ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College women's squash team split a pair of matches in its own round robin on Saturday.
Bard edged Smith College, 4-3, before falling to Northeastern University, 8-1.
Against Smith, Bard got 3-0 victories from Franesca Keller at No. 1, Francesca Cornali at No. 2, and Olivia Terzian at No. 3. Shahong Billault-Lee defeated Annie Tang 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 at No. 7 to win her first varsity match.
Against powerful Northeastern, Cornali gutted out a five-set win over Jessica Qui at No. 2, to capture Bard's only point.
The Raptors' next scheduled matches are in January, at the Fordham Round Robin.
Bard 4, Smith 3
1. Francesca Keller (B) def. Beverly Lipsey 11-2, 17-15, 11-3
2. Francesca Cornali (B) def. Claire McCoy 11-1, 11-6, 11-3
3. Beatrice Chadoin (S) def. Renad Bdair 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7
4. Olivia Terzian (B) def. Caroline Previte 11-8, 12-10, 12-10
5. Ciara Chen (S) def. Nadia Russell 11-8, 11-7, 3-11, 11-5
6. Emma Westgate (S) def. Mahnoor Khawaja 11-5, 11-6, 12-10
7. Shahong Billault-Lee (B) def Annie Tang 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
Northeastern 8, Bard 1
1. Nicole Powers (N) def. Keller 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
2. Cornali (B) def. Jessica Qui 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3
3. Maggie Markgraf (N) def. Bdair 11-0, 11-5, 11-4
4. Malia Bow (N) def. Terzian 11-4, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8
5. Isabelle Schlehr (N) def. Russell 11-1, 11-3, 11-0
6. Alexandra Berg (N) def. Khawaja 11-4, 11-1, 11-2
7. Brooke Lundgren (N) def. Billault-Lee 11-5, 11-6, 11-1
8. Leah Rosenzweig (N) by default
9. Jessica Chu (N) by default