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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Boston, MA — Amherst men’s and women’s teams opened its 2007 -2008 squash season with 8-1 victories over host Northeastern. In the victories, first year students played a key role for both Amherst teams.
For the women, Alexandra Dalglish (#1), Caitlin Demkin (#5), and Hayley Milbourn (#2) won their debut matches. Milbourn beat Sara Barrett [...]
Boston, MA — The Northeastern Huskies defeated the Smith College Pioneers to begin the college squash season. Smith’s lone victory came from Jasmine Wallas at the number nine position.
At the number one position, Smith’s Kate Whitesell and Northeastern’s Sara Barrett had a competitive match filled with long rallies. Barrett prevailed 3-1.
The Huskies’ strong [...]
Western Mass — Below are scores from the opening month of the college squash season:
November 4th:
Smith 8 @ Northeastern 1, Press Release
November 16th:
Mount Holyoke 9 @ Smith 0, MHC Press Release, Smith Press Release
November 18th:
Stanford 1 @ Williams (W) 8, Press Release
November 19th:
Williams (M) 0 @ Harvard 9, Press Release
Williams (M) 9 @ Tufts 0, [...]
Western Mass — College Squash’s coverage of Smith’s season opening victory over Northeastern includes a picture of each team’s SquashBusters alumnae.
Smith returns to action on Monday with a home match against Columbia.
Boston, MA — On Saturday, the twenty-ninth ranked Smith College squash team defeated thirty-first ranked Northeastern by a score of 8-1. The match was held at the SquashBuster facility in Boston, so it was fitting that first-year students and SquashBuster alumnae Shanita Williams (#2) and Jaye Cooke (#4) both won their matches 3-0. For [...]
