{"id":121598,"date":"2026-02-23T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121598\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:30:07","slug":"womens-squash-wins-both-of-their-matches-in-pennsylvania-on-feb-21-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121598\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s squash wins both of their matches in Pennsylvania on Feb. 21-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 The Hamilton College Continentals swept their women&#8217;s squash matches in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Feb. 21 and Sunday, Feb. 22.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHamilton (8-9) breezed to an 8-1 win at Haverford College on Saturday afternoon and edged Franklin &amp; Marshall College 5-4 on Sunday morning. The Continentals were 22nd in the College Squash Association varsity team rankings released on Feb. 17. Haverford was 27th and Franklin &amp; Marshall was 23rd.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/sydney-hellinger\/8805\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8805\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Hellinger<\/a> &#8217;29 won both of her matches at the fifth position, including a huge comeback from down two games against Franklin &amp; Marshall. Hellinger is tied for the team lead with seven wins this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/chiara-nadel\/8798\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8798\" target=\"_blank\">Chiara Nadel<\/a> &#8217;27 also went 2-0 and defeated her Franklin &amp; Marshall opponent in five tense games at the sixth position. Nadel&#8217;s victory against Haverford was the 10th of her Hamilton career.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/lily-spencer\/8800\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8800\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Spencer<\/a> &#8217;26 was a winner in four games twice at the fourth position. Spencer is tied with Hellinger with a team-best seven victories this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/gardner-huston\/9020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9020\" target=\"_blank\">Gardner Huston<\/a> &#8217;29 and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/natalie-mccollum\/9021\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9021\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie McCollum<\/a> &#8217;29 didn&#8217;t drop a single game all weekend at the eighth and ninth positions, respectively. Huston is 4-1 and McCollum 3-0 this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/poppy-huffman\/8806\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8806\" target=\"_blank\">Poppy Huffman<\/a> &#8217;29 triumphed in three games against her Haverford opponent at the second position and <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/diya-dhillon\/8804\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8804\" target=\"_blank\">Diya Dhillon<\/a> &#8217;29 did the same at the third position. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/mila-karimov\/8796\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8796\" target=\"_blank\">Mila Karimov<\/a> &#8217;26 came away with a win in four games against Haverford at the seventh position.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Continentals play in the College Squash Association Divisional Team Championships at Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia starting on Friday, Feb. 27.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRESULTS<\/p>\n<p>No. 22 Hamilton 8, No. 27 Haverford 1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFebruary 21, 2026<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHaverford&#8217;s GIAC Squash Courts (Haverford, Pa.)<\/p>\n<p>1. Joelle Phuah (Hav) d. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/karis-sun\/8801\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8801\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Sun<\/a> 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/poppy-huffman\/8806\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8806\" target=\"_blank\">Poppy Huffman<\/a> (Ham) d. Zoe Liu 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-6)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/diya-dhillon\/8804\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8804\" target=\"_blank\">Diya Dhillon<\/a> (Ham) d. Julia Carrasco 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-6)\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/lily-spencer\/8800\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8800\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Spencer<\/a> (Ham) d. Avallina Orfield 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/sydney-hellinger\/8805\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8805\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Hellinger<\/a> (Ham) d. Ofri Geva 3-0 (11-7, 17-15, 11-4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/chiara-nadel\/8798\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8798\" target=\"_blank\">Chiara Nadel<\/a> (Ham) d. Amy Saxon 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-0)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/mila-karimov\/8796\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8796\" target=\"_blank\">Mila Karimov<\/a> (Ham) d. Madeline Bulbulia 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/gardner-huston\/9020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9020\" target=\"_blank\">Gardner Huston<\/a> (Ham) d. Matilda Chartener 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-2)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/natalie-mccollum\/9021\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9021\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie McCollum<\/a> (Ham) d. Sarah Kotapka 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEx. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/kathryn-swords\/8802\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8802\" target=\"_blank\">Kathryn Swords<\/a> (Ham) d. Angelina Xu 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-3)<\/p>\n<p>Haverford record: 6-11.<\/p>\n<p>No. 22 Hamilton 5, No. 23 Franklin &amp; Marshall 4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFebruary 22, 2026<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nF&amp;M&#8217;s Mayser Center (Lancaster, Pa.)<\/p>\n<p>1. Ashanti Amastal (FM) d. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/karis-sun\/8801\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8801\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Sun<\/a> 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 16-14, 12-3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. Rory Dasher (FM) d. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/poppy-huffman\/8806\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8806\" target=\"_blank\">Poppy Huffman<\/a> 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-8)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n3. Mia Todd (FM) d. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/diya-dhillon\/8804\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8804\" target=\"_blank\">Diya Dhillon<\/a> 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/lily-spencer\/8800\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8800\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Spencer<\/a> (H) d. Noelle Bardorf 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/sydney-hellinger\/8805\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8805\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Hellinger<\/a> (H) d. Joey Ho 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/chiara-nadel\/8798\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8798\" target=\"_blank\">Chiara Nadel<\/a> (H) d. Lavanya Mio Seshasayee 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n7. Elisabeth Stout (FM) d. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/mila-karimov\/8796\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8796\" target=\"_blank\">Mila Karimov<\/a> 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 13-11)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/gardner-huston\/9020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9020\" target=\"_blank\">Gardner Huston<\/a> (H) d. Destiny Ponce 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-squash\/roster\/natalie-mccollum\/9021\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9021\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie McCollum<\/a> (H) d. Nathalie Hernandez 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-3)<\/p>\n<p>Records: Hamilton 8-9; F&amp;M 6-12.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; The Hamilton College Continentals swept their women&#8217;s squash matches in Pennsylvania on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-121598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}