#15 Amherst earn first win of 2025 over #18 Bowdoin, 8-1

1/8/2025 5:46:00 PM

AMHERST, MA — The #15 Amherst College women's squash team kicked off the new calendar year on Wednesday morning with their sixth match of the 2024-25 season. The Mammoths faced NESCAC rivals, the #18 Bowdoin College Polar Bears, on the Davenport Squash Courts. In a comfortable match, Amherst breezed past the Polar Bears with a score of 8-1.

Up next: Amherst's record improves to 4-2 overall (3-0 in NESCAC play). The Mammoths will next compete in the Mid-Atlantic Round Robin with three away matches in Maryland and Pennsylvania. With just two days to regroup, the first match of the Round Robin will be against the #13 Georgetown University Hoyas at 3:30pm ET on Friday. This match will take place at a neutral venue at the Prager Family Squash Facility on Navy's campus in Annapolis, MD. The Hoyas currently boast a 1-4 season record.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

Sophomore Quincy Cline prevailed in the longest match of the day. At the #2 spot, Cline won in five sets in 39 minutes versus Amanda Cowhey.
The remaining seven of the Mammoths' eight wins were carried out in straight sets.
The Polar Bears' only win from the match came at the #7 spot. Amelie Matuch defeated first-year Ella Miller, winning the first, second, and fourth sets.

RESULTS (8-1, W):

Tanmai Pathak (A) def. Emma Kate Watts-Roy (B), 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-7)
Quincy Cline (A) def. Amanda Cowhey (B), 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5)
Alex Brown (A) def. Darcy Weber (B), 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-7)
Brigid Brandon (A) def. Clare Collins (B), 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-3)
Kristen Daniel (A) def. Kira Gwadry (B), 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4)
Amelie Matuch (B) def. Ella Miller (A), 3-1 (11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5)
Morgan Chaudhary (A) def. Linley Grosman (B), 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-8)
Yana Sharma (A) def. Mira Karande (B), 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-1)
Isabelle Tilney-Sandberg (A) def. Elizabeth Kennedy (B), 3-0 (11-0, 11-4, 11-8)

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