CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- The Virginia men’s and women’s squash teams will battle Franklin & Marshall, Richmond and the men’s team from North Carolina in matches on Saturday (Nov. 2) as the Cavaliers open the 2019-20 season at the McArthur Squash Center.
Both teams will compete against Franklin and Marshall at 11 a.m. and Richmond at 3 p.m. The Cavalier men will face North Carolina at 5 p.m. The women’s match against the Tar Heels, originally schedule for 5 p.m., has been cancelled.
How to Follow
Fans can watch a stream of the matches on VirginiaSports.TV. Links to the stream and to live scoring, available with a paid subscription to Club Locker, are available at VirginiaSports.com. Updates throughout the match will be provided on the team’s official Twitter account (@UVAsquash).
The Season Start
• The Cavaliers will open the 2019-20 season at home, hosting the men’s and women’s teams from Franklin & Marshall and Richmond, and the men’s team from North Carolina.
• It’s the first time the men’s team has opened the season at home since becoming a varsity program at Virginia in 2017.
• The women’s team hosted Richmond, North Carolina and Georgetown in its opening weekend last year.
Facing Franklin & Marshall
• The men have battled the Diplomats four times since becoming a varsity program in 2017, while the women’s team has faced Franklin & Marshall three times.
• The men’s team holds a 4-0 record against the Diplomats, including winning the only match played in Charlottesville. The two teams met three times during the 2018-19 season with two matches being played during the post season at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Championships and the College Squash Association Championships.
• The Cavaliers have won all four of the men’s matches against F&M, 5-4.
• The women battled Franklin & Marshall twice during the 2019-20 season, winning both matchups 9-0. The last meeting between the two teams was in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Championships.
• The Cavalier women have only given up one point to the Diplomats since becoming a varsity program in 2017, winning 8-1 against Franklin & Marshall in a road match in November of 2017 in Lancaster, Pa.
The Spiders
• The Virginia women’s team and Richmond will compete for the second consecutive year on opening weekend. The 9-0 Virginia win is the only meeting between the two teams on the women’s side.
• The two teams have competed three times on the men’s side with Virginia winning all three home matches in a 9-0 victory.
Against the Tar Heels
• The men’s team battled the Tar Heels twice during the 2017-18 season with Virginia winning both meetings in a 9-0 victory.
• The two teams did not compete last year.
Capping the 2018-19 season
• The Cavaliers concluded last year with the women’s team ranking 11th in the final College Squash Association’s end-of-year rankings, while the men’s team finished as the 12th ranked team.
• Both programs won the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Squash Championships.
• The women’s team finished third at the Kurtz Cup, while the men’s team finished fourth in the Hoehn Cup.
• Two Cavaliers earned an end-of-year individual ranking as Emma Jinks (Stratford, Prince Edward Island) and Patrick McElroy (Brookline, Mass.) concluded their first collegiate season ranked 21st and 29th, respectively.
Virginia Opens Season at Home Saturday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- The Virginia men's and women's squash teams will battle Franklin & Marshall, Richmond and the men's team from North Carolina in matches on Saturday (Nov. 2) as the Cavaliers open the 2019-20 season at the McArthur Squash Center.