Saturday, February 10, 2001

TRINITY WOMEN'S SQUASH CRUSHES CORNELL

Hartford, Conn. - Freshman Carolynne Minkowski (Baltimore, Md.) allowed just two total points in the three games of her 3-0 win at No. 8 to lead the Trinity College Bantams to 9-0 win over the visiting Cornell University Big Red in women's squash action this evening. The Trinity women, which are ranked No. 2 in the nation, improve their perfect record to 8-0, while No. 5-ranked Cornell falls to 6-4.

Seven out of nine Trinity players won 3-0 matches, including senior captain No. 2 Janine Thompson (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) who allowed only three total points scored against her, as well as freshman No. 3 Pamela Saunders (Harrare, Zimbabwe) and sophomore No. 5 Clare Austin (Banbury, England) who both allowed just seven points in three games of their 3-0 triumphs.

Trinity freshman No. 1 Amina Helal (Manchester, England), the No. 2-ranked player in the nation defeated No. 5-ranked Olga Puigdemont-Sola (Blanes-Girona, Spain), 3-0, while junior Mollie Anderson (Buffalo, N.Y.) came back from a 2-0 deficit to win a 3-2 match at No. 6 for the Bantams.

MATCH RESULTS

1. TC- Amina Helal d. Olga Puigdemnt-Sola 3-0 9-2, 10-8, 9-5

3. TC- Pamela Saunders d. Andrea McNeely 3-0 9-1, 9-3, 9-3

6. TC- Mollie Anderson d. Megan Schwartz 3-2 5-9, 5-9, 9-7, 9-7,9-1

7. TC- Sarah Frank d. Sandy Hah 3-1 9-4, 9-2, 3-9, 9-2

8, TC- Carolynne Minkowski d. Lisa Marx 3-0 9-2, 9-0, 9-0

9. TC- Amy Brown d. Rachel Perschetz 3-0

Trinity (Conn.) 9 Cornell 0