ITHACA, N.Y. – The women's squash team won its fifth straight match Saturday in thrilling fashion, edging Dartmouth, 5-4, at the Belkin International Squash Courts.
 
The seventh-ranked Big Red took a 2-1 lead after the first set of matches behind victories from Laura Caty in five sets at the No. 9 spot and Jesse Pacheco at No. 3. But the visiting eighth-ranked Big Green pulled even at 3 after the next wave.
 
Cornell's Lauren Sachvie won in straight sets at No. 7 to give Cornell the lead back, but the Big Green answered with Melina Turk's four-set victory at No. 4. That left the balance of the match in the hands of the No. 1 spot, where the Big Red had freshman Danielle Letourneau squaring off against Corey Schafer.
 
Letourneau won the first and third sets, but Schafer was able to force a fifth set with 12-10 and 17-15 wins in the second and fourth sets, respectively. Letourneau pulled ahead for good in the fifth set to secure a 11-8 win and give the match to Cornell.
 
Cornell (10-3, 3-1 Ivy League) faces an even bigger test at noon Sunday when undefeated, top-ranked Harvard visits Belkin.
 
RESULTS
#7 CORNELL 5, #8 DARTMOUTH 4
At Belkin International Squash Courts; Ithaca, N.Y.
1. Danielle Letourneau (C) def. Corey Schafer, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3, 15-17, 11-8.
2. Jaime Laird (C) def. Rebecca Lau, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.
3. Jesse Pacheco (C) def. Sarah Loucks, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.
4. Melina Turk (D) def. Maggie Remsen, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3.
5. Oona Morris (D) def. Rachel Au, 12-10, 6-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8.
6. Kensy Balch (D) def. Clare Berner, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9.
7. Lauren Sachvie (C) def. Katherine Nimmo, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7.
8. Julia Watson (D) def. Jacqueline Wagner, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5.
9. Laura Caty (C) def. Helena Darling, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9.