ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dartmouth women's squash team returned to the courts on Saturday at eighth-ranked Cornell, but fell short in the end by an 8-1 final. First-year
Maya Shroff picked up the Big Green's lone win, at No. 6, with fellow first-year
Kriti Muthu falling in five games at No. 7.
The match was the Big Green's first since facing Virginia on Dec. 7.
Shroff highlighted the day when after dropping the first two games, she was victorious — 16-14, 11-9, 11-9 — over the final three games, in a matchup that took 48 minutes to complete.
Muthu found herself leading 2-1 after three games at the No. 7 position, but Cornell's Sabine Ball picked up wins over the final two games.
Also winning games for the Big Green were sophomore
Zayna Usman at No. 5 and sophomore
Nathalie Taylor at No. 8, each falling 3-1.
The Big Green will look to bounce on Sunday when they play at No. 9 Columbia.
RESULTS
Cornell 8, Dartmouth 1
1.Yee Xin Ying (Cornell) def.
Maria Clara Ramirez (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-3)
2. Aishwarya Khubchandani (Cornell) def.
Ellie Clifford (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7)
3. Ananya Dabke (Cornell) def.
Chelsea Cho (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-4)
4. Alysa Ali (Cornell) def.
Maya Mansoor (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5)
5. Christa Kay (Cornell) def.
Zayna Usman (Dartmouth) — 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5)
6.
Maya Shroff (Dartmouth) def. Maya Voloshin (Cornell) — 3-2 (7-11, 7-11, 16-14, 11-9, 11-9)
7. Sabine Ball (Cornell) def.
Kriti Muthu (Dartmouth) — 3-2 (11-4, 9-11, 6-11, 11-1, 11-2)
8. Saniya Jaggi (Cornell) def.
Nathalie Taylor (Dartmouth) — 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4)
9. Kahjin Yap (Cornell) def.
Devon Glaser (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-9)
EXH. Devon Shatzman (Cornell) def.
Mary Wood (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3)