No. 5 Virginia Wins 9-0 to Open MASC Championships
PHILADELPHIA – The No. 5 Virginia women’s squash team (10-2) opened play at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships with a 9-0 victory against No. 21 Franklin & Marshall on Friday (Feb. 9) at the Arlen Specter U.S. Squash Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Cavaliers tallied their fourth-straight shutout victory and blanked the Diplomats for the second time this season.
Virginia won all nine positions and the exhibition court by 3-0 scores.
Senior Meagan Best logged a dominant 11-1, 11-3, 11-1 victory at the top of the ladder. Senior Erin O’Connor logged an 11-2, 11-1, 11-2 win at nine. Junior Annabelle MacTaggart won her exhibition match 11-1, 11-1, 11-0.
The six teams of the MASC are broken up into Group 1 and Group 2. Top-seeded Virginia anchors Group 1 and faces the 4 and 5 seeds in Group Play. Virginia next faces 4-seed Georgetown on Saturday (Feb. 10) at 4 p.m.
The winners of Group 1 and Group 2 will compete against one another in the championship match on Sunday (Feb. 11) at 12 p.m.
#5 Virginia 9, #21 Franklin and Marshall 0
- Meagan Best (VA) def. Gurlin Kaur (FM) 11-1, 11-3, 11-1
- Lina Tammam (VA) def. Aryaa Ogale (FM) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4
- Maureen Foley (VA) def. Cate Costin (FM) 14-12, 11-6, 11-9
- Clare Minnis (VA) def. Zarine Gidwaney (FM) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7
- Nina Hashmi (VA) def. Mia Todd (FM) 11-4, 11-7, 11-1
- Eliza Mills (VA) def. Tatum Long (FM) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6
- Caroline Pellegrino (VA) def. Iman Jaikishan (FM) 11-0, 11-5, 11-3
- Griffin Dewey (VA) def. Joey Ho (FM) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4
- Erin O’Connor (VA) def. Ana Petrosky (FM) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2
- Exh. Annabelle MacTaggart (VA) def. Destiny Ponce (FM) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0