The Bowdoin Orient

December 1, 2000
Volume CXXXII, Number 10

Squash blanks Colby, 9-0

by ANNE STEVENSON, STAFF WRITER

   The women's squash team is looking at a successful season ahead of them. The Bears have eight returning players to fill up the top of the ladder. Bowdoin has gained five new players including two who have made it into the top ten positions.
   Leading the women are seniors Kate Lubin, Laura Inkeles, and Anne Stevenson with co-captains Dana Betts and Liz Steffey at the helm.
   The Bears are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their new coach, Tomas Fortson. Fortson has been hired from Mexico as the head coach of the men's and women's team. He comes highly recommended from Groton where he coached two years ago while the head coach was on sabbatical. Fortson has been detained for a couple of weeks, however, due to visa issues.
   Fortson and the team have been bridging the gap though email and frequent phone calls to the captains about drills for practice and conditioning. So far the assistant coach, John Moncure, and Charlie Butt have been leading the practices with the assistance of the captains.
   The women's team opened the season by beating Colby quite handily. Everyone won their matches, which led to a final score of 9-0. Colby has improved incredibly over the past four years, yet they were no match for the Bears.
   Although Colby was quick and ran for everything, Bowdoin was just more experienced and played smarter squash. Superstar sophomore Merrill Muckerman commented, "We looked like a team on Wednesday. There was a lot of positive attitude out there. Colby isn't a bad team- we just have more depth. We are heading off to a great start." She also noted that "Dana and Liz are doing a very good job of taking control of our team in the face of not having our coach. Our team is really going to take off when our three juniors return from studying abroad next semester."
   The women's team plays its next match on Dec. 2nd at Wesleyan.