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S P I I S O T N E S R H S I P FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Welcome athletes, coaches, families and friends:

On behalf of Mount Holyoke College and the Department of Physical Education and Athletics, I want to extend a warm welcome to the 2009 Seven Sisters Squash Championship. This Seven Sisters event brings with it a rich tradition of top competitive op- portunities for women that supports the development of longstanding, friendly rivalries. This is the tenth year of Seven Sisters squash competition. Mount Holyoke College is the defending champion. The Lyons defeated Vassar College in last year’s champi- onship match to secure their second straight title and third overall. Vassar has clinched a record four tournament titles. Whatever the outcome of this year’s event, the pride, teamwork and sportsmanship that these athletes share epitomize the integrity and rich tradition of women in sport. My thanks to tournament director Tina Lee, Associate Athletics Director for Facilities Bardee Sadlier, Head Squash Coach Allen Fitzsimmons, Sports Information Director Mike Raposo, Athletic Trainers Ellen Perrella and Pete Olsen and to all who have helped to make this event exciting and enjoyable for the athletes, coaches, and fans. I wish the student-athletes and coaches best of luck for a successful tournament. Laurie Priest

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear participants and guests of the 2009 Seven Sisters Squash Championship:

Welcome to Mount Holyoke College. We are proud to host the Seven Sisters Squash Championship. To the athletes competing this weekend: I wish you all the best. May you take satisfaction from testing yourself against the competition and against the rigors of your sport. To the spectators: I know you will enjoy what is sure to be a vigorous contest and that your encouragement will inspire the athletes who are competing. I hope you have a chance to explore our beautiful campus and that you enjoy your time here. Joanne V. Creighton

HISTORY OF SEVEN SISTERS COMPETITIONS

In November 1980, Barnard hosted Bryn Mawr, New Rochelle and Vassar Tournament Champion/Runner-Up in a four team basketball tournament, won by New Rochelle. Following the tournament, the original Seven Sisters institutions - Barnard, Bryn Mawr, 2000 Smith, Welllesley, Mount Holyoke Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley - joined to conduct 2001 Wellesley/Vassar championships in common sports. Radcliffe (now Harvard in the athletic arena) 2002 Wellesley/Vassar was invited but opted not to join, and Barnard (now competing as Columbia) 2003 Vassar/Wellesley was unable participate in all championships. 2004 Vassar/Mount Holyoke Without Radcliffe and Barnard, only fi ve of the original Seven Sisters remained. 2005 Vassar/Smith Haverford and Swarthmore were invited to join the championships as cousins, 2006 Vassar/Mount Holyoke and depending on the tournament, several other schools have been invited 2007 Mount Holyoke/Vassar to compete, including: Agnes Scott, Haverford, Swarthmore, Simmons and Elms. Seven Sisters Tournaments are currently held in basketball, crew, 2008 Mount Holyoke/Vassar cross country, fi eld hockey, lacrosse, squash, swimming and diving, tennis Note - Tri-Champions declared in 2000 and volleyball. MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE LYONS

Player Yr Hgt Hometown/High School Pamela Anckermann Sr 5-3 Guatemala City, Guatemala/Monte Alto Lisa Bruno Sr 5-3 Higganum, Conn./Haddam-Killingworth Vidushi Gurunada So 5-3 Colombo, Sri Lanka/Lyceum International School Menusha Hettiarachchi Sr 5-5 Colombo, Sri Lanka/Holy Family Convent Lila Khan Jr 5-3 Islamabad, Pakistan/Greenwich (Conn.) Katarzyna Kolodziejczak Jr 5-8 Storrs, Conn./Pomfret School Laurian Lue Yen So 5-2 Kingston, Jamaica/St. Paul’s (N.H.) Shara Robertson Fy 5-3 Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa/St. Mary’s Laura Robinson Jr 5-4 Paget, Bermuda/Saltus Grammar School Paulina Rojek Fy 5-3 Brooklyn, N.Y./Packer Collegiate Anne Esther Saint Eloi Fy 5-10 Sayreville, N.J./Canterbury School Hillela Simpson Jr 5-6 Seattle, Wash./Seattle Academy Gim Yen Toh So 5-2 Penang, Malaysia/Methodist Girls Secondary Michelle Zagardo Jr 6-0 Peoria/Ill./Richwood

Head Coach: Allen Fitzsimmons (First season) Captains: Menusha Hettiarachchi, Laurian Lue Yen

VASSAR COLLEGE BREWERS

Player Yr Hometown/High School Kristine Bell So Kingston, Jamaica/Immaculate Conception Hope Blinkoff Jr Buffalo, N.Y./Nichols Sarah Hockney Fy Brooklyn, N.Y./Saint Ann’s Emilie Kraft Jr Seattle, Wash./Seattle Academy Anna Licht Jr Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow Caitlin Ly Jr Tucson, Ariz./Clayton Cheuk Ting Mak Jr Hayden, Hong Kong/Coenurd Alene Nina Punukollu Fy Greensbury, Pa./St. Andrew’s Kristina Schwarz So Lebanon, N.H./Lebanon Margaret Taylor Fy Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury Eleanor Weiss Sr Millwood, Va./Holton-Arms

Head Coach: Jane Parker (Ninth season) Assistant Coach: Phil Wilkins Captain: Emilie Kraft, Eleanor Weiss

