Columbia men and women have high hopes for Nationals

Led by No. 2 Katie Quan, who has won 10 straight games in a row, the women’s squash team will head into the women’s Nationals at Princeton next week on a wave of momentum.

Women’s squash defeated both Vassar and Wesleyan in 8-1 and 7-2 matches, respectively, mirroring the team’s results when Columbia played against the two teams in January. Except for a five-set marathon at the No.1 spot in the Wesleyan match, which junior Liz Chu won, Columbia’s top three swept both of their opponents in three sets.

Men’s squash, despite dropping its final regular season match of the year, also has high hopes headed into Nationals next week due to the stellar performances of No. 3 Graham Miao and No. 1 Tony Zou in recent matches. Miao has won five straight contests, which is especially remarkable considering that he has played many of those matches at the No. 1 spot. Zou, a sophomore transfer from NYU, has also been impressive for the Lions this year. Zou has won his last three contests. This weekend, the men’s team swept Vassar 9-0, but lost to Wesleyan 5-4 after defeating the same team 5-4 a month ago. Every individual set against Vassar was finished in three-sets. Results for the team’s match against Wesleyan are not available at the time of printing.

Both teams will travel to Princeton next week for Team Nationals.