The Girls’ Squash team earned sixth place at the NEIS Class C tournament held at Suffield on Saturday, February 23rd. Everyone gave 100% effort and won at least once match on their way to a terrific day. Among the highlights were Sahnet Ramirez earning 2nd place in the 4th flight, Louisa Weed earning 3rd place in the 2nd flight, and Dylan-Fulcher Melendy earning 4th place in the 3rd flight. Dylan played both the #1 seed and the #2 seed to tight five game contests and Louis rallied back after dropping the first game of her final match. Sahnet played her finest squash of the season upsetting the 2nd and 3rd seeded players before taking the title match to a fifth game. Among the other highlights was seeing senior co-captains Amada Shen and Brooke Smith close out their careers with impressive victories. Newcomers Sonia Whitman, Poojaa Prakash Babu, and Abby Schulkind all played well in earning 5th place finishes. The tournament was a wonderful end to a wonderful season with this special group pf Williston athletes.

Varsity girls squash lost a couple of tough matches today at Ethel Walker against the home team 6-1 and then against Suffield 6-1. In the Suffield match, Sahnet Ramirez had a terrific match winning 13-11 in the fifth game. What a match! In the EWS match, Dylan Fulcher-Melendy won at #3 in four games. Overall, the girls played hard and represented the school well!

Varsity girls squash lost a couple of tough matches today at Ethel Walker against the home team 6-1 and then against Suffield 6-1. In the Suffield match, Sahnet Ramirez had a terrific match winning 13-11 in the fifth game. What a match! In the EWS match, Dylan Fulcher-Melendy won at #3 in four games. Overall, the girls played hard and represented the school well!

Varsity girls squash lost a competitive match at Westminster this afternoon 5-2. Louisa Weed won at #1 11-6, 11-9, 13-11. Also winning was Dylan Fulcher Melendy 11-8, 11-2, 11-6. Abby Schulkind had a tremendous match but lost 9-11 in the fifth and deciding game. Overall, a good strong effort by the girls.

Varsity girls squash traveled to Deerfield where it battled but came up short 6-1. Dylan Fulcher-Melendy won at #3 in a terrific match - 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7.

Varsity girls squash lost both matches at home today but the girls played great, especially considering we were missing 3 out of our top 4 today. The Wildcats lost to Kent 7-0 but Emily O’Brien played a great 4 game match at #8. We then played Canterbury with several close matches but lost 6-1. #1 Amanda Shen ‘19 won in 4 after losing the 3rd game 3-11 she came back to win the 4th game and match 11-2. #6 Jimin Lee and #7 Poojaa Prakash Babu both battled hard and lost their matches in 5 games. #8 Emily O’Brien continues her fine play and improvement winning in 3 games.

Varsity girls squash lost both matches at home today but the girls played great, especially considering we were missing 3 out of our top 4 today. The Wildcats lost to Kent 7-0 but Emily O’Brien played a great 4 game match at #8. We then played Canterbury with several close matches but lost 6-1. #1 Amanda Shen ‘19 won in 4 after losing the 3rd game 3-11 she came back to win the 4th game and match 11-2. #6 Jimin Lee and #7 Poojaa Prakash Babu both battled hard and lost their matches in 5 games. #8 Emily O’Brien continues her fine play and improvement winning in 3 games.

Varsity girls squash hosted a very tough Miss Porters team losing 7-0. The Wildcats played hard but came up against a very talented, experienced team.

Varsity girls squash traveled to Ethel Walker where it battled a tough Hopkins School team this afternoon. Unfortunately, despite their efforts, they came up short 7-0.

Varsity girls squash lost a competitive match to Suffield 6-1 this afternoon. For the Wildcats Dylan Fulcher-Melendy won convincingly at #3, 13-11, 11-8, 14-12. Another positive aspect of today's match was the play of Abby Schulkind who won her exhibition match 11-7, 11-9 and 13-11, despite being own 2-6, 1-5, and 5-9 in each game.

The Wildcats played well but were defeated by the visiting Mustangs of Millbrook 5-2. This was a great match between two good teams! Louisa Weed and Dylan Fulcher-Melendy won at #2 and #3 respectively. Weed won decisively 11-4, 11-6, 11-4. Fulcher-Melendy won in dramatic fashion 11-7 in the fifth and deciding game!

In a series of very close matches, the Wildcats fell to a strong Berkshire team this afternoon at home. Local players Louisa Weed and Ruby McElhone Yates played exceptionally well. Weed lost 9-11 in the last game and McElhone Yates lost in five games in a gutty performance.

Varsity girls squash earned its first win of the season defeating Albany Academy 5-2. Ruby McElhone Yates and Abby Schulkind earned their first wins on the season.

Williston opened their home season on the courts with a 1-6 loss to a solid St. Mark’s squad on Saturday. The overall level of play showed progress and included highlight games by Sahnet Ramirez at #5 and Sonia Whitman who won at #6 (6, (8), 3, 7). Newcomer Jimin Lee played an exciting five-game exhibition match, as well.

The Williston Girls’ varsity squash team opened their season with a 0 – 7 loss at Loomis Chafee School. Everyone played hard and well against strong competition. Louisa Weed of Holyoke earned player of the match. Her determined effort produced steadily stronger game scores (2-11, 5-11, 7-11) and set a standard for all of us to emulate in future matches. Newcomers Jimin Lee, Abby Schulkind, Poojaa Prakash Babu and Emily O’Brien each played well in their exhibition matches, as well. The Wildcats look forward to their home opener this Saturday versus St. Mark’s School.