PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – For the first time since 2016, the Yale men's squash team will play for a national title. The Bulldogs defeated Princeton 6-3 in the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) National Semifinals to advance to the championship game.

Lachlan Sutton and Nikhil Ismail clinched the victory for the Bulldogs, who are just one win away from their first title in nine years.

Men's Results

• Tad Carney (YALE) def. Ahmed Wael (PRIN) 3-0
• Avi Agarwal (PRIN) def. Arav Bhagwati (YALE) 3-0
• Lachlan Sutton (YALE) def. Thomas Rosini (PRIN) 3-2
• Hollis Robertson (PRIN) def. Maxwell Orr (YALE) 3-1
• Rohan Gondi (YALE) def. Zain Ahmed (PRIN) 3-1
• Rishi Srivastava (YALE) def. Hassan Khalil (PRIN) 3-0
• Max Forster (YALE) def. Aly Ibrahim (PRIN) 3-2
• Nikhil Ismail (YALE) def. Federico Sosa (PRIN) 3-1
• Gordon Lam (PRIN) def. Merritt Wurts (YALE) 3-0

Match Notes

• Yale improved to 10-2 overall. The only losses were to Princeton and Penn in January.
• Yale avenged a 5-4 loss to Princeton on Jan. 11.
• The Bulldogs advanced to their first national title game since 2016. Yale defeated Rochester in the finals that season.
• Srivastava remains unbeaten this season with his straight-game victory.

The women's team wrapped up its CSA journey with an 8-1 loss to Virginia in the consolation bracket of the Howe Cup. The Bulldogs finished with a 1-2 record, recording a victory over Columbia in the quarterfinals, before dropping contests to Harvard and Virginia.
Women's Results

• Meagan Best (VIR) def. Heng Wai Wong (YALE) 3-0
• Lina Tammam (VIR) def. Christy Lau (YALE) 3-1
• Spring Ma (YALE) def. Maria Min (VIR) 2-1
• Maria Moya (VIR) def. Meghna Sreedhar (YALE) 3-0
• Maryam Mian (VIR) def. Meha Shah (YALE) 3-1
• Maureen Foley (VIR) def. Whitney Taylor (YALE) 3-2
• Clare Minnis (VIR) def. Rashi Goverdhanam (YALE) 3-1
• Nasreen Hashmi (VIR) def. Layla Johnson (YALE) 3-1
• Claire Pellegrino (VIR) def. Lindsay Westerfield (YALE) 3-0

Match Notes

• Yale finished the 2024-25 campaign with a 6-8 record.
• The Bulldogs dropped their second match this season to Virginia.
• Ma won the lone match for Yale.

Up Next
Yale will play Penn in the CSA National Championship game on Sunday, March 9, at 2:30 p.m.