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Player Yr Hometown/High School Cabelle Jaeun Ahn Fy Richmond, B.C./Groton School Samantha Bellach Jr Port St. Lucie, Fla. Alexandra Ewing So Philadelphia, Pa/Germantown Friends School Dora Hui So Boston, Mass./Concord Academy Youngmi Kim Sr La Jolla, Calif./Choate Rosemary Hall Kirsten Levandowski Jr Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson High School Andrea Mui Fy Hong Kong, China/Choate Rosemary Hall Carrie Ng Fy Springfi eld, Mass./Longmeadow High School Sarah Odell Jr Chester Springs, Pa./Phillips Exeter Academy Jackie Shaw Sr Washington Crossing, Pa./The Lawrenceville School Ashley Stevens Jr East Harwich, Mass./Harwich High School

Head Coach: Wendy Berry (Second season) Assistant Coach: Maggie Alexander Captain: Sarah Odell, Jackie Shaw

SMITH COLLEGE PIONEERS

Player Yr Hometown/High School Catriona Blunt Fy Needham, Mass./Commonwealth Jacinth Cooke Jr Dorchester, Mass./East Boston Su Fu Jr Beijing, China/Bromley School Elizabeth Guyman So Seattle, Wash./Lakeside Se-Rin Ha Jr Seoul, Korea/Daewon Foreign Language Ella Hartenian So Arlington, Mass./Arlington Julia Howald Gr Berlin, Germany/Gymnasium Steglitz Elizabeth Hughes Sr Barneveld, N.Y./Holland Patent Diana Jaunzeikare So Rigas Raj, Latvia/Riga State Gymnasium Ashleigh King Fy Enfi eld, N.H./Mascoma Valley Regional Sarah Lentz Gr Weyhe, Germany/KSG Leeste Jessica MacLeod Sr Huntington, N.Y./Harborsfi eld Hajnalka Nyitrai Jr Budapest, Hungary/Kossuth L. Lutheran Mag. Margaret Oliverio So Boston, Mass./Commonwealth Mercedes Pepper Sr Mendocino, Calif./Community School Joanne Poon Fy San Francisco, Calif./Lowell Anna Reznickova Jr Kromeriz, Czech Republic/United World College Andrea Shang Jr Hong Kong/Cheltenham Ladies’ College Maura Shea Sr Amherst, Mass./Amherst Astrid Tengroth So Bandhagen, Sweden/Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Luisa Tsang Jr San Francisco, Calif./Lowell Jasmine Wallas So Nassau, Bahamas/Emma Willard Kailin Weng Fy Ningbo, China/St. Paul’s School Shanita Williams Jr Boston, Mass./Fenway Xizhu Zhao Fy Beijing, China/Beijing

Head Coaches: Tim Bacon (15th season), Erin Robson (interim) Captain: Elizabeth Guyman INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES Smith College Vassar College Mount Holyoke College

Since its founding in 1871, Founded in 1861, Vassar Located in South Hadley, Smith College has provided College is a highly selective, Massachusetts, Mount women of high ability and residential, coeducational Holyoke College is a promise an education of liberal arts college. highly selective, nondenominational, residential uncompromising quality. A Consistently ranked among liberal arts college for women. Mount Holyoke world-class faculty of scholars the top liberal arts colleges is renowned for educating women leaders, are fully engaged with their in the country, Vassar is from medical pioneers to Pulitzer Prize-winning students’ intellectual development, and an renowned for pioneering achievements in playwrights. open curriculum encourages each student to education, for its long history of curricular Mount Holyoke offers 49 departmental and explore many fi elds of knowledge. Mentors for innovation, and for the beauty of its campus. interdepartmental majors. The College’s 2,100 scholarship, leadership and service, across all Vassar is located in the scenic Hudson students hail from 48 states and nearly 70 spectrums of endeavor, allow Smith students Valley, 75 miles north of New York City, in countries. to observe different models of achievement, Poughkeepsie. It is in a residential area three then set their own course with conviction. miles from the city center. Founded: 1837 Enrollment: 2,100 Founded: 1887 Founded: 1861 Athletic Director: Laurie Priest Enrollment: 1,200 Enrollment: 2,400 Nickname: Lyons Athletic Director: Lynn Oberbillig Athletic Director: Sharon Beverly Colors: Blue, White Nickname: Pioneers Nickname: Brewers Colors: Blue, Gold Colors: Maroon, Grey

Wellesley College Wellesley College was founded in 1870 with the mission of providing an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. Wellesley’s commitment to intellectual scholarship, research, and innovative teaching provides an environment in which women can achieve and excel to meet their personal goals. Located 12 miles west of Boston in the town of Wellesley, the College occupies over 450 rolling acres of cultivated and natural areas that are adjacent to Lake Waban.

Founded: 1870 The 2008 Seven Sisters Squash All-Tournament Team included seven players from Mount Enrollment: 2,318 Holyoke and two from Vassar. From right to left: Pamela Anckermann, Menusha Hettiarachchi, Athletic Director: Bridget Belgiovine Vidushi Gurunada, Laura Robinson, Laurian Lue Yen, Elizabeth Wright, Pia Seth, Anna Robin- Nickname: Blue Colors: Blue, White son and Lorrette Fisher. 22009009 SSEVENEVEN SSISTERSISTERS SSQUASHQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIP Schedule of Events

Semifi nal Match #1 - 10:00 a.m. #1 Mount Holyoke vs. #4 Smith

Semifi nal Match #2 - 11:30 a.m. #2 Vassar vs. #3 Wellesley Third Place Match - 1:30 p.m. Loser of Match #1 vs. Loser of Match #2 Championship - 3:00 p.m. Winner of Match #1 vs. Winner of Match #2

Mount Holyoke College, the NEWMAC and the NCAA promote good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and offi cials in a positive manner. Profanity, derogatory comments or other intimidating actions directed at offi cials, student-athletes, coaches or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. Also, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.