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No. 5 Virginia Hosts No. 12 Dartmouth in its Home Opener Friday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 5 Virginia women’s squash (3-2, 0-0 MASC) hosts No. 12 Dartmouth (0-1) on Friday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. at the McArthur Squash Center. The match will be the team’s first home contest since Jan. 26, 2020.

The Cavaliers will also play two matches on Saturday against Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference opponents, taking on Georgetown (2-0, 0-0 MASC) at 11 a.m. and No. 17 Franklin & Marshall (2-2, 1-0 MASC) at 6 p.m.

MATCH DETAILS

  • Live scoring will be available through ClubLocker
  • Live streams will be available for courts G1, G2, 4, 9 and 11
  • All three will be the 3 Court System
  • The Virginia men’s team will be playing concurrently on Friday and Saturday

NOTING VIRGINIA

  • The Cavaliers remained at No. 5 in this week’s College Squash Association rankings, the highest ranking in program history
  • The Cavaliers had last week off after playing three road matches the prior week, picking up 5-4 wins at No. 9 Penn and No. 8 Cornell
  • This is Virginia’s first home match in 18 months as the Cavalier women did not play any intercollegiate matches in 2020-21. The men’s team played two against Navy
  • Dartmouth is UVA’s sixth straight match against an Ivy League opponent
  • Saturday’s match against Georgetown is the Cavaliers’ MASC opener
  • Senior Emma Jinks is 3-0 this season at the No. 4 position
  • Freshman Maureen Foley has started her collegiate career 3-1 having won her last three matches
  • Junior Maria Moya has won her last two matched and is 3-2 this season
  • Sophomore Meagan Best is 3-2 playing at the top of the ladder
  • This is the second meeting between UVA and Dartmouth with UVA winning the first 6-3 in the 2020 Kurtz Cup final of the B Division of the CSA Team Championships. The Cavaliers rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win that match
  • Virginia is 2-0 against Georgetown, but both of those wins came when the Hoyas were a club team. This is their first season as a varsity sport and first as a member of the MASC
  • The Hoyas were the top-ranked club program during the 2019-20 season and were due to launch their inaugural varsity season in 2020-21, but it was delayed due to the COVID 19 pandemic
  • Georgetown is No. 27 in the CSA rankings
  • Franklin & Marshall have wins against Dickinson and Chatham this season but have been swept by Drexel and Penn
  • Virginia is 5-0 all-time against the Diplomats, having swept the last four meetings

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia will take a break for final exams and the holidays before returning to action on Sunday, Jan. 9 by hosting No. 1 Harvard

 

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