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No. 6 Virginia Cruises Past No. 10 Columbia 8-0

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NEW YORK – The No. 6 Virginia women’s squash team (5-0) didn’t drop a match in its 8-0 victory over No. 10 Columbia (1-2) on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 22) at the SL Green StreetSquash Center.

In the first four matches finished, Charlotte Pastel, Clare Minnis, Grace Fazzinga and Caroline Pellegrino each picked up 3-0 sweep wins as the Cavaliers jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Maria Min and Maryam Mian both battled for five-game match victories to secure Virginia’s 6-0 advantage, then Nili Sprecher swiftly recovered from a dropped first game to win 3-1 and put UVA up 7-0. Lina Tammam rounded out the afternoon’s activities with a 3-0 victory.

Nina Hashmi was slated to take on Kaavya Bansal on the fifth court, but that match was not played.

CAVALIER NOTES

  • This is the first time in program history that Virginia has begun a season 5-0.
  • Virginia improves to 6-3 in the all-time series against Columbia.
  • This was the Cavaliers’ second win over a top-10 ranked opponent this season.
  • Freshman Charlotte Pastel improves to 5-0 playing at the top of the ladder and has dropped just one game this season.
  • Senior Lina Tammam is 5-0 at position two and has yet to drop a game this season.
  • Freshman Grace Fazzinga is now 5-0 playing at positions five and seven.
  • Junior Nili Sprecher picked up her first win of the season.
  • The Cavaliers are 3-0 against Ivy League opponents this season after going 5-4 against the Ivy League in 2024-25.

UP NEXT

  • Virginia concludes its road weekend with a matchup against No. 3 Penn on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 1:30 p.m. in Philadelphia.

#6 Virginia 8, #10 Columbia 0

1 | Charlotte Pastel (VA) def. Yeheni Kuruppu (CU) 11-8, 11-2, 11-8
2 | Lina Tammam (VA) def. Eva Salzman (CU) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5
3 | Maria Min (VA) def. Amal Izhar (CU) 11-8, 11-6, 11-13, 6-11, 11-3
4 | Clare Minnis (VA) def. Eugenia Li (CU) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
6 | Maryam Mian (VA) def. Charlie McCrone (CU) 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-4
7 | Grace Fazzinga (VA) def. Advita Sharma (CU) 11-6, 13-11, 11-0
8 | Claire Pellegrino (VA) def. Isha Gupta (CU) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
9 | Nili Sprecher (VA) def. Sophia Hu (CU) 6-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4

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