WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Franklin & Marshall women's squash team was defeated by No. 12 Georgetown on Sunday afternoon. Maria Rodriguez Cortes secured the Diplomats' lone point as she won her match at No. 3 to move to 2-0 on the young season.
A first-year playing in the top third of the Diplomats' ladder, Rodriguez Cortes got the early jump on her opponent with back-to-back 11-6 game victories. She closed out her second victory of the season with her most impressive game of the afternoon, securing the sweep with an 11-4 game.
In the Nos. 6-8 spots in the lineup, Franklin & Marshall battled and won games against their Hoya opponents. Rory Dasher was locked in a one-all battle at No. 6 after winning her second game by an 11-4 score. Noelle Bardorff and Joey Ho both avoided sweeps with third game wins. Ho kept her match alive with a 12-10 game that needed extra points. The Hoyas took each of the remaining matches in sweeps to prove worthy of their early national ranking.
Women's squash will next be in action at the Penn Cup which begins next Friday, November 13 with a home match at 5 p.m. against No. 26 Dickinson. The Penn Cup continues the following day at Penn with matches against the second-ranked Quakers and No. 27 Haverford. The busy weekend concludes on Sunday with a single match against No. 15 Drexel.
#12 Georgetown 8, #18 Franklin & Marshall 1
1: Cecilia Curran (GU) def. Lojine El Shenawy (F&M); 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-4)
2: Sanah Syed (GU) def. Mariam Hussein (F&M); 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-5)
3: Maria Rodriguez Cortes (F&M) def. Anthea Lin (GU); 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-4)
4: Richa Patnam (GU) def. Ashanti Amastal (F&M); 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 12-10)
5: Aarohi Kuthari (GU) def. Mia Todd (F&M); 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-3)
6: Audrey Gelinas (GU) def. Rory Dasher (F&M); 3-1 (11-2, 4-11, 11-3, 11-4)
7: Valentina Cuccolo (GU) def. Noelle Bardorf (F&M); 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8)
8: Megan LaForge (GU) def. Joey Ho (F&M); 3-1 (13-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3)
9: Lucia Varma (GU) def. Lavanya Seshasayee (F&M); 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-6)
10: Prisha Shivani (GU) def. Elisabeth Stout (F&M); 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4)
