W. Squash falls to Trinity

The Penn women's squash team lost 6-3 in a close match against Trinity Friday at Ringe Courts. Coach Demer Holleran was pleased and excited with the team's competitiveness and performance. Penn showed it will be a force to be reckoned with this season, Holleran said. "The team put forth the best effort I've seen so far," she said. "We proved to ourselves that we can beat a No. 4-ranked team." Playing in the No. 1 spot, junior Lissa Hunsicker dominated her opponent, 3-0. Focused and determined, Hunsicker played a solid physical game. She executed accurate drop shots under pressure to defeat her opponent. "Although a couple of the matches could have gone either way, everyone felt that they gave it their best shot. After the Ivy Scrimmage, it was good to play a team we were closer aligned with because it made us more motivated," Hunsicker said. Freshman Bridget George won her first collegiate match. She was down 2-0, but rallied to win 3-2 after three games. "At first, I wasn't playing to her weaknesses," George said. As the fans started spurring her on, she became mentally tougher. "As a freshman, she held up very well under pressure," Holleran said. This win gave George confidence so she can be tougher in future matches. The third win came from Dahlia Aronson, who lost the first game but came back to win the next three. Aronson used a good selection of shots to overpower her opponent. The wins from George and Aronson, who played No. 8 and No. 9 respectively, demonstrate the strength of the bottom of the ladder. No. 2 Elissa Helt was disappointed with her match because she felt she could have defeated her opponent. She was winning 2-0 against one of the top-ranked juniors in the country last year. Except for No. 7 Jill Viola, who lost her match 3-1, the rest of the players all had straight-game losses. "The Trinity coach thought that our team fought for every point," Holleran said.