No. 1 Harvard Powers Past No. 5 Yale, Advances to National Final
Pictured: Bethan Williams earned a win at the No. 9 slot and
is now 7-0 overall this season.
Photo courtesy: Gil Talbot Photography
CSA Championships Bracket
Video Stream of National Championship
Match
NEW HAVEN, Conn. –The top-ranked Harvard
women’s squash team will play for the College Squash
Association national team championship, as the Crimson cruised to a
7-2 win over archrival Yale Saturday afternoon. The Crimson will
face No. 3 Penn in the national final, as Harvard will try to
capture the 12th national crown in program history.
The national championship match between the Crimson and Quakers
will be held at Yale’s Brady Squash Center Sunday at 2
p.m. A live video stream of the
final will be available.
Harvard, which has won the Ivy League crown and Barhite Award
already this season, last won a national title in the 2000-01
season.
Harvard, which improves to 11-0 on the season, picked up a 3-0 win
at the No. 1 slot, as Laura Gemmell remained perfect on the season
by defeating Logan Greer, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8. At the No. 4 position,
Alisha Mashruwala also earned a 3-0 victory, as she outplayed
Rhetta Nadas, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7. The Crimson had three other matches
end 3-0 in its favor, including the No. 5 spot. Natasha Kingshott
held off Alexandra Van Arkel, 11-8 and 14-12, in the first two
sets, before taking the match, 11-4, in game three.
Cece Cortes and Caroline Reigeluth played a close match at the No.
7 position, but Cortes emerged with wins in three straight games,
13-11, 11-5, 14-12. Co-captain Katherine O’Donnell faced Aly
Kerr at the No. 8 slot, with O’Donnell taking down her
opponent, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9. Fellow co-captain Johanna Snyder also
helped the Crimson advance to the national final by downing Katie
Ballaine in four sets at the No. 6 spot, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5. At
the No. 9 position, Bethan Williams dropped the first game against
Katie Harrison, but rebounded to take the next three and the match,
11-6, 11-2, 11-4.
Complete Results
No. 1 Harvard 7, No. 5 Yale 2
No. 1 Laura Gemmell (H) def. Logan Greer (Y) 3-0: 11-4, 11-4,
11-8
No. 2 Alia Aziz (Y) def. Nirasha Guruge (H) 3-2: 11-8, 11-13,
6-11, 11-8, 11-8
No. 3 Sarah Toomey (Y) def. June Tiong (H) 3-0: 11-4, 11-7,
11-8
No. 4 Alisha Mashruwala (H) def. Rhetta Nadas (Y) 3-0: 11-9, 11-4,
11-7
No. 5 Natasha Kingshott (H) def. Alexandra Van Arkel (Y) 3-0:
11-8, 14-12, 11-4
No. 6 Johanna Snyder (H) def. Katie Ballaine (Y) 3-1: 5-11, 11-9,
11-6, 11-5
No. 7 Cece Cortes (H) def. Caroline Reigeluth (Y) 3-0: 13-11,
11-5, 14-12
No. 8 Katherine O’Donnell (H) def. Aly Kerr (Y) 3-0: 11-6,
11-7, 11-9
No. 9 Bethan Williams (H) def. Katie Harrison (Y) 3-1: 9-11, 11-6,
11-2, 11-4
