No. 5 Virginia Falls in Gaynor Cup Final

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 5 Virginia women’s squash team (11-3) suffered a 6-2 loss against No. 7 Stanford in the final of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships on Sunday (Feb. 11) at the Arlen Specter U.S. Squash Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

Top-seeded Virginia and 2-seed Stanford both advanced to the final of the conference championship, known as the Gaynor Cup, after a pair of 9-0 victories in the group stage of the tournament on Friday and Saturday.

Seniors Meagan Best and Griffin Dewey earned the points for the Cavaliers. Best defeated Si Ma 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10 at the top of the ladder, while Dewey logged an 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 win at nine. Additionally, junior Caroline Pellegrino won her exhibition match 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.

Virginia has two regular-season matches remaining on the schedule before beginning play at the CSA national championships. UVA will host No. 3 Princeton on Saturday, Feb. 17 and No. 8 Cornell on Sunday at the McArthur Squash Center.

#7 Stanford 7, #5 Virginia 2

1. Meagan Best (VA) def. Si Yi Ma (STAN) 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10
2. Madison Ho (STAN) def. Lina Tammam (VA) 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-7
3. Maria Narvaez Dardon (STAN) def. Olivia Walsh (VA) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9
4. Miriam Cheng (STAN) def. Maureen Foley (VA) 11-5, 11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 11-8
5. Yuvna Gupta (STAN) def. Clare Minnis (VA) 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
6. Maeve Baker (STAN) def. Nina Hashmi (VA) 11-8, 11-1, 11-4
7. Khushi Kukadia (STAN) def. Eliza Mills (VA) 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
8. Lucia Bicknell (STAN) def. Nili Sprecher (VA) 14-12, 11-1, 11-7
9. Griffin Dewey (VA) def. Leah McGillicuddy (STAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9
10. Exh. Caroline Pellegrino (VA) def. Isabella Rolfe (STAN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7