No. 11 Women’s Squash Falls at No. 7 Yale, 8-1

Sunday, January 21

New Haven, Conn. / Brady Squash Center

2:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Yale

Photo by: Justin Lafleur

No. 11 Women’s Squash Falls at No. 7 Yale, 8-1

1/21/2024 9:31:00 PM | Women's Squash

Nathalie Taylor picked up Dartmouth’s point at the No. 7 position

By: Justin Lafleur

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Finishing off a challenging weekend against top 10 opponents, the No. 11 Dartmouth women's squash team fell at No. 7 Yale on Sunday by an 8-1 final. First-year Nathalie Taylor was victorious at the No. 7 position to lead the Big Green.

With its win, Yale improves to 3-2. Dartmouth falls to 4-4.

Holding a 2-0 lead after the first two games (11-5 and 11-6), Taylor's opponent Layla Johnson retired, giving the Big Green the point.

At the No. 8 position, first-year Zayna Usman won her second and third games (11-9 and 11-5) to take a 2-1 lead, then dropped the fourth game (16-14) and fifth (11-5) to narrowly fall, 3-2.

Junior Chelsea Cho won her first game at No. 3, but Yale's Christy Tin Yan Lau responded to win, 3-1.

The Big Green will return home on Wednesday to host Williams at 5 p.m. at the Berry Squash Courts.

RESULTS
Yale 9, Dartmouth 0

1. Elisabeth Ross (Yale) def. Maria Clara Ramírez (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-7)
2. Sneha Sivakumar (Yale) def. Ellie Clifford (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-2)
3. Christy Tin Yan Lau (Yale) def. Chelsea Cho (Dartmouth) — 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-0, 11-5)
4. Gigi Yeung (Yale) def. Priya Verma (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-1, 11-2)
5. Mika Bardin (Yale) def. Ellie Burke (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-5)
6. Meghna Sreedhar (Yale) def. Emily Schuster (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-9)
7. Nathalie Taylor (Dartmouth) def. Layla Johnson (Yale) — 2-0 (11-5, 11-6, RE)
8. Rashi Goverdhanam (Yale) def. Zayna Usman (Dartmouth) — 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 16-14, 11-5)
9. Joy Qu (Yale) def. Callie Worth (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 15-13)