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Westminster Defeats Rye, Losees to Sacred Heart
Traveling down to Rye Country Day School for a double header, the First Girls knew that they were going to face some good competition in the heart of squash country. Sacred Heart had just finished playing RCDS when our girls got on court with them and we immediately had trouble handling their pace and touch. We lost at #2 (Cam Scott '06), #3 (Ali Bragg '09) and #6 (Cristina Fioramonti '06) but Robyn Nentwig '06 won the exhibition match.
Going into the second round of matches down 0-3 was daunting, but we saw some inspired play at #7 (Olivia Robinson '07) and unbelievable grit by #4 Claire Corroon '09, who won in 5 games by taking three tiebreakers. Sofi Garnett '06 (#1) played very well at #1 but was overmatched by Caroline Henry '06 from CSH and Lauren Eder '06 lost in three at #5. A tough outing for Westminster against a solid squad from Sacred Heart.
Th match against Rye Country Day School took place immediately following the defeat to Sacred Heart, but the Westminster Martlets demonstrated that they had plenty in the tank to face the Wildcats. Cam Scott '06 began putting the ball more consistently behind her opponent and respond to her short game to win in 4 at #2 and Cristina Fioramonti '06 never lost control of the match at #6. Ali Bragg '09, who was ill, lost in 4 at #3 and Robyn Nentwig '06 ended undefeated on the day with another win at #8.
The real drama, however, was saved for the second round of matches, which began some three hours after we had first arrived. Claire Corroon '09 won another tiebreaker (her fourth of the day) to win 3-0 at #4. Lauren Eder '06 fell behind 0-2 against her opponent from RCDS and then took the next three games, including a 10-8 win in the fifth, by simply refusing to let the ball drop at the end of each game.
Another tremendous display of perseverance took place in the #1 match, which Sofi Garnett '06 also won in a tiebreaker, 10-9, in the fifth. Garnett's hard shooting was matched by her very skilled opponent, Florence Bullock, but Garnett simply made more tremendous saves and, in the end, a beautiful shot off the back glass, to win. A great, competitive match for the Martlets. We look forward to our match on Wednesday against Hotchkiss when we hope to finally have a complete ladder again.
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Going into the second round of matches down 0-3 was daunting, but we saw some inspired play at #7 (Olivia Robinson '07) and unbelievable grit by #4 Claire Corroon '09, who won in 5 games by taking three tiebreakers. Sofi Garnett '06 (#1) played very well at #1 but was overmatched by Caroline Henry '06 from CSH and Lauren Eder '06 lost in three at #5. A tough outing for Westminster against a solid squad from Sacred Heart.
Th match against Rye Country Day School took place immediately following the defeat to Sacred Heart, but the Westminster Martlets demonstrated that they had plenty in the tank to face the Wildcats. Cam Scott '06 began putting the ball more consistently behind her opponent and respond to her short game to win in 4 at #2 and Cristina Fioramonti '06 never lost control of the match at #6. Ali Bragg '09, who was ill, lost in 4 at #3 and Robyn Nentwig '06 ended undefeated on the day with another win at #8.
The real drama, however, was saved for the second round of matches, which began some three hours after we had first arrived. Claire Corroon '09 won another tiebreaker (her fourth of the day) to win 3-0 at #4. Lauren Eder '06 fell behind 0-2 against her opponent from RCDS and then took the next three games, including a 10-8 win in the fifth, by simply refusing to let the ball drop at the end of each game.
Another tremendous display of perseverance took place in the #1 match, which Sofi Garnett '06 also won in a tiebreaker, 10-9, in the fifth. Garnett's hard shooting was matched by her very skilled opponent, Florence Bullock, but Garnett simply made more tremendous saves and, in the end, a beautiful shot off the back glass, to win. A great, competitive match for the Martlets. We look forward to our match on Wednesday against Hotchkiss when we hope to finally have a complete ladder again.
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