Westover boasts two New England Champions and a third place finisher.
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| Members of the Squash team with their awards. |
After an exciting weekend of squash, the Westover Wildcats
finished their season on a high note finishing 9th in Class B with Myriam Kelly and Sam Matos both
winning their respective flights.
Myriam Kelly, seeded #3 in flight 1, dominated her opponent
from Suffield [seeded #2] to win the semifinal match, 3-1. Losing the first
game 6-11, Myriam came back firing to clinch the next three games 11-5, 11-5,
11-4. Her determination and patience on court got her to the final where she
faced off against the #1 seeded player from Tabor Academy. Myriam, playing a
very steady match with minimum errors, pushed her opponent to the brink to earn
the win in a nail-biting five game match [(7-11), 11-5, (9-11), 12-10, 11-8)]
to gain the New England Championship title in flight 1.
Sam Matos, seeded #1 in flight 2, dominated her opponent
from Williston in the semifinal and secured an easy 3-0 victory to proceed to
the final. Sam playing her last match of her high school career, faced off against
an equally matched opponent from Tabor Academy [seeded #2] to clinch the flight
2 Championship title in four closely contested games [(8-11), 12-10, 13-11,
11-4)].
Playing unseeded in flight 3, Jazmin Matos played a close
semifinal match against her opponent from Tabor Academy [seeded #2] but was unable
to pull out a win and fell [(7-11), (5-11), (11-13)]. Playing in the 3rd/ 4
playoff game, Jazmin came back firing and was able to outsmart her opponent and
won [11-6, 11-6, 11-1] and finished 3rd in her flight.
#4 NaHae Kim unfortunately had to withdraw due to injury.
#5 Sunny Park, had her best weekend of squash playing hotly
contested games, but was only able to place 13th in her flight. In the plate
semi-final, she dispatched her opponent from Pomfret [11-6, 11-7, (9-11), 11-5]
and proceeded to the plate final. In the plate final, she competed against
Millbrook and won [11-3, (6-11), 11-6, 11-9] to clinch the #13 position for her
flight.
Bethany Simmonds #6 fought hard during all her matches but
fell short and finished 14th in her flight. In the plate semifinal, she played
a strong game against her Pomfret opponent and won [11-8, (7-11), 11-8, 11-4]
and proceeded to the plate final. In the plate final, she fell short against
her opponent from Berkshire losing 0-3.
Sarah Krueger, who was seeded #3 in flight 7, had a
disappointing first day but came back fighting to finish 13th. In the plate
semifinal, she competed against Dana Hall and won [11-9, 11-9, (8-11), 11-6]
and proceeded to the plate final. In the plate final she played Berkshire and
won in a closely contested five game match to clinch the #13th position.
