Women’s Squash Rolls Past #19 Georgetown 7-2

1/6/2023 4:32:00 PM

Eva Finney earned a five-game victory in her first match of the season.

The 17th-ranked Middlebury women's squash team began the 2023 portion of its schedule by rolling past #19 Georgetown 7-2 on Friday afternoon. The match was played at Navy's Prager Family Squash Facility.

HIGHLIGHTS

Abby Holding scored the first point for the Panthers, earning a three-game victory in the #2 slot (11-9, 11-7, 11-5).
Abbie Peterson followed with a three-game win to put Middlebury ahead 2-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-5), before Kieran Suntha made it a 3-0 lead with a three-game victory at the bottom of the ladder (11-8, 11-5, 11-4).
Georgetown scored five-game wins in the sixth and fourth slots to cut the Panther lead to one (3-2).
In the eighth spot, Maya Bardorf edged her opponent in three games (13-11, 11-7, 12-10) to restore Middlebury's two-point advantage (4-2).
Izzy Ronda clinched the match for the Panthers, securing a triumph in the #3 spot (11-2, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4).
Lindsey Burnham was next to finish for Middlebury, wrapping up a four-game win at the top of the ladder (11-4, 7-11, 11-2, 12-10).
Eva Finney closed out the match by earning a five-game victory (11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 12-14, 11-7) to give the Panthers a 7-2 win.

NOTES

Finney, Bardorf and Caroline Arena played in their first matches of the season after returning from studying abroad in the fall.
Holding earned her 10th career victory during the win.
This was just the second time Middlebury and Georgetown faced off in the all-time series with the Panthers claiming both contests.

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