NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Crimson men's and women's squash teams completed a successful run at the CSA National Championships today, earning six placements in the top 16 while
Neel Joshi,
Saran Nghiem and
Caroline Fouts led the way by finishing as quarter-finalists in the Pool Trophy and Ramsay Cup draws.
Ocean Ma and
Jacob Lin are coming back to Cambridge with some hardware after winning their divisional draws in the Holleran Cup and Molloy Cup draws, respectively. The Crimson wrapped up play at the Nationals this afternoon with several high placements in all four competitions.
In the Pool Trophy main draw for the men,
Neel Joshi advanced to the quarterfinal round, his best finish at the nationals in his collegiate career.
David Costales and
Denis Gilevskiy finished in the 9-16 range after falling in their quarterfinal matchups.
Jacob Lin captured the Molly North championship title after defeating Sharan Punjabi from Franklin and Marshall in sweeping fashion in the final round.
Segev Rome finished as a semifinalist in the West draw of the Molloy Cup and
Conner Stoltz finished in sixth after advancing to the finals of the consolation bracket in the Molloy East draw.
Saran Nghiem and
Caroline Fouts finished as quarter-finalists in the Ramsay Cup main draw, concluding their runs at the Nationals this afternoon. Fouts was forced to withdraw before her match and Nghiem put up a fight in a loss to her opponent in the quarters.
Habiba Eldafrawy made a run through the consolation bracket in the Ramsay Cup draw, winning three consecutive matches to finish in the 17-18 position.
Ocean Ma claimed the Holleran South draw championship after defeating her Georgetown opponent, 3-0, in the semifinals before dropping Miriam Cheng from Stanford in the finals, 3-1.
Molly Stoltz finished as the runner-up after putting up a fight in the Holleran West bracket but could not complete the victory in a narrow 3-2 defeat.
FINISHING POSITIONS
Neel Joshi – Pool Trophy – 5-8
Saran Nghiem – Ramsay Cup – 5-8
Caroline Fouts – Ramsay Cup – 5-8
Lucie Stefanoni – Ramsay Cup – 9-16
David Costales – Pool Trophy – 9-16
Denis Gilevskiy – Pool Trophy – 9-16
Habiba Eldafrawy – Ramsay Cup – 17-18
Jacob Lin – Molloy North – 1
Ocean Ma – Holleran South – 1
Molly Stoltz – Holleran West – 2
Segev Rome – Molloy West – 3-4
Conner Stoltz – Molly East – 6
POOL TROPHY
QUARTERFINALS
Salman Khalil (PENN) def.
Neel Joshi, 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-8)
RAMSAY CUP
QUARTERFINALS
Zeina Zein (PRINCETON) def.
Saran Nghiem, 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-4)
Riya Navani (STANFORD) def.
Caroline Fouts, DF
1
st Consolation Quarterfinals
Habiba Eldafrawy def. Anne Leaky (DICKINSON), 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4)
1
st Consolation Semifinals
Habiba Eldafrawy def. Molly Chadwick (PRINCETON), 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-7)
MOLLOY CUP (NORTH)
Semifinals
Jacob Lin def. Shreemann Raghavan (CORNELL), 3-2 (11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5)
Finals
Jacob Lin def. Sharan Punjabi (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL), 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8)
MOLLOY CUP (EAST)
1
st Consolation Finals
Marco DiFilippo (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) def.
Conner Stoltz, 3-2 (10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9)
MOLLOY CUP (WEST)
Semifinals
Joe Smyth (DICKINSON) def.
Segev Rome, 3-1 (11-13, 13-11, 11-8, 11-5)
HOLLERAN CUP (SOUTH)
Semifinals
Ocean Ma def. Ana Margarita Quijano (GEORGETOWN), 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-2)
Finals
Ocean Ma vs. Miriam Cheng (STANFORD), 3-1 (11-4, 12-10, 5-11, 11-5)
HOLLERAN CUP (WEST)
Semifinals
Molly Stoltz def. Rachel Mashek (GEORGETOWN), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-4)
Finals
Maryam Mian (UVA) def.
Molly Stoltz, 3-2 (11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11, 12-10)