PRINCETON, N.J. – Bates College women's squash sought to avenge an earlier season loss but fell to Brown University, 5-4, in the 11th-place game of the Kurtz Cup (B Division) in the CSA Team Championships at Princeton University's Jadwin Gymnasium on Sunday morning.
The No. 12 Bobcats (12-8) lost to the No. 10 Bears (13-8) earlier this season by the same score at the Bates Squash Center on Jan. 17.
Juniors Nessrine Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia) and Myriam Kelly (Bronx, N.Y.) stood as the only players to win their matches in straight sets on the day as Ariffin won 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 at No. 1, and Kelly took an 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 victory on court No. 2.
Senior Ashley Brooks (Roslindale, Mass.) captured a four-set win at No. 4, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10, while classmate Rakey Drammeh (New York, N.Y.) pulled out a five-set victory on court No. 6, coming back to win, 5-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-1, 11-8.
All five losses for the Bobcats went at least four games. Senior Samantha Matos (New York, N.Y.) and first-year Charlotte Cabot (Dover, Mass.) each dropped matches in five sets on court Nos. 3 and 9 respectively. Junior Chloe Mitchell (Chatham, N.J.), classmate Lesea Bourke (Greenwich, Conn.), and sophomore Lauren Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) all fell in four games.
Next, some Bobcats will look to compete at the CSA Individual Championships hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from Feb. 28 to Mar. 2.
Brown 5, Bates 4
CSA Team Championships – Kurtz Cup 11th-place Game
Feb 23, 2014 at Princeton, N.J. (Jadwin Gymnasium)
No. 1 – Nessrine Ariffin (BAT) defeats Dori Rahbar (BR), 11-8, 11-4, 11-7
No. 2 – Myriam Kelly (BAT) defeats Sarah Domenick (BR), 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
No. 3 – Hannah Hay-Smith (BR) defeats Samantha Matos (BAT), 7-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7
No. 4 – Ashley Brooks (BAT) defeats Emily Richmond (BR), 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10
No. 5 – Mina Shakarshy (BR) defeats Chloe Mitchell (BAT), 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
No. 6 – Rakey Drammeh (BAT) defeats Katherine Elliott-Moskwa (BR), 5-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-1, 11-8
No. 7 – Skylar Murphy (BR) defeats Lesea Bourke (BAT), 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9
No. 8 – Isabel Scherl (BR) defeats Lauren Williams (BAT), 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8
No. 9 – Alexandra White (BR) defeats Charlotte Cabot (BAT), 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4
