CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.  – The No. 7 Virginia women’s squash team finished as the runner-up at the 2023 MASC Championship after falling 6-3 to No. 4 Drexel on Sunday morning at the McArthur Squash Center.

Meagan Best put UVA on the board first with a decisive 3-0 victory over Drexel’s Alina Bushma at the No. 1 position. Lina Tammam put the Cavaliers up 2-0 with her 3-1 win at No. 3. Drexel came back to tie it up with wins at six and seven. UVA’s Sydney Maxwell and Maureen Foley battled in five-game matches but eventually fell 3-2.

Maxwell took a 2-1 lead after dropping the first game, but Drexel came back to take the win. Foley traded games with Drexel but eventually fell in the fifth, 12-10.

Nicolina Tessitore fell at eight. Eliza Mills won her first game but eventually fell 3-1 at nine. Olivia Walsh battled back after dropping the first game to win 3-1 and remain unbeaten this season.

Emma Jinks fell 3-0 at four and Maria Moya dropped a 3-1 decision at two.

No. 4 Drexel 6, No. 7 Virginia 3

  1. | Meagan Best (UVA) def. Alina Bushma (DREX) 11-9, 11-4, 11-3
  2. | Karina Tyma (DREX) def. Maria Moya (UVA) 11-3, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4
  3. | Lina Tammam (UVA) def. Noa Romero Blazquez (DREX) 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-7
  4. | Margot Prow (DREX) def. Emma Jinks (UVA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
  5. | Oliva Walsh (UVA) def. Amirah Rosli (DREX) 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3
  6. | Emma Bartley (DREX) def. Sydney Maxwell (UVA) 13-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8
  7. | Sanya Vats (DREX) def. Maureen Foley (UVA) 4-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 12-10
  8. | Moa Bonnemark (DREX) def. Nicolina Tessitore (DREX) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
  9. | Lydia Robinson (DREX) def. Eliza Mills (UVA) 5-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5