Wellesley College Wins 2015 Seven Sisters Squash Championship
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Wellesley College squash went a perfect 3-0, capturing the Blue's second consecutive Seven Sisters Squash Championship on Saturday afternoon at Harvard University's Murr Center Squash Courts.
The Blue swept to 9-0 victories over Vassar College and Smith College in the round robin tournament before defeating Mount Holyoke College, 7-2, in a de facto championship match to close out the day.
Against the Brewers, the Blue took positions three through nine all thanks to 3-0 sweeps, including All-Tournament selection Gabriella Wynne's victory over Ellie Opdahl at number five (11-2, 11-3, 11-2).
In the number two match-up, Blue first year Phyllis Lin held off a late rally from Vassar's Isabelle Bertram to take a four game victory (11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5). Blue number one Sarah Zhang then out-dueled Vassar's Hannah Nice in a five game match to complete the Wellesley sweep (8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8).
Nice, an All-Tournament selection, would get the better of Mount Holyoke number one Brandy Williamson in the Brewers' next match, an 8-1 defeat at the hands of Lyons. Nice also topped Smith's Jacqueline Zhou as Vassar earned a 6-3 victory in their final match of the day.
Smith's Zhou and Wellesley's Zhang then squared off in a five game match of their own, with Zhang winning the final two games to close out a 9-0 team victory with an 8-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4, 11-3 win. The Blue swept to 3-0 victories in the remainder of the match-ups with Smith.
Despite pushing both Vassar and Wellesley's number ones to five games, Zhou's lone victory of the day came in the Pioneers opening match, with a four game (5-11, 11-9, 14-12, 14-12) win over Williamson. However, Zhang's effort wasn't enough as the Lyons took an 8-1 team victory.
Both Wellesley and Mount Holyoke entered the final match of the day with 2-0 records, but in the end it was the Blue that earned the tournament title. Despite Williamson's victory over Zhang at number one (11-5, 11-9, 11-4), the Blue held on to take four 4-game victories and a 7-2 team victory. Wynne also earned a five-game defeat of Xianger Fei (10-12, 11-3, 1-11, 11-9, 11-3) to finish the day a perfect 3-0.
Wellesley will return to action on Wednesday night at Dana Hall School. The Blue will host Boston College for Senior Day at 7:00 PM.
Final Standings
Wellesley College, 3-0
Mount Holyoke, 2-1
Vassar College, 1-2
Smith College, 0-3
Seven Sisters All-Tournament Team
Sarah Zhang, Wellesley
Phyllis Lin, Wellesley
Gabriella Wynne, Wellesley
Brandy Williamson, Mount Holyoke
Emily Chang, Mount Holyoke
Hannah Nice, Vassar
Isabelle Bertram, Vassar
Jacqeline Zhou, Smith
Jana Chan, Smith
