Friday, March 7
Philadelphia, Pa.
11:00 AM
Princeton University
7
vs
2
Virginia
Hermione Cao was among Princeton's winners on Friday.
Photo by: Copyright (c) Nick Textores
No. 3-Ranked Women's Squash Advances to Howe Cup Semifinals
March 07, 2025 | Women's Squash
Following up its win over Virginia in the regular-season finale, the No. 3-ranked Princeton women's squash team was a 7-2 winner over No. 6 Virginia on Friday in the quarterfinals of the CSA's Howe Cup draw, sending the Tigers on to face No. 2-ranked Harvard in Saturday's 11 a.m. semifinals back at the Specter Center in Philadelphia.
Live scoring for the Harvard match will be available here.
The winner between No. 1 Trinity and No. 5 Penn will await the Princeton-Harvard winner in Sunday's 10:30 a.m. final for the national championship.
Princeton got 3-0 wins from Liyen Teoh at sixth position and Hermione Cao at eighth, along with 3-1 wins from Zeina Zein at first and Charlotte Bell at third, each winning three straight games after a first-game loss, and Katherine Sapinski at fifth and Josephine Klein at ninth, with Sapinski breaking away from a 1-1 tie in games and Klein fending off a comeback bid after leading 2-0 in games.
Caroline Eielson had the lone five-game match of the day, rebounding from dropping each of the first two games 11-9.
Zeina Zein (P) def. Meagan Best (V), 3-1 (2-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3)
Lina Tammam (V) def. Molly Chadwick (P), 3-0 (11-1, 12-10, 11-9)
Charlotte Bell (P) def. Maria Min (V), 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7)
Caroline Eielson (P) def. Maria Moya (V), 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5)
Katherine Sapinski (P) def. Maryam Mian (V), 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 15-13, 11-3)
Liyen Teoh (P) def. Maureen Foley (V), 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-8)
Clare Minnis (V) def. Sonya Sasson (P), 3-1 (2-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5)
Hermione Cao (P) def. Nasreen Hashmi (V), 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Josephine Klein (P) def. Claire Pellegrino (V), 3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4)
10th match: Abigail Schuster (P) vs. Eliza Mills (V), no match
Live scoring for the Harvard match will be available here.
The winner between No. 1 Trinity and No. 5 Penn will await the Princeton-Harvard winner in Sunday's 10:30 a.m. final for the national championship.
Princeton got 3-0 wins from Liyen Teoh at sixth position and Hermione Cao at eighth, along with 3-1 wins from Zeina Zein at first and Charlotte Bell at third, each winning three straight games after a first-game loss, and Katherine Sapinski at fifth and Josephine Klein at ninth, with Sapinski breaking away from a 1-1 tie in games and Klein fending off a comeback bid after leading 2-0 in games.
Caroline Eielson had the lone five-game match of the day, rebounding from dropping each of the first two games 11-9.
Zeina Zein (P) def. Meagan Best (V), 3-1 (2-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3)
Lina Tammam (V) def. Molly Chadwick (P), 3-0 (11-1, 12-10, 11-9)
Charlotte Bell (P) def. Maria Min (V), 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7)
Caroline Eielson (P) def. Maria Moya (V), 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5)
Katherine Sapinski (P) def. Maryam Mian (V), 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 15-13, 11-3)
Liyen Teoh (P) def. Maureen Foley (V), 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-8)
Clare Minnis (V) def. Sonya Sasson (P), 3-1 (2-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5)
Hermione Cao (P) def. Nasreen Hashmi (V), 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Josephine Klein (P) def. Claire Pellegrino (V), 3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4)
10th match: Abigail Schuster (P) vs. Eliza Mills (V), no match
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