Feb 1st,
Brown U, Providence RI -
The Brown Bears had the
crowd as a big booster, even as the clock moved past 10 and
then 11.
The
final stroke of a 3 1/4 hour match was struck at 11:05pm
by Kali Schellenberg, Brown's number seven, who won in the
fifth by a close nine to six tally, giving the Bears an exciting
and memorable win against the visiting Stanford team led
by Mark Talbott - a contest between two teams as evenly matched
as they could be.
The
packed gallery was on the edge of their seats throughout
the whole see-sawing contest. Four matches (at positions
4, 6, 7 and 8) went to five with Brown winning three of them.
The closest match of the evening pitted Brown Freshman Sophie
Scherl against Stanford Freshman Shannon Harrington. Harrington
bravely fought off 2 match balls in the fourth to win that
game 10-9 and knot the score at two. Scherl then mirrored
that feat at 9-8 and 9-9 in the fifth. Finally the match
was won by Scherl and the Bears and Cardinals had 3 matches
each. Three matches remained on court. Charlotte Steel of
Brown at #3 was overpowered by an energetic Sam Buechner
from Stanford, 3-0. Four
three to Stanford.
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| Kali
Schellenberg gets key win for Brown. photo: ©2008
David Silverman. |
Brown had to win
the last two remaining matches. Captain Minoo Fadaifard of
Brown was in the fourth game 2-1 up playing against Stanford's
experienced Brooks Riley. Schellenberg of Brown was 2-0
up against the spirited Pam Sherwood who was about to fight
back and win the next two games. Fadaifard played flawlessly
to win 3-1 and set the stage for the dramatic win by Schellenberg
at #7.
Stanford, fielding several east-coast players,
had their fans in house too. Both sets of fans were enthralled
by the competition, athleticism and the fantastic spirit
the match was played in. Team squash at its very best and
a collegiate gem of a squash match.
Brown defeated Stanford 5-4:
1. Liy Lorentzen (Stanford) def Megan Cerullo
(Brown) 6-9 9-3 9-7 9-3
2. Katy Brewster (Stanford) def Laura Pyne (Brown) 9-2 9-0
9-2
3. Samantha Buechner (Stanford) def Charlotte Steel (Brown)
9-4 9-7 9-2
4. Cecilia Haig (Stanford) def Breck Haynes (Brown) 4-9 9-7
7-9 9-2 9-7
5.
Minoo Fadaifard
(Brown def Brooks Riley (Stanford) 9-1 9-2 4-9 9-5
6. Sophie Scherl (Brown) def Shannon
Harrington (Stanford) 9-7 8-10 9-6 9-10 10-9
7. Kali Schellenberg (Brown) def Pamela
Sherwood (Stanford) 10-8 9-4 8-10 6-9 9-6
8. Lily
Cohen (Brown) def Esther
Cheng (Stanford) 9-2 10-8 7-9 6-9 9-4
9. Sarah Roberts (Brown) def Stephanie
Kwok (Stanford) 10-8 9-2 9-1
10. Carolyn Tilney (Brown) def Karissa
Hazy (Stanford) 9-2 9-3 9-2
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