Hartford, Conn. - Freshman Amina Helal (Manchester, England) dominated her match at the No. 1 position to lead the Trinity College Bantams to an 8-1 win over the Brown University Bears in the opening round of the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association (WISA) Howe Cup Team Championships .

The Trinity women, which are ranked No. 1 in the nation and seeded first in the tourney, improve their perfect record to 9-0, while No. 8-ranked Brown falls to 8-6. Trinity will face No. 4 Princeton, who downed No. 5 Cornell, 7-2, in their opening match, tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.

Helal allowed only three total points in her match, leading the list of seven Trinity players who won 3-0 matches. Senior captain Janine Thompson (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and freshman Pamela Sanunders (Harrare, Zimbabwe) allowed just four total points at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively for the Bantams.

MATCH RESULTS

1. TC- Amina Helal d. Avery Broadbent       3-0 9-0, 9-1, 9-2

3. TC- Pamela Saunders d. Elizabeth Geddes 3-0 9-4, 9-0, 9-0

6. TC- Mollie Anderson d. Katherine Hughes 3-0 9-3, 9-6, 9-3

7. TC- Sarah Frank d. Alicia Ringel 3-1 9-3, 9-5, 9-2

8, TC- Carolynne Minkowski d. Allison Roche 3-2 8-10, 9-5, 9-3, 5-9, 9-7

9. B- Laurel Reid d. Amy Brown 3-1 3-9, 9-6, 9-3, 9-6

Trinity (Conn.) 8 Brown 1