WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College squash team fell to Smith College, 7-2, in the season opener for both teams, held on Saturday afternoon at Dana Hall School in Wellesley.

The Blue started strong with wins from their senior captains at number one and number two. Sarah Odell (Chester Springs, PA) was an 11-5, 11-1, 11-2 winner over Meg Oliverio (Boston, MA) at one, while Ashley Stevens (East Harwich, MA) won her second position match 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 over Joanne Poon (San Francisco, CA).

Smith turned the table beginning with the third position where Alice Reznickova (Kromeriz, Czech Republic) won a hard-fought 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10 win over Wellesley's Ally Ewing (Philadelphia, PA). 

From that point on, Smith swept the fourth through ninth positions.  Elizabeth Guyman (Seattle, WA), Kelsey Radwilowicz (Belchertown, MA), Catie Blunt (Needham, MA), Clair Oblamski (Elm Grove, WI), Su Fu (Beijing, China) and XiZhu Zhao (Beijing, China) were all winners for the Pioneers, giving the visitors the 7-2 victory.

Closing out the action, Wellesley's Jess Whitley (Yeadon, PA) won both exhibition matches, winning a marathon over Elena Plesco (Chisinau, Moldova), 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 12-10, and then beating Ashleigh King (Enfield, NH) in straight sets. 

Wellesley returns to action on Friday, November 13th hosting Northeastern University at 7:00pm at Dana Hall. Smith is back on the court at 10:00am on November 14th, also hosting Northeastern.

Wellesley College Squash
November 7, 2009

Smith 7, Wellesley 2