With the match score knotted at 4-4, Emaline Surgenor picked up a 3-1 win to lead the Wellesley College squash team to a thrilling 5-4 victory over Boston College in front of a rowdy home crowd on Friday Night at the Dana Hall Squash Courts.
After dropping the first game 8-11, Surgenor rallied for three straight wins (11-9, 11-9, 11-7) to seal Wellesley's 5-4 team victory. The win sets the Blue's final regular season record to 6-18, including a fantastic 5-1 mark on their home turf.
The evening began with Wellesley taking two of the first three matches. The Blue's Emma Haley picked up an 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8 victory over Jen Noesen in the second flight, while Jennifer Hsu made quick work of Gina Giuggio at eight, winning 11-3, 11-8, 11-2. Wellesley's Margot Sulmont opened her match against Kate Gorgi with an 11-5 victory but Gorgi toughed out the final three games (11-5, 11-7, 11-7) to give BC the point.
Boston College then evened the match at 3-3, taking two out of the three second round matches. The Eagle's Helen Whelan defeated Dorothy Vickery 11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-3 at three, while Audrey Guerrero was a 13-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9 winner over Charlene Leeat nine. Wellesley's Haley Vasquez picked up the Blue's only win of the rotation at the sixth spot (9-11, 20-18, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5), including a marathon 20-18 second game win that propelled her to the 3-2 victory.
In the final rotation, Wellesley's Rosemary O'Connor cruised to a 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 win over Lilly Havens to give the Blue a 4-3 edge. However, BC's Jennifer Sciarra defeated Cara Kaufman 11-9, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8, to again tie the score and set up Surgenor's thrilling victory over Julia Nary in the fifth spot.
Before the match, Wellesley celebrated "Senior Day," honoring Allie Ewing, class of 2011. Sidelined because of injury, Ewing is a three-year member of the varsity squash team and also rows for the varsity crew team. A political science major, she plans to work as a paralegal before entering law school.
Wellesley squash will next compete at the Howe Cup National Championships at Princeton on February 18th, 19th and 20th
Photo: front row (l-r): Jen Hsu, Rosemary O'Connor, Emma Haley, Haley Vasquez, Charlene Lee; back row (l-r): Ally Ewing, Dorothy Vickery, Cara Kauffman, Emaline Surgenor, Margot Sulmont
