PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The No. 22 Franklin & Marshall women's squash team claimed a 5-4 victory over No. 23 Chatham in Saturday afternoon's Walker Cup semifinal matchup at the CSA Team National Championships. F&M improves to 8-14 overall, while Chatham falls to 4-8 this season.

The Diplomats saw its top-two and lower-three earn big wins in their respective matches to advance F&M to the Walker Cup finals. The match was decided by the No. 1 match as Gurlin Kaur held off her opponent, 3-2, for her seventh win of the year. Aryaa Ogale also outlasted her opponent, 3-2, in the No. 2 slot for her team-leading 13th victory of the season. Iman Jaikishan swept her opponent, 3-0, in the No. 7 slot for her seventh-individual win of the year. Ana Petrosky cruised through the No. 9 match with a sweep over her opponent for her fifth win this winter. Joey Ho was the third Diplomat to claim a sweep in their individual matches as the first-year earned her fourth victory this season.

Franklin & Marshall moves onto the Walker Cup finals on Sunday, where it will face No. 21 Wesleyan at 9:00 a.m.

#22 Franklin & Marshall 5, #23 Chatham 4

1. Gurlin Kaur (F&M) over Sofia Ramos (Chatham); 3-2 (11-8, 5-11, 15-13, 7-11, 11-7)
2. Aryaa Ogale (F&M) over Basmala Sayed Ahmed (Chatham); 3-2 (11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-1)
3. Valentina Della Maddalena (Chatham) over Cate Costin (F&M); 3-2 (5-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
4. Vasundhra Vasanthn (Chatham) over Zarine Gidwaney (F&M); 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 11-8)
5. Clara Braga (Chatham) over Mia Todd (F&M); 3-0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-5)
6. Sofia Pinto Combita (Chatham) over Tatum Long (F&M); 3-1 (12-14, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3)
7. Iman Jaikishan (F&M) over TaNiya Nored (Chatham); 3-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-2)
8. Joey Ho (F&M) over Yukta Rana (Chatham); 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-0)
9. Ana Petrosky (F&M) over Amari Spivey (Chatham); 3-0 (11-0, 11-4, 11-1)