HANOVER, N.H. — The women's squash team defended its No. 6 national ranking Sunday with a bounce-back 8-1 victory over No. 7 Dartmouth at John W. Berry Sports Center.
Cornell (8-3, 3-2 Ivy League) defeated Dartmouth (5-5, 1-4) for an eight consecutive time in the all-time series, sweeping the first two rotations to take an insurmountable lead.
Freshman
Charlotte Knaggs won in three sets at No. 9 to get the Big Red on the board, and sophomore
Rachel Scherman also won in three at No. 3. Freshman
Emma Uible won in four at the No. 6 position to close out the first rotation.
Senior
Lindsay Seginson swept her match at No. 5, freshman Michele Garceau never trailed in a four-set win at No. 2, and junior co-captain
Reut Odinak stormed back from two sets down at No. 8 to win in five to leave Cornell up 6-0 entering the final rotation.
The Big Red closes out the regular season next weekend with a chance to move up the national rankings heading into the Howe Cup with matches against No. 2 Penn and No. 5 Princeton before wrapping up against No. 25 William Smith.
No. 6 CORNELL 8, No. 7 DARTMOUTH 1Sunday's results; at John W. Berry Sports Center; Hanover, N.H.1.
Danielle Letourneau (C) def. Jacqueline Barnes, 11-7, 11-2, 11-7
2. Michele Garceau (C) def. Victoria Dewey, 11-4, 6-11, 13-11, 11-6
3.
Rachel Scherman (C) def. Lydie McKenzie, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
4.
Margaux Losty (C) def. Helena Darling, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
5.
Lindsay Seginson (C) def. Sarah Caughey, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
6.
Emma Uible (C) def. Oona Morris, 11-7, 11-3, 10-12, 11-2
7. Zainab Molani (D) def.
Rachel Au, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7
8.
Reut Odinak (C) def. Rebecca Brownell, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
9.
Charlotte Knaggs (C) def. Madeline Fraser, 14-12, 11-4, 11-4
