NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Yale squash teams split against Columbia on Sunday afternoon in New York City. The women's squad triumphed 5-4 over the Lions in the final match of the regular season. The men's team fell to Columbia 6-3, but will compete in the Ivy League Tournament next weekend.

Men's Results – Columbia 6, Yale 3.

• Yusuf Sheikh (COL) def. Tad Carney (YALE) 3-1
• Shaurya Bawa (COL) def. Lachlan Sutton (YALE) 3-1
• Arav Bhagwati (YALE) def. Franklyn Smith (COL) 3-0
• Rohan Arya Gondi (YALE) def. Arhan Chandra (COL) 3-2
• Ahmad Haq (COL) def. Rishi Srivastava (YALE) 3-0
• Imad Athar (COL) def. Rick Chen (YALE) 3-0
• Varun Fuloria (COL) def. Oliver Velasco (YALE) 3-2
• Shaoquian Du (COL) def. Bennett Eun (YALE) 3-0
• Jack O'Flynn (YALE) def. Laszlo Godde (COL) 3-1

Match Notes

• Yale dropped to 6-4 overall with a 4-2 record in Ivy League play. The Bulldogs finished fourth overall and have earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament.
• Bhagwati won in straight games.
• Gondi won his team-leading eighth game.

Women's Results – Yale 5, Columbia 4

• Nourin Khalifa (COL) def. Heng Wai Wong (YALE) 3-2
• Spring Ma (YALE) def. Yeheni Kuruppu (COL) 3-0
• Meha Shah (YALE) def. Eva Salzman (COL) 3-0
• Elise Kang (YALE) def. Kaavya Bansal (COL) 2-0
• Eedha Mehta (YALE) def. Amal Izhar (COL) 3-0
• Alyssa Ho (YALE) def. Eugenia Li (COL) 3-1
• Charlie Mccrone (COL) def. Whitney Taylor (YALE) 2-0
• Isha Gupta (COL) def. Layla Johnson (YALE) 3-2
• Advita Sharma (COL) def. Swetha Sivakumar (YALE) 3-0

Match Notes

• Yale concluded the regular season with a 3-7 record overall and a 2-4 mark in conference play. The Bulldogs finished fifth in the Ivy League standings, just missing out on a spot in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.
• Kang earned her team-leading sixth win of the season.
• Ma, Shah, Kang, and Mehta all won in straight games.

Up Next
The men's team will compete in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament hosted by Princeton. The Bulldogs will play as the No. 4 seed and will compete against No. 1 Penn in the semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 21. The winner of that matchup will play the victor of No. 2 Harvard and No. 3 Princeton in the championship game on Feb. 22.

The women's squad just missed out on an Ivy League Tournament berth. The Bulldogs will next compete at the CSA Championships from March 5-8.