The men and women’s squash teams kicked off their regular season this past weekend with two matches apiece at Dartmouth College. Both squads faced higher ranked opponents—the men squared off against Dartmouth and Middlebury, while the women faced Dartmouth and Franklin & Marshall (F&M).
Dartmouth defeated both the men’s and women’s teams 9-0. The other two matches were closer contests, with Middlebury edging the men 5-4 and F&M defeating the women 6-3.
Head Coach Tomas Fortson remains confident in his players’ abilities.  
“We knew we were playing teams ranked ahead of us and we were looking forward to measuring up against quality players,” he said. “I am not surprised my teams came close to upsetting such high ranking opponents”.
Senior captain Andrew Hilboldt and standout sophomore Torey Lee were able to defeat their opponents from  Middlebury and F&M, each playing in the number one position on their respective rosters.
 “Middlebury is ranked near us, there are a handful of teams we have to beat to get into the B division and they are one of them,” said Hilboldt, taking positives from the results. “We look forward to seeing Middlebury again”.
January 5 and 6 marks the squads return to action with a trip to Williamstown to face Williams and Middlebury.
Junior Michaela Martin said she is excited about the upcoming matches and optimistic about the impending season. 
“How we do in those matches is going to be entirely dependant on how much work people put in over winter break,” she said. “We have to maintain our fitness and prepare to get the results, but I know we can do it”.