December 6, 2008
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Squash Competes At Wesleyan Invitational

Northampton, MA: Smith started the day with a tough 8-1 loss to Division I Ivy League opponent Columbia followd by a 9-0 loss to a strong Middlebury squad. In their third and final match of the two-day event, the Pioneers fell to the host 8-1.

In the Wesleyan match, Smith's number one, Shanita Williams (Boston, MA) took advantage of the fact that Wesleyan rested thier usual number one to beat replacement Gwynn Hunter, 3-0.  The first two games were very close with Williams using her speed and athleticism to attack Hunter's short balls with accurate drops to the front of the court, finish10-8,9-7,9-2.

Smith 1, Columbia 8
#1 Shanita Williams lost to Elizabeth Chu, 0-3
#2 Jess MacLeod lost to Olivia Tandon, 0-3
#3 Meg Oliverio lost to Zahreh Taufique, 0-3
#4 Elizabeth Guyman lost to Monica Gorman, 0-3
#5 Jasmine Wallas lost to Yazmine Koukaz, 0-3
#6 Mercedes Pepper lost to Mantea Hego, 0-3
#7 Su Fu lost to Tara Bonani, 0-3
#8 Catie Blunt lost to Mahich Taufique, 0-3
#9 Ella Hartenian won by default

Smith 0, Middlebury 9
#1 Williams lost to Virgina Shannon, 0-3
#2  MacLeod lost to Sarah DeCamp, 0-3
#3 Oliverio lost to Kathryn Bostwick, 0-3
#4 Guyman lost to Caroline Woodown, 0-3
#5 Wallas lost to Liz McMorris, 0-3
#6 Pepper lost to Janice Burchfield, 0-3
#7 Fu lost to Alex Buillot, 0-3
#8 Blunt lost to Brooke Farquar, 0-3
#9 Hartenian lost to Ashley Patichelle, 0-3

Smith 1, Wesleyan 8
#1 Williams defeated Gwynne Hunter, 3-0
#2 MacLeod lost to Andrea Giuliani , 0-3
#3 Oliverio lost to Keera Bhandari, 1-3
#4 Guyman lost to Caroline Fox, 0-3
#5 Wallas lost to Jenny Chu, 0-3
#6 Pepper lost to Ashley Garret, 0-3
#7 Fu lost to  Rachel Ghorbani, 0-3
#8 Blunt lost to Mada Ursu, 0-3
#9 Joanne Poon lost to Meherazade Sumarralla, 0-3