No. 8 Women’s Squash Rallies Past No. 4 Stanford in 5-4 Win

Friday, November 22

Kline & Specter Squash Center

6 p.m.

Drexel University

Stanford

Photo by: Jeffrey Fehn

No. 8 Women’s Squash Rallies Past No. 4 Stanford in 5-4 Win

11/22/2019 8:53:00 PM | Women's Squash

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 8 Drexel women's squash team erased an early 3-1 deficit in its 5-4 come-from-behind victory over fourth-ranked Stanford at the Kline & Specter Squash Center on Friday evening. The match came down to a fifth and decisive set at the No. 1 position, which Karina Tyma took to seal the victory.

The Dragons (2-1) won four of the last five matches to notch their first win in five tries against the Cardinal (1-1). Lara Varma keyed the rally with a five-set win in the No. 9 position. Varma needed a rally of her own to win the match after falling behind 2-1 (11-7, 9-11, 4-11). She took a close fourth game 14-12 before winning 11-6 in the fifth.

Stephanie Ryan and Samantha Moadel then went the distance in the No. 8 slot with Ryan prevailing 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 to knot the match score at 3-3. Drexel then regained the lead when Brooke Herring topped Amita Gondi in three games (12-10, 11-7, 11-7) at the fourth position.

Stanford leveled the match with Chloe Chemtob's five-set win against Anna Hughes in the fifth position. The two went back and forth throughout the night with Chemtob prevailing 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-3.

Tyma and Elena Wagenmans dueled with the intensity that underscored the situation. Tyma took the opening game, 11-7, but Wagenmans answered with an identical 11-7 result. Drexel's No. 1 went ahead again with an 11-6 victory in the third game, but dropped a tight fourth game, 13-11. With the entire match on the line, Tyma prevailed in the fifth, 11-7.

The Dragons opened the night with a win at the No. 2 position. Alina Bushma swept Casey Wong – 11-7, 11-4, 11-4. The Cardinal answered with three-straight victories. Hannah Blatt dropped a four gamer from the third position, Ciara Richards lost in three games at the sixth slot, and Ona Prokes lost in four in the No. 7 match.

Bushma, Ryan and Tyma extended their undefeated starts to the season. Bushma and Ryan own three wins apiece. Tyma is 2-0.

Drexel hosts No. 6 Columbia on Saturday at 2 p.m. before closing out its stretch of three matches in three days at No. 3 Princeton on Sunday.

No. 8 Drexel 5, No. 4 Stanford 4
1 | Karina Tyma def. Elena Wagenmans, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7
2 | Alina Bushma def. Casey Wong, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
3 | Caroline Neave def. Hannah Blatt, 11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7
4 | Brooke Herring def. Amita Gondi, 12-10, 11-7, 11-7
5 | Chloe Chemtob def. Anna Hughes, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-3
6 | Cassandra Ong def. Ciara Richards, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10
7 | Juliette Love def. Ona Prokes, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
8 | Stephanie Ryan def. Samantha Moadel, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6
9 | Lara Varma wins, 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 14-12, 11-6
10 | Emma MacGillivray def. Julia Gillette, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 8, 4, 5, 1