CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The eighth-ranked Dartmouth women's squash team lost to sixth-ranked Stanford, 9-0, in the seventh-place match at the Howe Cup (A Division) at Cambridge on Sunday. The loss dropped the Big Green 6-9 overall.
The contest was closer than the final score indicated as four of the nine matches went five games. In the second spot, junior Becky Lau (Toronto, Ontario) lost to Kerrie Sample, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8. At fifth singles, freshman Oona Morris (New York, N.Y.) fell to Aditi Maliwal, 13-11, 8-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6.
Madeleine Gill beat sophomore Kensy Balch (Edmonton, Alberta) at the sixth spot, 11-7, 4-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-5. Senior Julia Watson (Rocky Mount, N.C.) lost to Julie Koenig, 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-13, 11-3, at No. 8 singles.
The match ended the team portion of the Big Green's schedule, but the Individual Championships take place next weekend, March 2-4, at Amherst, Mass.
| No. | Dartmouth |
Stanford |
Scores | Winner |
| 1WS | Schafer,Corey N. | Chua,Pamela | 12-10,11-8,11-6 | Stanford University |
| 2WS | Lau,Rebecca | Sample,Kerrie L | 8-11,11-8,9-11,11-6,11-8 | Stanford University |
| 3WS | Loucks,Sarah | Sherwood,Kyla D | 11-4,11-6 | Stanford University |
| 4WS | Turk,Melina C | Corelli,Kathryn M | 11-6,10-12,11-6,11-7 | Stanford University |
| 5WS | Morris,Oona R | Maliwal,Aditi | 13-11,8-11,11-6,3-11,11-6 | Stanford University |
| 6WS | Balch,Kensy | Gill,Madeleine M. | 11-7,4-11,7-11,11-9,11-5 | Stanford University |
| 7WS | Nimmo,Katherine | Fagan,Serena M. | 11-4,11-9,11-8 | Stanford University |
| 8WS | Watson,Julia | Koenig,Julie L | 4-11,11-8,11-4,11-13,11-3 | Stanford University |
| 9WS | Darling,Helena S.D. | Huchro,Alexandra L. | 11-8,11-6,11-7 | Stanford University |
| 10WS | Caughey,Sarah K. | Posner,Ariel H. | 11-6,11-8,11-4 | Stanford University |
