Mount Holyoke College recently named Allen Fitzsimmons as its varsity squash coach. Fitzsimmons, who takes over from Pam Saunders, chatted with Western Mass Squash on his first day of practice.
Western Mass — Last weekend, the Girls’ New England Interscholastic Squash Championships were held. The Championships were divided into A, B, and C classes. The class “A” was held at Choate Rosemary Hall, the class “B” was held at Brooks, and the class “C” was held at Miss Porter’s.
The results from the class “A” [...]
Deerfield, MA — This weekend, Deerfield Academy is hosting the Boy’s New England Interscholastic Squash Championships “B” tournament. The event is taking place in Deerfield Academy’s brand-new Robert M. Dewey, Jr. Squash facility, which includes ten international courts.
Saturday’s action will go late into the night as many matches were delayed with yesterday’s snow storm. [...]
Northampton, MA — Today, Smith College hosted Wesleyan and Columbia on Senior Day. Smith College has five seniors graduating: Kate Whitesell (#1), Sara Smyth (#2), Huong Nguyen (#3), Julia Voorhees (#6), and Judy Liu (#7). During the introductions for the Columbia match, the seniors were honored with flowers.
In the first match of the day, [...]
Northampton, MA — The ninth annual Seven Sisters squash tournament was held this weekend at Smith College. Since its inception in the 1999-2000 College Squash season, Vassar has won the tournament four times, Wellesley three times, Mount Holyoke twice, and Smith once.
The Seven Sisters is a consortium of women’s liberal arts colleges that was [...]
Williamstown, MA — On Friday, the Naval Academy visited Williams College. Navy won the top three ladder matches; however, Williams showed its depth by winning the remaining matches. Williams won the match by a score of 6-3.
Link to the Williams Press Release.
Click on the thumbnails below to view selected photos from the match.
Williamstown, MA — On Friday evening, Williams College defeated Mount Holyoke by a score of 9-0. Many of the games were close; however, Williams consistently prevailed.
Link to Mount Holyoke Press Release.
Link to Williams College Press Release.
Click on the thumbnails below to view selected photos from the match.
Portsmouth, RI — This weekend, the Rhode Island Squash Open was held at the picturesque Portsmouth Abbey School. Three Western Mass players, Anne Bello, Steve O’Brien, and Michael Bello, competed in the tournament.
Anne Bello competed in the women’s 3.0 division, which began as a round robin. She lost a five-game match to Rhonda [...]
Northampton, MA — This weekend, Smith hosted the Women’s Collegiate Team Championships. Mount Holyoke beat both Smith and Wellesley to capture the inaugural championship. Wellesley topped Smith to finish second in the tournament.
Below are photos from the event.
Wellesley, MA — This weekend the Wellesley College squash team will travel to Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts to play our final dual match of the season before the Howe Cup Championships at Yale University. Wellesley’s sixteenth match this season will be away, just as all of our matches this season have been. [...]
Sheffield, MA — Former Berkshire squash standouts were very much in the mix this past weekend as Hamilton College hosted the Liberty League Championships at their all-new 10-court Little Squash Center in Clinton, NY. Ashley Eldredge (2004), the Dean of Berkshire’s current collegiate squashers, came into the weekend boasting a 37-20 career record for St. [...]
Northampton, MA –The weekend of World Squash Day was celebrated in Northampton by thirty players competing in the Northampton Squash Tournament. Athletes from the Smith, Mount Holyoke, Trinity, UMASS, Dartmouth, and Wesleyan squash communities traveled to Smith College to compete in five different divisions.
The Men’s Open Division featured nationally ranked players including Wesleyan coach and [...]
Northampton, MA — Smith College will host an USSRA sanctioned tournament on the weekend of April 8th and 9th.
Smith College has five glass-backed international squash courts. Matches will be played between 10 AM and 7 PM each day to allow for local travel.
Entry fees will be $15 for students and higher for “adults’ $30. Please [...]
