North, Demakos Go 4-1 as Saints Win Three of Five

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Tara Freeman
Meg North went 4-1 in weekend matches

Seniors Meg North and Katie Demakos each went 4-1 for the weekend as St. Lawrence University's women's squash team won three of five matches in a three day span. North was named Liberty League co-Player of the Week for her efforts.

The Saints, ranked 23rd nationally, lost 9-0 at 13th ranked Middlebury on Friday night and lost a 6-3 match to 22nd-ranked Wesleyan on Saturday. They defeated 30th-ranked Smith 7-2 and 31st ranked Wellesley 9-0 to complete Saturday play at Smith and edged Tufts, ranked 17th nationally, 5-4 at Amherst on Sunday.

The Saints, now 6-7 on the season, will play Hamilton at home on Saturday.

North was the only Saint player to win a game in the match against Middlebury as all other matches were decided by 3-0 scores. North lost to Sarah DeCamp 3-1.

Opening competition at Smith on Saturday, the Saints prevailed 7-2 as Sofi Garnett won 3-0 at one, North won 3-0 at three, Jackie Barrett was a 3-0 winner at four, Frances Robinson won 3-0 at five, Molly Caplan won 3-0 at seven, Alyssa Smith was a 3-0 winner at eight and Demakos won 3-0 at nine. Kendall Harty won the exhibition match at ten, 3-1.

The Saints then blanked Wellesley with Garnett winning 3-1 at one, Jenn Hearn 3-0 at two and Jessie Ziegler winning 3-1 at six. All of the other matches went in straight games.

Hearn won 3-1 against Grace Zimmerman at two, North was a 3-0 winner at three and Demakos won 3-0 at nine for the Saint wins in a 6-3 loss to Wesleyan to complete Saturday play.

North prevailed in a 3-2 marathon with Mercedes Lee Barba of Tufts and Ziegler was a 3-1 winner against Madison Newbound in key matches in a 5-4 win over Tufts. North and Barba split the first four games before North won 11-4 in the decisive fifth game and Ziegler won 11-9 and 11-6 before Newbound won game three 11-7. Ziegler closed it out with a 11-6 win in game four. Barrett was a 3-0 winner at four, Smith won 3-0 at eight and Demakos was a 3-0 winner at nine in the Tufts match. Harty won 3-0 in the exhibition at ten.