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No. 7 Virginia Sweeps Dickinson in Regular Season Finale

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 7 Virginia women’s squash team (10-3) improved to 6-0 at home after a 9-0 sweep of Dickinson (3-10) in the team’s final regular season match at the McArthur Squash Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Hoos started the match on a blistering pace as Annabelle McTaggart (11-2, 11-3, 11-3), Caroline Pellegrino (11-5, 11-7, 11-1), Maureen Foley (11-3, 11-1, 11-4) and Nicolina Tessitore (11-4, 11-4, 11-7) swept the opening four matches for Virginia. It was Sydney Maxwell who clinched the victory for Virginia as she defeated Lindsay Kuracina in four games (5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6).

The remaining Cavaliers all took care of the competition in three games to lead Virginia to a 9-0 victory over Denison.

NOTES

  • Virginia improves to 6-0 at the MacArthur Squash Center this season
  • The victory marks the first time in program history that the Cavaliers have gone undefeated at home
  • Julia Curran improves her win-streak to six matches tying Olivia Walsh for the longest active streak on the team
  • Annabelle McTaggart has won each of her last five matches
  • The Cavaliers improve to 3-1 in MASC play as the team prepares for the Mid Atlantic Squash Conference Championships
  • Virginia improves to 5-0 all-time against Dickinson

FROM HEAD COACH MARK ALLEN:

“It’s always great to be playing at home and on our own courts here at McArthur Squash Center. The women’s clean sweep of all three opponents this weekend sets us up nicely for the MASC Conference Championships and hopefully an opportunity for a re-match with Drexel on neutral territory and with our full line-up available. I know the girls will be fired up and ready for that one!”

“Special congratulations to fourth-year Mandy Haywood who represented UVA Squash for the 50th time on Saturday. Mandy has been such an instrumental player for us this past four years, and I’ll always be grateful she made the decision to join us here in Charlottesville. I am honored to have been her coach and am looking forward to watching her compete these next few weeks in what will be her last few matches for the team.”

ON THE HORIZON

  • The Cavaliers will turn their attention to the Mid Atlantic Squash Conference Championships scheduled to begin on Friday, Feb. 4 in Lancaster, Pa.

No. 7 Virginia 9, Dickinson 0

  1. Maria Paula Moya (W_UVA) def. Amna Fayyaz (DICKINSO) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7
  2. Sydney Maxwell (W_UVA) def. Lindsay Kuracina (DICKINSO) 5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6
  3. Maureen Foley (W_UVA) def. Eloise Nimoityn (DICKINSO) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
  4. Caroline Baldwin (W_UVA) def. Whitney Finney (DICKINSO) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
  5. Mandy Haywood (W_UVA) def. Cate Moll (DICKINSO) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
  6. Nicolina Tessitore (W_UVA) def. Emerson Rains (DICKINSO) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
  7. Caroline Pellegrino (W_UVA) def. Ellissa Goldman (DICKINSO) 11-5, 11-7, 11-1
  8. Julia Curran (W_UVA) def. Kate Young (DICKINSO) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
  9. Annabelle MacTaggart (W_UVA) def. Elizabeth Howerton (DICKINSO) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3

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