Wins against Columbia and Cornell

Both teams took convincing wins against the Ivy rivals this past weekend. The teams are now getting ready for Wednesday’s match against Trinity.

The toughest match of the weekend was the men’s match against #3 Columbia. Despite the 8-1 final scoreline, the match could have taken a turn during the first round of play: Harvard lost at #2 and had two close matches at #6 and #8 (the Ivy League has randomized the order of play this season). Senior Dylan Murray at #8 eventually won 11-9 in the fourth and so did freshman Sean Hughes at #6.

Junior David Ryan at #5 turned his match around after losing the first game; the rest of the matches were over in three games. Perhaps the most impressive win came at #1: Freshman Saad Abouaish took down Columbia’s #1, Osama Khalifa, the runner-up of the 2015 individual nationals.

The women’s match against Columbia and both the men’s and women’s matches against Cornell on Sunday were more convincing (all 9-0 wins).

During the women’s Cornell match, both teams were wearing blue socks to raise awareness for The Blue Feet Foundation (http://bluefeetfoundation.com/). It was founded by two kids, Will and Matty (picture above), who play junior squash at the Murr Center. 

The match against Trinity starts at 4pm on Wednesday and will be streamed at http://www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/harvard.

Upcoming matches and events:

Wednesday, Feb 8 @ 4pm (men and women)
Harvard vs. Trinity @ Harvard

Friday, Feb 10 @ 4pm (women) and 6pm (men)
Harvard vs. Brown @ Brown

Saturday, Feb 11 @ 11am (women)
Harvard vs. Stanford @ Harvard

Sunday, Feb 12 @ 1pm (men and women)
Harvard vs. Yale @ Harvard

Friday-Sunday, Feb 17-19
Men’s Team Nationals @ Harvard

Friday-Sunday, Feb 24-26
Women’s Team Nationals @ Princeton

Friday-Sunday, Mar 3-5
Individual Nationals @ Dartmouth

Full Results on USSquash.com:

#1 Harvard Men vs. #3 Columbia Men 8-1
http://modules.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/list_scorecard.asp?id=94632

#1 Harvard Women vs. # Columbia Women 9-0
http://modules.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/list_scorecard.asp?id=94328

#1 Harvard Men vs. #11 Cornell Men 9-0
http://modules.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/list_scorecard.asp?id=97399

#1 Harvard Women vs. #7 Cornell Women 9-0
http://modules.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/list_scorecard.asp?id=94329

Read more about the matches on GoCrimson.com:

No. 1 Men’s Squash Dominates No. 3 Columbia, 8-1
http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/msquash/2016-17/releases/20170204yhn1oz

No. 1 Women’s Squash Sweeps No. 8 Columbia, 9-0
http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wsquash/2016-17/releases/20170204zpyzz1

No. 1 Men’s Squash Downs No. 11 Cornell, 9-0
http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/msquash/2016-17/releases/20170205qxsj3x

No. 1 Women’s Squash Tops No. 7 Cornell, 9-0
http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wsquash/2016-17/releases/20170205redapm