Martlets Split Tri-Match

Westminster Girls JV Squash opened the season with a “tri” match against Loomis and Taft and performed very well across the board in very well played matches. As the home team, we played the first and third matches of the 3 match contest. 

Starting off against Loomis, the girls came out strong. Saleha Rahimi ‘27 got the Martlets off to a strong start with a quick and efficient display at #4. After Fatima split two competitive games at #6, she quickly stepped on the gas and took the next two games quickly for the 3-1 win. Lucy Morton ‘26 had one of the matches of the day at #2. After two very competitive games that were split, Lucy dropped the third game 6-11 before rebounding to take the final two games by 8,7 to complete the comeback and put the Martlets up 3-0 following the first round of matches. Clover Cooper ‘26 fought hard in a competitive match at #1 but fell in 3 games to a strong opponent. Wynne Prichett ‘28, Luna Yang ‘26, and Lilly McMillen ‘27 sealed the strong team win with strong 3 game victories at #1,5,7 At #8 exhibition, Clara Covill ‘26 lost a heartbreaker in 5 games, which including many amazing points and a very competitive all around match. Lily Abdel-Meguid ‘26 also earns a shout out for playing 2 exhibition matches to accommodate a larger Loomis team. 

After a 45 minute rest while Loomis and Taft played, the girls got back to work against a strong Taft squad. The Martlets got off to a winning start with Saleha Rahimi ‘27 continuing her good form from earlier with a quick 7,9,8 victory at #4. Lucy Morton #2 earned the Martlets another point, but not in the fashion anyone would have wanted. After winning the first game, Lucy was down 4-7 in the second game when her opponent twisted her ankle and could unfortunately not continue, thus putting the Martlets up 2-0. Fatima Al Abood ‘28 took her first game quickly, but her opponent made nice adjustments for the comeback 3-1 win. Wynne Prichett ‘28 pulled out a close 12-10 result in game 1 of her match, then cruised to victory only dropping 9 more points. After the 3-1 lead, the Martlets did not win any of the remaining 3 matches but the matches were all very competitive. Clover Cooper ‘26 played another very competitive match at #1 with many great points and strong drives in a 3 game loss. Two of the games went past 10-10 and their match was played in great spirits. After dropping her first game, Luna Yang ‘26 pulled out two great games at 11-9, 11-9 respectively to got up 2-1. Although she had her changes in the fourth, the Taft player came back for a 11-9 fourth game victory before an 11-5 decision in the fifth game. Lilly McMillen ‘27 dropped her first two games 10-12, despite having leads in both of them. She fought from behind to take the third game 11-9, but could not keep her momentum in the fourth with an 11-5 loss to seal the victory for Taft. Clara Covill ‘26 and Lily Abdel-Meguid ‘26 played two competitive exhibition matches to round out a very fun and competitive day of squash. The Martlets will enjoy a W