Trinity Women Sweep Late Matches to Down Penn in Howe Cup Semis by David Kingsley
Sachika Balvani
February 22, 2014 Princeton, N.J.
– The Trinity College Bantams won at the top-five positions in the
lineup and swept the third wave to take a 6-3 victory over the
University of Pennsylvania Quakers in the College Squash Association
(CSA) National Team Championship (Howe Cup) Semifinals this afternoon
at Princeton University’s Jadwin Courts. No. 2-seeded Trinity
improves to 15-1 with its fourth win in a row and will face the
top-seeded Harvard University Crimson in the finals tomorrow at 1
p.m. Harvard defeated No. 4-seeded Yale, 6-3, in the other
semifinal match at Princeton today. Harvard edged Trinity in the
2012-13 Howe Cup Finals, 5-4, at Yale, and won at Trinity by the same
score 18 days ago.
The teams split the
first six matches, as Trinity received a 3-0 victory at the No. 3 spot
by senior Wee Nee Low (Penang, Malaysia) in the first wave and a 3-1
victory by senior co-captain Catalina Pelaez (Bogota, Colombia) at the
No. 2 spot before junior Ashley Tidman (Lamor-Palge, France) recovered
from losses in the third and fourth to take the fifth, 11-9, against
Penn rookie Michelle Wong (Sarawak, Malaysia).
Trinity took a 4-3
lead on a 3-0 triumph by rookie Anna Kimberley (Essex, England) at No.
4 and sophomore Kanzy El Defrawy (Cairo, Egypt) avenged a
regular-season loss to Quaker freshman Anaka Alankamony (Chennai,
India) with a 3-1 win to clinch the decision for the Bantams.
Trinity sophomore Sachika Balvani (Mumbai, India) outlasted Penn
sophomore Carey Celata (Philadelphia, Pa.) in the No. 7 match, 3-2, to
round out the scoring.
MATCH RESULTS 1. TC- Kanzy El Defrawy d. Anaka Alankamony, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3 2. TC- Catalina Pelaez d. Yan Xin Tan, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7 3. TC- Wee Nee Low d. Haidi Lala, 12-10, 11-9, 11-4 4. TC- Anna Kimberley d. Courtney Jones, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 5. TC- Ashley Tidman d. Michelle Wong, 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 11-9 6. P- Camille Lanier d. Natalie Babjukova, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 7. TC- Sachika Balvani d. Carey Celata, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3 8. P- Chloe Blacker d. Jennifer Pelletier, 7-11, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7 9. P- Ailsa Agnew d. Chanel Erasmus, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 Trinity (Conn.) 6, Pennsylvania 3
