Women Advance to Kurtz Cup Finals on Sunday; Beat Williams, 7-2

Saturday, February 14

Cambridge, Mass.

11:15 AM

Dartmouth College

Williams

Women Advance to Kurtz Cup Finals on Sunday; Beat Williams, 7-2

2/14/2015 7:32:00 PM | Women's Squash

By: Dartmouth

BOSTON — The Dartmouth women's squash team moved one step closer to claiming the Kurtz Cup, as the Big Green defeated Williams, 7-2, on Saturday morning at Harvard.

The Big Green will meet Stanford in the championship contest on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Earlier this season, the Big Green beat the Cardinal, 7-2, in a neutral site contest at Yale on Jan. 17.

Dartmouth secured the match victory with five wins in the first six matches. Junior Lydie McKenzie, senior Oona Morris, freshman Rebecca Brownell, senior Sarah Caughey and freshman Zainab Molani picked up the five wins for the Big Green, respectively.

Senior Helena Darling and sophomore Jacqueline Barnes also secured solid wins for the Big Green.

Results:
Jacqueline Barnes (D) def. Nicole Friedman (W) - 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6
Haley Parsons (W) def. Tori Dewey (D) - 11-8, 8-11, 16-14, 8-11, 11-5
Lydie McKenzie (D) def. Ellie O'Neill (W) - 8-11, 11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 14-12
Helena Darling def. Nicole Feshbach (W) - 11-4, 11-8, 15-13
Sarah Caughey (D) def. Caroline Sawin (W) - 11-5, 11-8, 11-4
Oona Morris (D) def. Ellen Coombe (W) - 12-10, 11-4, 11-6
Zainab Molani (D) def. Charlotte Walsh (W) - 8-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-6
Rebecca Brownell (D) def. Alyssa Ritchie (W) - 11-7, 11-1, 11-9
Ananya Mahalingam-Dhingra (W) def. Madeline Fraser (D) - 11-8, 14-12, 6-11, 11-6