal
Josephine Klein (Princeton) vs. Gurlin Kaur (F&M), Saturday, 1:20 p.m.
At the Specter Center in Philadelphia on Friday, Zein was a three-game winner over Drexel's Karina Tyma in the round of 16 and a three-game winner over Trinity's Jana Safy in the quarterfinals. Harvard's No. 2 player in both meetings with Princeton this season, Saran Nghiem, is up next in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. semifinal. Zein is Princeton's first semifinalist since Olivia Fiechter '18 in 2015, also Fiechter's rookie season.
In the Holleran Draws, Molly Chadwick, Emma Trauber, Katherine Sapinski, Charlotte Bell and Josephine Klein will all play matches on Saturday, with Chadwick in the Holleran North semifinal, Trauber in the Holleran South semifinal, Sapinski in the Holleran South semifinal, Bell in the Holleran West semifinal and Klein in the Holleran West consolation semifinal.
The draws can be found here with video via the College Squash YouTube channel here.
Ramsay Cup
Round of 16
Marina Stefanoni (Harvard) def. Liyen Teoh (Princeton), 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-2)
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Karina Tyma (Drexel), 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-4)
Quarterfinal
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Jana Safy (Trinity), 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10)
Consolation Quarterfinal
Elisabeth Ross (Yale) def. Liyen Teoh (Princeton), 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-8)
Semifinal
Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. Saran Nghiem (Harvard), Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Holleran North
Round of 16
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) def. Basmala Sayed Ahmed (Chatham), 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-3)
Quarterfinal
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) def. Khushi Kukadia (Stanford), 3-2 (6-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9)
Semifinal
Molly Chadwick (Princeton) vs. Madeleine Hylland (Trinity), Saturday, 10 a.m.
Holleran South
Round of 16
Emma Trauber (Princeton), bye
Clare Minnis (Virginia) def. Katherine Sapinski (Princeton), 3-1 (2-11, 13-11, 11-0, 11-5)
Quarterfinal
Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. Anne Leakey (Dickinson), 3-1 (13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6)
Semifinal
Emma Trauber (Princeton) vs. Clare Minnis (Virginia), Saturday, 10:50 a.m.
Consolation Quarterfinal
Katherine Sapinski (Princeton) def. Jada Smith-Padmore (Wm. Smith), 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-0)
Consolation Semifinal
Katherine Sapinski (Princeton) vs. Noa Romero (Trinity), Saturday, 10:50 a.m.
Holleran East
Round of 16
Lucy Stephenson (Princeton) def. Vharshamithraa Dinesh (Tufts), 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
India Stephenson (Princeton) def. Antoinette Ramsey (Denison), 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-9)
Quarterfinal
Maureen Foley (Virginia) def. Lucy Stephenson (Princeton), 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8)
Janna Ashmawy (Trinity) def. India Stephenson (Princeton), 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11)
Holleran West
Round of 16
Charlotte Bell (Princeton), bye
Lujan Palacios (Trinity) def. Josephine Klein (Princeton), 3-0 (11-1, 11-9, 11-5)
Quarterfinal
Charlotte Bell (Princeton) def. Riddhi Joshi (Tufts), 3-2 (10-12, 14-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7)
Semifinal
Charlotte Bell (Princeton) vs. Lujan Palacios (Trinity), Saturday, 1:20 p.m.
Consolation Quarterfinal
Josephine Klein (Princeton) def. Anna O'Connor (Wm. Smith), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-2)
Consolation Semifinal
Josephine Klein (Princeton) vs. Gurlin Kaur (F&M), Saturday, 1:20 p.m.
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