Date: Sat 01/31/2009
Time: 09:00 AM
Location: Home
Results: Lawrenceville 2 of 10

Big Red girls' varsity squash takes second place at MASA Tournament

<p><strong>Recap</strong></p>
<p>1.Episcopal Academy 29</p>
<p>2.Lawrenceville 26.5</p>
<p>3.Penn Charter 25</p>
<p>4.Baldwin 17.5</p>
<p>5.Germantown Friends School 13</p>
<p>6.Agnes Irwin 9.5</p>
<p>7.Springside School 9</p>
<p>8.Shipley 5.5</p>
<p>9.Pingry 4</p>
<p>10. Hill School</p>
<p>10. Lower Merion/Harriton 2</p>

<p>Individual results of Lawrenceville players:</p>
<p>Hyland Murphy won the Consolation bracket of the first division.</p>
<p>Mina Shakarshy took fourth place in the second division.</p>
<p>Leila Shayegan took fourth place in the third division.</p>
<p>Kate Donatiello took third place in the fourth division.</p>
<p>Katherine Elliott-Moskwa took first place in the fifth division</p>.
<p>Amanda Chen took first place in the sixth division.</p>
<p>Arielle Lehman took first place in the seventh division.</p>
<p>Lindsay Becker took first place in the eighth division.</p>
<p>Carter Ashforth took third place in the ninth division.</p>

<p>This was Lawrenceville's best showing at the MASA tournament. That's true not only because they came within 2.5 points of knocking off perennial (since 2001) champion Episcopal Academy, but because I've never seen a group of players rise to the occasion the way that these nine girls did today. It was pure joy to watch them compete. They fought through illness, tough calls, nerves, fatigue, jitters and the like to put together a beautiful all-around performance. It was pure joy to coach this team today. Congratulations to them all! Particular congratulations to Mina Shakarshy for being named to the All-MASA team. Next up, a tough match against Penn Charter at home on Tuesday at 4:00pm followed by the National Championships next Friday.</p>