Two Jumbo squash players were named to the All-NESCAC teams this week. On the men's side, sophomore AdityaAdvani made the All-NESCAC second team for the second consecutive year.
Playing in the No. 1 position all season for the Jumbos, Advani notched a 16-7 record, including a 4-4 record against NESCAC opponents in team play. Advani's conference wins came from defeating sophomore CJ Smith of Colby, twice beating sophomore Brian Mullen of Conn. College and overcoming senior Martin Bawden of Hamilton in the NESCAC Tournament. Advani finished 2-1 in tournament play.
Later in the season, he advanced to the second round of the Div. III Individual Championships at Bowdoin College by defeating sophomore CaranArora of Bates.
From the women's team, for the first time in her collegiate career, sophomore Paget Stanco made her own All-NESCAC second team. Like Advani, Stanco is the only member of her team to earn All-NESCAC honors.
Stanco played in the No. 1 position for most of the season for the Jumbos, posting an 8-10 record overall. Her biggest win of the season came against Conn. College in the NESCAC Championship at Hamilton College. Stanco had lost to the Conn. College No. 1 player, junior Caroline Sargent, earlier in the season in four games, but this time Stanco came out on top, winning in straight sets 12-10, 11-5, 11-8. The Jumbos rode this important win to a 7-2 team victory.
This triumph would partly make up for Stanco's struggles against the toughest competition the NESCAC has to offer this season, bringing her final conference record to 1-6.
Stanco was back in action this weekend at Princeton University for the College Squash Association's Team Championships. She led the team to a first round victory against Bucknell University by defeating Bucknell No. 1 freshman Ana Kelly in four sets, and won again in the team's second round game against the University of Virginia.
