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No. 8 Virginia Falls 6-3 to No. 6 Yale

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 8 Virginia women’s squash team (0-1) fell 6-3 to No. 6 Yale (1-0) on Saturday afternoon at the McArthur Squash Center.

The Cavalier women took the early lead with Meagan Best cruising to 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-3) over Sneha Sivakumar at the top of the ladder. Virginia picked up a win at the five position from Sydney Maxwell, 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-9) after three-straight points for the Bulldogs to cut it to 3-2.

Yale added two more wins to secure the match before Olivia Walsh won 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5) at the four position over Brianna Jefferson.

Maureen Foley was in a tightly contested match, winning the first game 11-6, before dropping the next two. Foley won the fourth to force the deciding fifth game but eventually fell 7-11 to Yale’s Whitney Taylor.

MATCH NOTES

  • All three wins for the Cavaliers were 3-0 sweeps.
  • Best has now won four-straight matches dating back to last season.

UP NEXT

Virginia hosts No. 4 Columbia on Sunday (November 13) at noon at the McArthur Squash Center.

No. 6 Yale 6, No. 8 Virginia 3

  1. | Meagan Best (UVA) def. Sneha Sivakumar (YALE) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3
  2. | Christy Tin Yan Lau (YALE) def. Emma Jinks (UVA) 11-1, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6
  3. | Elisabeth Ross (YALE) def. Maria Moya (UVA) 11-5, 11-7, 11-9
  4. | Olivia Walsh (UVA) def. Brianna Jefferson (YALE) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5
  5. | Sydney Maxwell (UVA) def. Gigi Yeung (YALE) 12-10, 11-6, 11-9
  6. | Meghna Sreedhar (YALE) def. Nicolina Tessitore (UVA) 11-3, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5
  7. | Whitney Taylor (YALE) def. Maureen Foley (UVA) 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7
  8. | Lindsay Westerfield (YALE) def. Julia Curran (UVA) 11-4, 11-8, 12-10
  9. | Mika Bardin (YALE) def. Griffin Dewey (UVA) 11-6, 11-8, 12-10

EXH | Nina Mital (YALE) def. Caroline Pellegrino (UVA) 11-6, 12-10, 11-5

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