Western Mass — This weekend, Thirteen of the thirty-three women’s college squash teams participated in the Smith/Mount Holyoke Invitational. The event was hosted at three sites across the Pioneer Valley - Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Amherst College - and teams traveled between the locations throughout the weekend. In total, 27 matches were [...]
Northampton, MA — In the final day of the Smith/Mount Holyoke tournament, five matches were held at Smith. Opening play, Wesleyan defeated Franklin & Marshall 7-2. The Diplomats rebounded to beat host Smith 7-2. In the number one match, Smith’s Kate Whitesell defeated Davinia Buckley in three games.
Wellesley defeated Connecticut College 6-3. [...]
South Hadley, MA — Mount Holyoke concluded the Smith/Mount Holyoke tournament with an undefeated record. The Lyons shutout Northeastern and beat Wesleyan 8-1. The Lyons’ Laura Robinson (#4) and Laurian Lue Yen (#5) went undefeated on the day and together only surrendered five points.
In the only other match of the day at Mount [...]
Amherst, MA — Amherst College split their final two matches of the Smith/Mount Holyoke tournament on Sunday. The Lord Jeffs opened with a 7-2 victory over William Smith. Hamilton, the 12th-ranked team in the nation, easily defeated Amherst 8-1. Amherst’s sole individual victory came from Hayley Milbourn at the number three position.
In the other [...]
South Hadley, MA — Mount Holyoke hosted five matches at the Kendall Sport and Dance Center. The host school beat Colby 8-1 and Hamilton 6-3. Each of the Lyons’ individuals victories were by 3-0 scores.
Wellesley defeated Northeastern 5-4. The Northeastern defeated Colgate 9-0 and the Hamilton defeated Tufts 6-3.
Link to Mount Holyoke Press [...]
Amherst, MA — As part of the Smith/Mount Holyoke tournament, Amherst College hosted four matches. Amherst beat Franklin & Marshall 9-0, but lost to Colby 3-6.
Also at Amherst, Wesleyan beat Colgate 8-1. The Colby and Wellesley results will be published shortly.
Link to Amherst Press Release.
Below are complete results.
Amherst, MA — On Friday, Amherst College hosted Cornell. The Big Red defeated both Amherst squads by a score of 9-0.
Link to Amherst Press Release.
Below are complete results.
Northampton, MA — Smith College hosted four matches on the second day of the Smith/Mount Holyoke Tournament. In the first match of the day, Wesleyan defeated Conn College 6-3. Conn College rebounded to beat Smith 8-1. Meg Oliverio was Smith’s sole winner. Tufts beat William Smith 8-1.
In the final match of [...]
Western Mass — Today, the College Squash Association released its second team rankings of the season. On the men’s side, Williams moved from 5th to 11th and Amherst moved from 11th to 15th.
On the women’s side, Williams dropped one spot to 8th. Amherst and Smith remained 17th and 31st respectively. Mount Holyoke [...]
Northampton and South Hadley, MA — The Smith/Mount Holyoke Invitational began today with three matches. Mount Holyoke hosted Colgate and emerged with a 7-2 victory. The Lyons’ top five players, Pamela Anckermann, Vidushi Gurunada, Menusha Hettiarachchi, Laurian Leu Yen, and Elizabeth Wright, only dropped a combined four points in the contest.
After the match, Colgate [...]
Western Mass — This weekend, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith will host their annual invitational. The three schools will host ten teams with twenty-eight scheduled matches. The teams range in the national rankings from 12th to 31st. Below are the rankings of each team participating in the tournament:
Amherst (#17)
Colby (tied for #12)
Colgate [...]
Providence, RI — Today, Mount Holyoke and the Amherst women visited Brown, the ninth-ranked team in the nation. The Lyons’ top three players, Pam Anckermann, Vidushi Gurunada, and Menusha Hettiarachchi, recorded victories, but Mount Holyoke fell 3-6.
The Amherst College women lost to Brown 0-9.
Link to Mount Holyoke Press Release.
Link to Amherst (W) Press Release.
Link [...]
Western Mass — Despite the frigid temperatures in Western Mass, the Prep School squash season is heating up. Deerfield Academy sent its squads to the Choate Invitational last weekend. The boys’ and girls’ teams both beat Hotchkiss, but fell to Groton and host Choate.
The Williston Northampton boys emerged from four tight matches with [...]
Amherst and Williamstown, MA — UPenn traveled to Western Mass on Saturday. Against Williams, the Quakers won the men’s match 6-3 and the women’s match 8-1. Against Amherst, UPenn’s women won by a score of 9-0 and the men won 8-1.
Link to Amherst Press Release.
Link to Williams Press Release
