Princeton sent its top two players to the CSA national individual semifinals, but both were ousted by talented freshmen Saturday evening. Men's No. 1 Todd Harrity, the reigning national champion, and women's No. 1 Julie Cerullo both fell one match short of reaching Sunday's national final.
Five Princeton players, including reigning men's champion Todd Harrity and women's No. 1 Julie Cerullo, made it through the first two rounds of the 2012 CSA individual national championships. The Tigers are guaranteed to have at least one semifinalist, as there is an all-Princeton quarterfinal in the men's draw.
Led by respective No. 1 players Todd Harrity and Julie Cerullo, the Princeton men's and women's squash teams will head to Amherst, Mass., this weekend for the 2012 CSA individual national championships. Harrity is the reigning men's champion, while Cerullo made the semifinals last year.
Kelly Shannon capped a perfect run in the final three matches with a win at No. 4 to give
lt;br />Princeton a 5-4 win over Trinity and the Collegiate Squash Association national championship Sunday afternoon at Jadwin Gym.
Senior David Pena spent two months working tirelessly just to get the opportunity to play in the biggest weekend of his collegiate career. That work paid off for both himself and his Ivy League champion teammates, who earned a berth in Sunday's national championship match with a gutsy 7-2 victory over Cornell.