No. 8 Women's Squash Earn First Program Win Against No. 12 Cornell

Friday, January 18

Ithaca, N.Y.

2 p.m.

Drexel University

No. 12 Cornell

No. 8 Women's Squash Earn First Program Win Against No. 12 Cornell

1/18/2019 9:38:00 PM | Women's Squash

ITHICA, N.Y. - No. 8 Drexel women's squash defeated No. 12 Cornell for the first time in program history on Friday evening at Cornell. Freshman Brooke Herring clinched the match in the No. 4 spot to give the Dragons the 5-4 victory.

Key wins from Anna Hughes in the first round of matches followed by a gutsy and determined performance from Ona Prokes in the second round of matches spurred the women on. Captain Fiona Power carried on the momentum winning a hard fought and tense four-game match against Lucy Martin, 13-11,11-8,6-11,11-8. With the Dragons down 3-4, the team relied on solid four-game wins with Hannah Blatt leveling the overall match 4-4 and Herring clinching the match for the Dragons' first win in program history against the Big Red.

Drexel will return home when it hosts Colby for senior day at the Kline & Specter Squash Center. The match is set to begin at 10:30 a.m.

No. 8 Drexel 5, No. 12 Cornell 4
Hannah Blatt (DU) def. Nghi Nguyen (CU), 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6
Lily Zelov (CU) def. Mariam Kamal (DU), 11-3, 8-11,11-8,9-11,11-8
Anna Hughes (DU) def. Madison Miles (CU), 11-8, 11-6,11-7
Brooke Herring (DU) def. Colby Gallagher (CU), 11-9,11-3,4-11,11-9
Ona Prokes (DU) def. Lauren Leizman (CU), 9-11,11-1,11-2,11-5
Mimi Delisser (DU) def. Stephanie Ryan (DU), 8-11,11-6,11-5,11-9
Fiona Power (DU) def. Lucy Martin (CU), 13-11,11-8,6-11,11-8
Hannah Scherl (CU) def. Apoorva Addepalli (DU), 11-7,11-1,11-5
Stephanie Tan (CU) def. Catie Castelli (DU), 11-6,13-11,11-1