No. 2 Yale Goes 2-0 Against No. 21 Colby, No. 10 Williams
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Saturday, the Yale women's squash team improved to 3-0 with 9-0 sweeps against Colby and Williams.
No. 21 Colby was up first. The Bulldogs ended up puling off an easy 9-0 victory against the lower-ranked White Mules.
In the match against No. 10 Williams, the Bulldogs dropped only three games en route to their 9-0 victory. Senior captain Katie Ballaine played at No. 1, where she topped No. 67 Laura Henry (Ballaine is No. 28 in the rankings) 13-11, 11-8, 11-6. Sophomore Shihui Mao, ranked No. 38, knocked off No. 50 Alli Rubin in the second spot 11-5, 11-5, 11-7. Playing at No. 3, junior Gwen Tilghman played an epic first game against Ellie O'Neill, eventually triumphing 18-16. After that battle the match stayed close, but Tilghman took the second game 11-9 and the third 11-5 to sweep her way to victory.
In the fourth spot was No. 40-ranked junior Lilly Fast, who topped No. 98 Alyssa Northrup. Northrup got off to an early lead, taking the first game 11-8, but Fast bounced back to win the final three 11-5, 11-9, 12-10. In the fifth spot sophomore Issey Norman-Ross topped Nicole Feshbach easily, winning 11-5, 11-6, 11-7. Senior Katie Harrison was at No. 6, and came away with an 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 victory in a hard-fought battle against Caroline Sawin.
The younger subset of the Yale team got into the action in the Nos. 7-9 spots, beginning with sophomore Anna Harrison, playing against Hannah Kaemmer. Harrison took the victory in four games, with only a hiccup in the third game interrupting her 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7 march to a win. At No. 8, another younger sibling in Annie Ballaine took on Mia Fry, winning by a dominant score of 11-3, 11-0, 11-4 in her first collegiate action. At No. 9, fellow freshman Georgia Blatchford took an 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 win over Lily Grant to complete the Bulldog sweep. Finally, playing at no. 10, junior Coco Siebert won 11-6, 13-11, 11-4 against Hailey Newbound.
Williams College |
Rating | Yale University | Rating | Winner's Score | Winner | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WS | Henry,Laura E | 0.000 | Ballaine,Katie W | 0.000 | 13-11,11-8,11-6 | Yale University | C |
| 2WS | Rubin,Alli l | 0.000 | Mao,Shihui | 0.000 | 11-5,11-5,11-7 | Yale University | C |
| 3WS | O'neill,Ellie | 0.000 | Tilghman,Gwendoline C | 0.000 | 18-16,11-9,11-5 | Yale University | C |
| 4WS | Northrop,Alyssa | 0.000 | Fast,Lillian A. | 0.000 | 8-11,11-5,11-9,12-10 | Yale University | C |
| 5WS | Feshbach,Nicole D. | 0.000 | Norman-Ross,Issey | 0.000 | 11-5,11-6,11-7 | Yale University | C |
| 6WS | Sawin,Caroline C | 0.000 | Harrison,Katie A | 0.000 | 11-5,8-11,11-6,11-7 | Yale University | C |
| 7WS | Kaemmer,Hannah M | 0.000 | Harrison,Anne | 0.000 | 11-4,11-8,8-11,11-7 | Yale University | C |
| 8WS | Fry,Mia A | 0.000 | Ballaine,Annie Y | 0.000 | 11-3,11-0,11-4 | Yale University | C |
| 9WS | Grant,Lily | 0.000 | Blatchford,Georgia A. | 0.000 | 11-4,11-5,12-10 | Yale University | C |
| 10WS | Newbound,Hailey H. | 0.000 | Siebert,Coco | 0.000 | 11-6,13-11,11-4 | Yale University | C |
Report by Calvin Bohn '14, Yale Sports Publicity
