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Men’s and Women’s Squash Beat Columbia on Senior Day
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Seniors Humza Khan and McKenna Stoltz helped men’s and women’s squash, respectively, defeat Columbia on senior day.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens-and-womens-squash/)
Seniors Humza Khan and McKenna Stoltz helped men’s and women’s squash, respectively, defeat Columbia on senior day.
With losses to Drexel, the men’s team’s chance for qualifying the Potter Cup has been thrown into doubt and the women’s team is out of contention for the Howe Cup.
The University of Pennsylvania smashed both Red squash teams on February 6, pulverizing the men’s team and throwing the women’s team’s future competition eligibility into question. Prior to facing the Quakers, the No. 7 men’s team (4-6, 2-4 Ivy) competed against the tenth-ranked University of Rochester (1-5, 4-0 Liberty) on Wednesday, Feb. 2. With star player No.
The Red is currently the No. 8 ranked team in the CSA rankings. Cornell cannot afford a drop in the standings, as only the top eight teams qualify for the Howe Cup, the top division of the CSA’s National Championships for women.
Senior Sivasangari Subramaniam continued her unbeaten streak, but men’s and women’s squash both settled for weekend splits against Harvard and Dartmouth.
“…hopefully we can do really well, work as a team, and get in the A draw next year,” Subramaniam said.
“I was very happy and proud of the boys and how we stuck with it,” Palmer said. “The boys really stayed calm and focused, and in the end we got it done.”
“I feel like the team is in a much better position this year to challenge and move up the rankings.”
“I think everyone was pretty excited. Obviously it’s a different thing than playing for the team.”
“So, for us, [playing Penn before] is definitely an advantage. We will go in have fun, and ultimately, you never know what can happen.”