Results and report on squash game v Trinity Pawling played on Wednesday December 10th, 2008

With some of our squad unable to play, we took 11 enthusiastic players to the beautiful squash complex at Trinity Pawling School to play against their 3rds. (these are boys 9th grade and up who have not gained a place in the JV or Varsity teams). Some were as new to squash as some of our own players. Overall, the matches were played in excellent spirit and although we lost the majority of them, the players came away with a great sense of experience. Our 5th graders, Claudia, Henry, Ellery and Jack, were playing their first competitive match ever and all managed to secure points against their formidable opposition. Hugo and Andrew also found the going tough but tried hard to get points on the board. Alex too was up against strong opposition but after losing his first game by a narrow margin, he discovered the power of the drop shot and from then on never looked back, securing the next three games in fine fashion. Hanna, playing at # 4, came very close to winning her first game but then found the going harder as her opponent started to find a good length and finished strongly. Hanna, however, should be encouraged by the way she played. Denny, at # 3 played very well indeed and with her serve into the backhand corner doing alot of damage, she pushed her opponent to a 5 set match, only to lose the last game 10-12. With Lizzie out sick, Hadley had to step up to # 2. Her opponent was too strong for her, but she particularly played well in the 3rd game, narrowly losing it 11-13. Her serve was particularly useful in this game and she too should learn from this experience and should be encouraged by her performance. Finally, Isabel, playing at # 1, demonstrated why she is such a difficult player to beat. She polished off her opponent in three games, combining determination with a mix of accurate and powerful hitting. Overall, I was extremely pleased with how the DDS Squash team rose to the challenge. Well done every single player.

Results (DDS score first)
#1 - Isabel Stack v Skylar Weber 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 (DDS Win)
#2 - Hadley Stack v Jay Jung 2-11, 4-11, 11-13 (TP Win)
#3 - Denny Smythe v Tae Rang Kim 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11, 10-12 (TP Win)
#4 - Hanna Carlin v Jon Robideaux 9-11, 4-11, 4-11 (TP Win)
#5 - Andrew Colangelo v Wei Jiang 2-11, 5-11, 1-11 (TP Win)
#6 - Alex Quartararo v Greyson Bruwer 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-5 (DDS Win)
#7 - Hugo Wassermannn v Jason Lee 6-11, 2-11, 2-11 (TP Win)
#8 - Ellery Smith v Dan Meagher 1-11, 3-11, 0-11 (TP Win)
#9 - Henry Thomas v Parker Nelson 4-11, 7- 11, 1- 11 (TP Win)
#10 - Jack Bowmar v Mike Anderson 1-11, 1-11, 1-11 (TP Win)
#11 - Claudia Lamprecht v Rob Reiner 2-11, 4-11, 3-11 (TP Win)

Overall: Trinity Pawling won by 9 games to 2