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Zeina Zein and Alex Jaffe are headed to the quarterfinals at the CSA Individual Championship.
Zein, Jaffe Advance to Quarterfinals at CSA Individuals
January 24, 2026 | Women's Squash
Princeton junior and defending champion Zeina Zein and Tiger rookie Alex Jaffe have each advanced to Sunday's quarterfinal round at the CSA Individual Championship held at OpenSquash FiDi in New York.
Zein, the top seed, was a winner in three games over Penn's Malak Taha, seeded 17-20, while Jaffe, seeded 9-12, knocked off the fifth seed in Virginia's Charlotte Pastel, holding off a Pastel comeback after holding a 2-0 lead in games to win in four.
Zein and Jaffe are in the same half of the bracket, putting each one win away from an all-Tiger semifinal. In their way are Penn's eighth-seeded Franka Vidovic, who will take on Zein at 11:30 a.m., and Harvard's fourth-seeded Lucie Stefanoni, who will meet Jaffe at 12:20 p.m.
Three Tigers continued play Saturday in consolation rounds. Charlotte Bell, Emma Trauber and Caroline Eielson all won their consolation quarterfinal matches earlier Saturday, setting up a head-to-head matchup between Bell and Trauber that Trauber won in four games. Eielson fell to Trinity's Doyce Ye San Lee in the consolation semis, ending her run.
Trauber, seeded 13-16, will compete in a consolation final on Sunday against Lina Tammam of Virginia, seeded 21-24, at 12 p.m.
Draws are available here.
Round of 16
(1) Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. (17-20) Malak Taha (Penn), 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8)
(9-12) Alex Jaffe (Princeton) def. (5) Charlotte Pastel (Virginia), 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 3-11, 11-4)
Consolation Quarterfinal
(21-24) Charlotte Bell (Princeton) def. Vicky Lai (Cornell), 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6)
(13-16) Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. (29-32) Maria Min (Virginia), 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7)
Caroline Eielson (Princeton) def. Elise Kang (Yale), 3-1 (11-3, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9)
Consolation Semifinal
(13-16) Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. (21-24) Charlotte Bell (Princeton), 3-1 (11-4, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8)
(17-20) Doyce Ye San Lee (Trinity) def. Caroline Eielson (Princeton), 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-6)
Zein, the top seed, was a winner in three games over Penn's Malak Taha, seeded 17-20, while Jaffe, seeded 9-12, knocked off the fifth seed in Virginia's Charlotte Pastel, holding off a Pastel comeback after holding a 2-0 lead in games to win in four.
Zein and Jaffe are in the same half of the bracket, putting each one win away from an all-Tiger semifinal. In their way are Penn's eighth-seeded Franka Vidovic, who will take on Zein at 11:30 a.m., and Harvard's fourth-seeded Lucie Stefanoni, who will meet Jaffe at 12:20 p.m.
Three Tigers continued play Saturday in consolation rounds. Charlotte Bell, Emma Trauber and Caroline Eielson all won their consolation quarterfinal matches earlier Saturday, setting up a head-to-head matchup between Bell and Trauber that Trauber won in four games. Eielson fell to Trinity's Doyce Ye San Lee in the consolation semis, ending her run.
Trauber, seeded 13-16, will compete in a consolation final on Sunday against Lina Tammam of Virginia, seeded 21-24, at 12 p.m.
Draws are available here.
Round of 16
(1) Zeina Zein (Princeton) def. (17-20) Malak Taha (Penn), 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8)
(9-12) Alex Jaffe (Princeton) def. (5) Charlotte Pastel (Virginia), 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 3-11, 11-4)
Consolation Quarterfinal
(21-24) Charlotte Bell (Princeton) def. Vicky Lai (Cornell), 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6)
(13-16) Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. (29-32) Maria Min (Virginia), 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7)
Caroline Eielson (Princeton) def. Elise Kang (Yale), 3-1 (11-3, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9)
Consolation Semifinal
(13-16) Emma Trauber (Princeton) def. (21-24) Charlotte Bell (Princeton), 3-1 (11-4, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8)
(17-20) Doyce Ye San Lee (Trinity) def. Caroline Eielson (Princeton), 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-6)
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