Athletics News and Press Releases

February 19, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

Squash Finishes 28th at Howe Cup

Northampton, MA: The Pioneers finished 28th in the country today at Howe Cup women's national college team championships at Yale University. Smith lost its last match to George Washington University, 8-1, on Sunday. Although the Pioneers won one fewer match than the last time the teams faced each other, four of Smith's matches went to 4 games, with close scores and only a few points separating Smith from the second seed in the Epps Division.

Talia Williams (Montpelier, VT), who won all her matches at the Howe Cup, defeated Cheslea Mouta in five games yesterday to tally Smith's only win.

Position	GWU	Smith	Winner	Scores
1	Rachael Rayfield	Beatrice Bircher	GWU	9-2 9-6 9-0
2	Kate Bullard	K Whitesell	GWU	9-4 9-10 9-1 9-3
3	Cheslea Mouta	Talia Williams	Smith	9-7 2-9 9-0 9-10 9-0
4	Christina Lazar	Jessica MacLeod	GWU	9-10 9-3 9-4 9-3
5	Bettin Scott	Mary Opler	GWU	9-3 9-2 9-0
6	Elaine Purcell	Sara Smyth	GWU	9-3 9-0 9-0
7	Sybil Bunn	A Reznickova	GWU	9-6 9-3 6-9 9-7
8	Maggie Alexander	Katrina Dugan	GWU	9-1 3-9 9-4 10-8
9	Kara Popowich	Mercedes Pepper	GWU	9-3 9-2 9-1

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