COLLEGE
WOMEN'S SQUASH FINAL SCORE
Bates 9, Tufts 0
At Cambridge, MA
Friday, November 20, 2009
1. Cheri-Ann Parris (B) def. Valerie Koo (T) 12-10, 11-7,
11-6
2. Hannah Laverty (B) def. Alix Michael (T) 11-7, 11-8, 11-1
3. Whitney Roller (B) def. Merecedes Barba (T) 11-8, 11-5,
11-5
4. Maura Neal (B) def. Alyse Vinoski (T) 11-2, 11-13, 11-3,
11-3
5. Alison Bragg (B) def. Jessica Rubine (T) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2
6. Liza Dorison (B) def. Ushashi Basu (T) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2
7. Carlie Rice (B) def. Sairah Mahmud (T) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2
8. Megan Ruth (B) def. Erin Bruynell (T) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
9. Courtney Talcott (B) def. Lauren Lanster (T) 11-4, 11-2,
11-3
CAMBRIDGE -- The Tufts University women's squash team opened the
season at Harvard with the Bobcats of Bates College visiting. Bates
earned a 9-0 victory.
With two-thirds of the team new starters, the Jumbos played a
strong match against higher ranked Bates. At #4, first-year
Alyse Vinoski (West Hartford, CT) in her first
college match took the second game, using her strong southpaw
drives. Much-improved sophomore Alix Michael (Mercer
Island, WA) at #2 scrambled and played close in the first
two games with her technically sound opponent Hannah Laverty. Tufts
junior tri-captain Erin Bruynell (Milton, MA),
also showing much improvement, was very close in her last two games
at #8.
In #1 match, junior Val Koo (Hong Kong, China)
hustled and moved her opponent Cheri-Ann Parris around well. But
Parris, the #1 junior out of the Caribbean, used her size, power
and technical skills to control the match in three exciting games.
Also making solid debuts for Tufts were first-years Ushashi
Basu (Darien, CT) and Jessica Rubine (Cranston,
RI).
Sitting out for Tufts were first year Madison Newbound
(Williamstown, MA) and senior tri-captain Stef
Marx (Cos Cob, CT) due to injuries.
The Jumbos play matches at Williams on Sunday against the hosts
and Middlebury.
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