Women's Squash Defeats Yale to Open Ivy Slate

Saturday, January 17

New Haven, Conn.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

Yale

Sam Jaffe was among Princeton's winners on Saturday at Yale.

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

January 17, 2026 | Women's Squash

Opening the Ivy League season, the No. 4-ranked Princeton women's squash team defeated No. 8 Yale 8-1 on Saturday afternoon in New Haven.

Princeton will wrap the weekend with a Sunday visit to Trinity, set for a 1 p.m. start.

Alex Jaffe, Emma Trauber, Caroline Eielson, Sam Jaffe, Hermione Cao and Sonya Sasson were all winners in three games. Zeina Zein and Liyen Teoh each rebounded from a first-game loss to win in four.

Zeina Zein (P) def. Heng Wai Wong (Y), 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3)
Alex Jaffe (P) def. Spring Ma (Y), 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-7)
Emma Trauber (P) def. Meha Shah (Y), 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-4)
Elise Kang (Y) def. Charlotte Bell (P), 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9)
Caroline Eielson (P) def. Eedha Mehta (Y), 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-7)
Sam Jaffe (P) def. Whitney Taylor (Y), 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-3)
Liyen Teoh (P) def. Tsz Ling Alyssa Ho (Y), 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4)
Hermione Cao (P) def. Layla Johnson (Y), 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 12-10)
Sonya Sasson (P) def. Swetha Sivakumar (Y), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-3)
10th match: Eliza Schuster (P), no match