February 15, 2009
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Squash Finishes 30th at Howe Cup

Northampton, MA: The Pioneers lost 3-6 to Haverford today in a close match but improved their finish from last season at the Howe Cup as they moved up from 32nd to 30th place.

Shanita Williams (Boston, MA), Jessice MacLeod (Huntington, NY) and Jasmine Wallas (Nassau, Bahamas) at numbers one, two and six respectively, won their matches while Elizabeth Guyman (Seattle, WA) lost a close match (7-9, 7-9, 8-10) at number seven. Other close matches were at numbers three (Meg Oliverio/Boston, MA) and in the eight slot (Joanne Poon/San Francisco, CA).

1. Shanita Williams defeated Sarah Gilarsky, 9-1, 9-5, 9-3
2. Jess MacLeod defeated Vanessa Sergeon, 9-1, 9-1 9-0
3. Meg Oliverio lost to Jenny Millman, 5-9, 2-9, 5-9
4. Alice Reznickova lost to Sarah Powell, 0-9, 2-9, 5-9
5. Jaycinth Cooke lost to Rachel Edmonds, 4-9,3-9, 1-9
6. Jasmine Wallas defeated Monique Wong, 9-2, 7-9, 5-9, 9-7, 9-1
7. Elizabeth Guyman lost to Sarita kapadia, 7-9.7-9, 8-10
8. Joanne Poon lost to Ellen de Moll, 0-9, 10-8, 9-10, 1-9
9  Mercedes Pepper lost to Laura Tetri, 4-9, 4-9, 3-9