NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The nationally ranked No. 16 Bates women's squash team lost to No. 15 Middlebury 7-2 in its final match of the Kurtz Cup, the B Division of the College Squash Association Team Championships, played at Yale today.
The Bobcats, the No. 8 seed in the Kurtz Cup, finished the season with a 12-7 overall record. The Panthers were the No. 7 seed and finish the year at 9-10.
Senior Luca Polgar (Budapest, Hungary) won for Bates at the No. 1 spot. She defeated Ideal Dowling 11-1, 11-8, 11-7. Polgar is now 16-2 this season. At No. 7, first-year Victoria Haghighi (Bronx, N.Y.) topped Natasha Lowitt in a five-game back-and-forth battle. Haghighi won the first game 11-5, and Lowitt took the second 9-11. Haghighi earned another 11-5, win before her opponent won game four 11-8. Haghighi clinched the victory with an 11-7 win in game five.
The College Squash Association Individual Championships will be held at the University of Pennsylvania March 6-8.
Middlebury 7, Bates 2
Kurtz Cup Consolation Playoff
Feb. 23, 2020 at New Haven, Conn.
1. Luca Polgar (B) def. Ideal Dowling (M) 11-1, 11-8, 11-7
2. Virginia Schaus (M) def. Erika Parker (B) 3-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
3. Gwen Davis (M) def. Katie Manternach (B) 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9
4. Natalie Madden (M) def. Maeve O'Brien (B) 11-8, 11-0, 11-7
5. Emily Beinkampen (M) def. Ella Lungstrum (B) 11-7, 11-3, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9
6. Caroline Arena (M) def. Natasha Jones (B) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3
7. Victoria Haghighi (B) def. Natasha Lowitt (M) 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7
8. Anne Glassie (M) def. Cordelia Dotson (B) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
9. Mira Chugh (M) def. Natalie Bachman (B) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
