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Junior Paige Dahlman won the B Draw of the Inidividual Championships at Bowdoin College this weekend
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BRUNSWICK, ME – Junior Paige Dahlman (Denver, CO) of the women's squash team won the B draw finals of the Division III Individual Championships held at Bowdoin College this weekend. There were 16 total participants in the B draw, as Dahlman won four matches over the weekend long tournament to claim the title.
Dahlman opened up play on Friday by topping Samantha Rosado of Mount Holyoke in the round of 16 on Friday night. On Saturday she beat Conn. College's Leah Puklin in the quarter finals, her third win over Puklin this season. She then downed Elizabeth Brehman of Colby in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
In the final match of the draw, held on Sunday morning, Dahlman topped Chloe Polikoff of Bowdoin to win the championship of the bracket. Dahlman was one of three Jumbo women competing this weekend, as junior Ann Bellinger (Arlington, VA) and sophomore Paget Stanco (Rye, NY) played in the A draw of the competition.
This is the second year the tournament has been scheduled but the first year it has actually been held. Last year's tournament was cancelled due to a blizzard. Individuals from 14 schools participated in the tournament including: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Conn. College, Denison, Hamilton, Middlebury, MIT, Mount Holyoke, Tufts, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams.
Dahlman currently plays in the number two position for the Jumbos, and her and her teammates will be back in action on February 21 when they play in the College Squash Association's Team Championships in Princeton, NJ.
