COLLEGE
WOMEN'S SQUASH FINAL SCORE
Wesleyan 7, Tufts 2
At Middletown, CT
Friday January 29, 2010
1. Casey Simchik (W) def. Valerie Koo (T) 11-13, 8-11, 11-5,
11-5, 11-3
2. Alix Michael (T) def. Grace Zimmerman (W) 11-8, 11-5, 9-11,
6-11, 11-4
3. Mercedes Barba (T) def. Tanesha Jackson (W) 11-7, 2-11, 12-10,
11-8
4. Danielle Craig (W) def. Alyse Vinoski (T) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9
5. Gwynne Hunter (W) def. Jessica Rubine (T) 15-13, 11-5, 11-9
6. Jenny Chu (W) def. Madison Newbound (T) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
7. Caroline Fox (W) def. Erin Bruynell (T) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3
8. Ashley Garrett (W) def. Ushashi Basu (T) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
9. Meherazade Sumariwalla (W) def. Sairah Mahmud (T) 11-3, 11-6,
11-4
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Wesleyan University hosted Tufts
University, the 21st and 25th ranked teams in the College Squash
Association national poll, respectively, for a NESCAC match on
Friday night. The host Cardinals prevailed by a 7-2 score. Tufts
now has a 1-9 record for the 2009-10 season.
The Tufts victories came in the second and third spots.
Sophomore #2 Alix Michael (Mercer Island,
WA) continued her good play with a five-game victory
against Grace Zimmerman. Michael was up 2-0, dropped the next two
games, and then won the decisive fifth 11-4. Sophomore
Mercedes Barba (New York, NY) took the #3 match
for Tufts, breaking a 1-1 tie with long 12-10 and 11-8 wins.
In the #1 match, Tufts junior Valerie Koo (Hong Kong,
China) led 2-0 before losing three straight to Casey
Simchik. All of the other matches were won in three games by the
Cardinals.
The Jumbos play #6 Stanford on Sunday at Harvard.
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