No. 8 Women’s Squash Wins on Final Ball Once More, Tops No. 6 Columbia on Saturday

Saturday, November 23

Kline & Specter Squash Center

2 p.m.

Drexel University

Columbia

Photo by: Jeffrey Fehn

No. 8 Women’s Squash Wins on Final Ball Once More, Tops No. 6 Columbia on Saturday

11/23/2019 4:43:00 PM | Women's Squash

PHILADELPHIA – Eighth-ranked Drexel Women's Squash edged past No. 6 Columbia on a final-ball winner from Brooke Herring in a tightly-contested 5-4 win at the Kline & Specter Squash Center on Saturday. Herring won in five games at the No. 4 position to replicate the Dragons' late-match theatrics from yesterday.

Drexel (3-1) and the Lions (2-1) split the first eight matches of the day with Drexel winning at the first, second, fifth and sixth positions. Bushma extended the unblemished start to her collegiate career with a fourth-straight victory. The sophomore from Kyiv, Ukraine won in four games against Erica McGillicuddy in the No. 2 slot – 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Ciara Richards used a fast start in the No. 6 match to down Bunny Fox in five games. Richards led 12-10, 11-6 after the first two games then weathered successive 11-6, 11-4 setbacks. The freshman got the better of Fox in the fifth game, winning 15-13.

Karina Tyma won her third-straight match to start the season with an 11-9, 12-10, 11-5 sweep of Habiba Mohamed at the top position. Anna Hughes also won in three games at the fifth position. She topped Ellie McVeigh by an 11-8, 12-10, 11-3 score.

Herring and Jui Kalgutkar went back-and-forth in their five-gamer from the No. 4 position. Their individual match was as even as the overall team match with no game being won by more than three points. Herring took the first game 11-9 before an 11-8 setback in the second. She then posted an 11-8 victory of her own but dropped the fourth game 11-9. With the fates of both teams in the balance, the sophomore from Victoria, British Columbia emerged from the fifth game with an 11-9 win.

Hannah Blatt dropped her match in four games, losing 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5 to Nicole Kendall in the third position. Ona Prokes won the first two games of her match against Cynthia Cao at the No. 7 position but ultimately lost in five games -- 1-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-1. Stephanie Ryan also fell in four games (9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-3) at the No. 8 position. Doria Chen topped Lara Varma 11-4, 11-6, 11-9 in the ninth slot.

The Dragons go on the road hunting a third-successive top-10 victory tomorrow when they travel to No. 3 Princeton for a 2 p.m. match.

No. 8 Drexel 5, No. 6 Columbia 4
1 | Karina Tyma def. Habiba Mohamed, 11-9, 12-10, 11-5
2 | Alina Bushma def. Erica McGillicuddy, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7
3 | Nicole Kendall def. Hannah Blatt, 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5
4 | Brooke Herring def. Jui Kalgutkar, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9
5 | Anna Hughes def. Ellie McVeigh, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3
6 | Ciara Richards def. Bunny Fox, 12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 4-11, 15-13
7 | Cynthia Cao def. Ona Prokes, 1-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-1
8 | Jane Pincus def. Stephanie Ryan, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-3
9 | Doria Chen def. Lara Varma 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
10| Julia Masch def. Katerina Cummings, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7

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