Women's squash finished off its team season with a 9-6 record in the Howe Cup. Competing in Division B, Amherst cruised past Bates in the first round, 8-1, before edging out Cornell 5-4 in the semifinals. However, Amherst fell for the second time this season to Bowdoin in the Championship match, 2-7.

Leading Amherst with three victories was Sheila Reynolds (Great Falls, VA). The junior posted a trio of three-game wins playing at the No. 4 spot, while No. 2 Rachel Nisselson (Brooklyn, NY) went 2-1 for the weekend, dropping her only match in five games to Cornell. Nos. 1 and 3 Page Callaghan (Strafford, PA) and Justine O'Connor (Brooklyn, NY) were also 2-1 in Howe Cup competition as all four players look forward to competing in the USWISRA Individual National Championship, to be held at Amherst from February 27-March 1.

Women's Individual Match Records
Page Callaghan '98              10-5
Rachel Nisselson '00            9-6
Justine O'Connor '98            8-4
Sheila Reynolds '99             10-3
Katherine Giese '01             6-2
Carrie Goodwin '98              8-7
Kim Karetsky '99                5-8
Bevin Sell '99                  8-7
Vanessa Champion '01            5-8
Christine Kham '00              2-6
Liz Scheinfeldt '99             3-3
Samantha Alves '00              0-1
Melinda Mahaffey '98            0-1
 
Current Records: 9-6
Last Week: at Howe Cup, 2nd place, Division B
                Bates, W 8-1
                Cornell, W 5-4
                Bowdoin, L 2-7
Up Next: Fri-Sun Feb 27-Mar 1 USWISRA Individual National Championship at Amherst