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LANCASTER, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall women's squash team enters 2013 looking for its fifth-consecutive season of double-digit victories after keeping the streak alive last year with a 10-win campaign. 

With the majority of the 2012 team returning and a talented group of freshmen looking to fight for spots in the lineup, third-year head coach Gavin Jones expects this season's team to top the No. 16 ranked finish from a season ago. 

To watch the season preview video, click here.

2013-14 Diplomats 

F&M went 10-11 last year, wrapping up 2012 with a 6-3 loss to No. 16 Amherst in the consolation bracket of the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Team Championships. The Diplomats found success during the regular season with five wins over teams ranked in the top 25, including a 6-3 defeat of No. 13 Bates on Jan. 19.

Two seniors from last year's team were lost to graduation, former No. 3 Chelsea Ross and Stephanie Tzarnas, who saw action at No. 8-9. Both players were team captains and leaders for F&M both on and off the court. 

Helping to replace the pair of leaders will be eight of last year's top nine returning as well as an exciting group of four freshmen, many of which are expected to contribute immediately.

Returning Contributors 

Emily Caldwell – So.

Roxanna Mead – Sr.

Jazmin Matos – So.

Katherine Perry – Jr.

Krista Lancione – Jr.

Liz Gatling – Sr.

Cris Margaret Frias Gonzalez – So.

Players to Watch

Caldwell tallied five victories during her first year on campus, including three wins from the No. 1 spot. She was the lone representative for the Diplomats in the CSA Individual Championships, dropping a pair of hard-fought four-game matches. 

Mead returns as one of the team's two captains along with Gatling.  She tallied a 7-8 mark in 2012 that included five wins from No. 2. Matos went 10-11 last season with four wins from both the No. 4 and No. 6 positions, while Perry tallied seven wins between No. 5 and No. 6.

Fiona Murphy headlines the freshmen class having been ranked No. 1 in Whales and top eight in Europe as a junior under-19 player and is expected to make a huge impact at the top of the lineup. 

Dulakshi Elikewela enters Lancaster after previously being ranked in the top two in Sri Lanka's junior under-19, while Kate O'Brien is expected to battle for a high position.

The Road Ahead

After opening the season on Saturday at Haverford, the Diplomats face a tough matchup with No. 19 Drexel on Nov. 22. F&M's first home competition takes place against No. 4 Princeton on Nov. 23 at 12:00 p.m.

Other key dates circled on the Diplomats schedule include a meeting with No. 18 Wesleyan on Jan. 17 and No. 11 Columbia the following day. F&M travels for the Yale Round Robin, which takes place from Jan. 24-26 and features matchups against No. 12 Middlebury, No. 13 Williams and No. 10 Bates.

Preseason Rankings

F&M enters the 2013 season at No. 15 in the Dunlop 2013-14 Preseason Team Rankings after finishing last year at No. 16. Harvard starts the season as the top ranked squad. 

To view the entire preseason team rankings, click here.

Follow Along (Social Media) 

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