LEWISTON, Maine -- No. 10 nationally ranked Brown University edged the No. 11 Bates women's squash team 5-4 on Friday at the Bates Squash Center, suffering their first loss in six matches.
Brown (5-2) received wins at the 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 positions to leave Lewiston with the win over its annually close rival.
Junior Nessrine Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia) and first-year Charlotte Cabot (Dover, Mass.) won by 3-0 scores at the first and ninth positions on the ladder, respectively, for the Bobcats (5-2). Senior Samantha Matos (New York, N.Y.) defeated Hanna Hay-Smith 3-2 at 3, and junior Chloe Mitchell (Chatham, N.J.) put away Kathern Elliot-Moskowa 3-1 after succumbing by a 20-18 score in the first set.
The Bobcats will travel to Amherst, Mass., on Saturday to take on the host Lord Jeffs at 5pm and George Washington at 2pm.
Brown 5, Bates 4
Jan. 17, 2014 at Lewiston, Maine (Bates Squash Center)Â
1. Nessrine Ariffin (Bates) def. Sarah Domenick (Brown) 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-5)
2. Dori Rahbar (Brown) def. Myriam Kelly (Bates) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
3. Samantha Matos (Bates) def. Hanna Hay-Smith (Brown) 3-2 (11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-7)
4. Emily Richmond (Brown) def. Lesea Bourke (Bates) 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4)
5. Chloe Mitchell (Bates) def. Katherine Elliot-Moskwa (Brown) 3-1 (18-20, 13-11, 11-4, 11-5)
6. Mina Shakarshy (Brown) def. Rakey Drammeh (Bates) 3-1 (11-6, 12-10, 3-11, 11-5)
7. Skylar Murphy (Brown) def. Lauren Williams (Bates) 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-2, 11-6)
8. Meredith Schmidt-Fellner (Brown) def. Emma Dunn (Bates) 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)
9. Charlotte Cabot (Bates) def. Isabel Scherl (Brown) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9)
