HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth men's and women's squash teams fell to
Princeton, 9-0, but rebounded to defeat Middlebury, 9-0, in the Big
Green's second match of the afternoon.
In the first matches of
the day, both the Dartmouth men and and women fell to Princeton, 9-0.
The Big Green struggled against the powerful Tigers at every position,
winning just two games. On the women's side,
Christie Alexander
(Cincinnati, Ohio) had the best showing for Dartmouth at number two,
winning 9-6, 7-9, 2-9. For the men, Steve Preefer (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was
Dartmouth's best finisher, falling 2-9, 9-8, 0-9.
Against Middlebury, all positions earned convincing 3-0 wins in every match, including a win at No. 1 from senior
Adam King (Oromocto, N.B.). Junior
Tyler Young
(Charleston, S.C.) was impressive at No. 4 with two shutout games in
his own 3-0 victory. Freshman Benjamin Gettinger (Wilton, Conn.) also
earned two shutout games and only gave up one point in all three games.
On the women's side, it was also a dominating performance from
the Big Green as Dartmouth only gave up one game at all positions. The
one game came in No. 1 play as junior
Madeline Lurio (Merion, Pa.)
dripped the first game, but came back by winning three-straight.
Three
different Dartmouth players posted two shutout games, including
freshman
Maura Doherty (Brooklyn, N.Y.) who only gave up two points in
three games in the fifth spot. Sophomores
Elizabeth Weintraub
(Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Hillary Becker (Lawrenceville, N.J.) both recorded
convincing wins at the sixth and ninth spot, respectively.
Dartmouth will be back tomorrow morning as Penn makes a stop at the Berry Sports Center for a 11 a.m. start.