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Sophomore Ushashi Bau earned three hard-fought wins at #6
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WELLESLEY - The Tufts University women's squash team won 6-3 against Wellesley College on Thursday night in a match played at the Dana Hall School. The victory was the second in a row for Coach Belkys Velez's team, which improved to 3-3 overall. Wellesley fell below .500 to 4-5 overall.
The Jumbos dominated the top of the order, winning the first six matches. In the #1 match, junior Alix Michael (Mercer Island, WA) won a rousing five-game final. She won the first two games, including a 17-15 first. After Wellesley's Rosemary O'Connnor rallied to win the third and fourth games, Michael took the match with an 11-6 fifth victory.
In the second through fifth matches, Jumbos had much easier wins. Junior co-captain Mercedes Barba (New York, NY) gave up just 10 points in the #3 match and sophomore Jessica Rubine (Cranston, RI) had three 11-1 wins in the fourth match. Sophomore #6 Ushashi Basu (Darien, CT) won in three, but she had to battle through 11-9, 11-9, 12-10 scores.
Wellesley won the final three matches. At #7, Tufts sophomore Hafsa Chaudhry (Westwood, MA) won the second game 11-9 to tie the match at 1-1, but Wellesley's Emaline Surgenor closed the match out in four.
The Jumbos return to NESCAC action tomorrow night with a trip to Wesleyan. Wellesley, which has dropped five straight, plays against Middlebury, Connecticut College and Mount Holyoke at Wesleyan on Saturday
Tufts 6-3
1. Alix Michael (T) def. Rosemary O'Connor (W) 17-15, 11-9, 8-11, 4-11, 11-6
2. Valerie Koo (T) def. Emma Haley (W) 11-2, 11-4, 11-9
3. Mercedes Barba (T) def. Dorothy Vickery (W) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4
4. Jessica Rubine (T) def. Allie Ewing (W) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1
5. Alyse Vinosky (T) def. Cara Kaufman (W) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
6. Ushashi Basu (T) def. Margot Sulmont (W) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10
7. Emaline Surgenor (W) def. Hafsa Chaudhry (T) 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
8. Jennifer Hsu (W) def. Caitlin Doherty (T) 11-8, 11-7, 11-0
9. Haley Vasquez (W) def. Chelsea Dickson (T) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4
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