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Trinity Women Take Howe Cup and Earn National Title

Feb 17, 2002 © 2002 Ron Beck, photos: © 2002 Debra Tessier. May not be reproduced online or in print without permission.

Trinity Edges Harvard For the Crown - Individual Matchups the Key

28 Teams Gather in New Haven for the the Largest Howe Cup Ever
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The newest WISA team, the Stanford Women's Squash Team, didn't win a match at this year's Howe cup competition - but their participation helped make this the largest Howe Cup ever.

At the other end of the spectrum, the elite teams of Harvard and Trinity quietly were in preparation for their showdown Sunday afternoon for the National Title. Unlike last year, when Harvard reversed their dual-match loss to top Trinity in the Howe competition, this year Trinity won both prizes - the regular season championship and the post-season title.

The evenly-matched Harvard and Trinity teams took to the Glass-walled Yale courts with nervous anticipation. The key match turned out to be at the #1 position, where undefeated Trinity #1 Amina Helal was faced with a 1-0 deficit against popular Harvard #1 Louisa Hall. But Helal proved to be just too strong for Hall, charging back [continued]

Howe Cup Sunday Photos Below Draw and Results Sunday Report Continued Bowdoin's Weekend


The #1 Trinity Team with their coach, Wendy Bartlett

*Harvard Team - before*	*Trinity Team - before*

Harvard's Lindsey Wilkens (l) and Trinity's Pam Saunders (r)	*Trinity's Lynn Leong (l) and Harvard's Margaret Elias (r)*

*Trinity's Amina Helal*	*Trinity's Amina Helal (l) and Harvard's Louisa Hall(r)*

*Penn vs Bates*	*Penn wins the B Division*

*Bates, B Division Runner-up*	*Mark Talbott, host, master of ceremonies, and Yale Women's coach*

*Amherst vs St Lawrence*	*Amherst vs St Lawrence*

*Vassar*	*Tufts vs William & Smith*

*Colby vs Middlebury*	*Colby vs Middlebury*

*Colby vs Middlebury*	*Colby vs Middlebury*

*Williams' Selma Kikic wins the Ann Wetzel Trophy - awarded to top senior who began squash in college*	*Yale Team*

*Princeton team*	Olga Puigdemont-Sola of Cornell wins the Betty Richey Trophy - awarded to player who best exemplifies the ideals of squash in her devotion, play, leadership, and contribution by vote of the current team captains and coaches.