No. 6 Virginia Plays Saturday and Sunday at Dickinson
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 6 Virginia women’s squash team (6-2, 3-0 MASC) play a pair of weekend matches at the Kline Center in Carlisle, Pa., taking on No. 21 Dickinson (4-5, 1-1 MASC) on Saturday (Jan. 20) at 4 p.m. and No. 28 Denison (3-4) in a neutral-site match there on Sunday (Jan. 21) at 11 a.m.
NOTE: Friday’s home match against Chatham has been postponed due to weather. Makeup date is to be determined
HOW TO FOLLOW
- Live scoring and live streams will be available Saturday
- Only live scoring will be available for Sunday’s match
CAVALIER NOTES
- Virginia moved back to No. 6 in the CSA team rankings
- This is Virginia’s first match since December 2, a break of 47 days between matches
- The Cavaliers headed into break with a dominant 8-1 win against No. 11 Dartmouth, their third victory against an Ivy League school this season
- Saturday’s match against the Red Devils is a MASC contest
- Freshman Nili Sprecher was named the CSA Player of the Month for November for the hot start to her career. She is tied for the team lead in victories with a 6-2 record
- Lina Tammam and Olivia Walsh also have 6-2 records. Tammam is 5-2 at position 2 while Walsh has played at two, three and four this season
- Erin O’Connor is a perfect 2-0 at position 9
- Maureen Foley has a 5-3 record
- Prior to this weekend, Virginia has only faced one opponent ranked outside the top 15
- Virginia is 8-0 against Dickinson and 1-0 against Denison
UP NEXT
- These are UVA’s last matches before their first post season tournament, the 2023 Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, being held Feb. 9-11 at the Arlen Specter Center in Philadelphia, Pa.