No. 10 Virginia defeats No. 12 Brown 8-1 in Mid-Week Match
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 10 Virginia women’s squash team (6-3) defeated No. 12 Brown (1-4) 8-1 on Wednesday (Jan. 15) at the McArthur Squash Center.
Battling through a series of contested matchups, UVA jumped out to an early lead as the team clinched four matches that went into extra games. Freshman Maria Paula Moya (Ambato, Ecuador) recorded the first point with an 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 win against Danielle Benstock in position four. Freshman Julia Curran (Bronxville, N.Y.) fought her way through a five-game match to take a 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4 win over Isabella Kerns in position six. Freshman Grace Seymour (Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.) and sophomore Emma Jinks (Stratford, Prince Edward Island) followed, recording 3-2 wins in positions seven and one, respectively, to move the UVA ahead 4-0. Seymour rallied for a come-from-behind win against Scarlett Bergam 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 and Jinks defeated Alexa Jacob with a score of 11-5, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9.
Senior Sarah Doss (Richmond, Va.) clinched the match point, defeating Esha Lakhotia 11-2, 12-10, 11-4 in position nine.
Senior Tara Arya (Cupertino, Calif.) added to the Cavalier victory with a decisive win over Catherine Kimmel in position eight. Arya recorded a score of 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 for the victory. Sophomore Mandy Haywood (Christ Church, Barbados) and junior Emily Woodworth (Weston, Mass) rounded out the match with wins in position two and five, respectively. Haywood defeated Abigail Dichter 13-11, 11-7, 11-8, while Woodworth topped Isabel Young 11-6, 13-11, 11-6.
“Today’s match against Brown was an important one in terms of us achieving our team goals this season,” head coach Mark Allen said. “With only two places between the two teams on the rankings, it was a match that everyone knew they had to come out and play very well to win. To come away with an 8-1 victory over a team as strong as they are is definitely our best result so far this season and one the team can feel very proud of – they’ve all been working so hard and I’m pleased that today they got to see the result of that effort. This team has such a good attitude towards their training and ‘the daily grind,’ and I’m very excited to see just how far they can go this year.”
Virginia will return to action on Saturday (Jan. 18) to face No. 9 Cornel (3-2) in a neutral site match at Pennsylvania’s Penn Squash Center. The match will begin at 4:30 p.m.
No. 10 Virginia def. No. 12 Brown 8-1
Order of Finish (4, 6, 7, 1, 9, 8, 2, 5, 3)
1 | Emma Jinks (UVA) def. Alexa Jacobs (B) 11-5, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9
2 | Mandy Haywood (UVA) def. Abigail Dichter (B) 13-11, 11-7, 11-8
3 | Hannah Seckendorf (B) def. Sydney Maxwell (UVA) 17-15, 5-11, 13-11, 11-5
4 | Maria Paula Moya (UVA) def. Danielle Benstock (B) 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9
5 | Emily Woodworth (UVA) def. Isabel Young (B) 11-6, 13-11, 11-6
6 | Julia Curran (UVA) def. Isabella Kearns (B) 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4
7 | Grace Seymour (UVA) def. Scarlett Bergam (B) 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
8 | Tara Arya (UVA) def. Catherine Kimmel (B) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
9 | Sarah Doss (UVA) def. Esha Lakhotia (B) 11-2, 12-10, 11-4
Exh| Caroline Baldwin (UVA) def. Katherine Dowling (B) 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8