Gemmell Tops CSA Individual Rankings, Women's Squash Places 10 Athletes in Top 100

The women’s College Squash Association has just released its preseason individual rankings for the 2010-11 season, and the results look very promising for the undefeated Harvard squash team (5-0, 3-0 Ivy).

The rankings, which cite the top 100 players, were compiled using the 2009-10 women’s final individual rankings as well as coach’s estimations of their players and their team’s line-ups.

The CSA also capped each team’s representation at 10 players.

The No. 1 Crimson definitely made a dent in the rankings—10 of the squad’s roster have made the list, with eight athletes falling in the top 50.

Sitting atop the rankings, sophomore Laura Gemmell has held onto her position from the end of last season. Directly below her is Trinity’s Pamela Hathway. The junior faced Gemmell last season in the CSA national individual championship match, falling after five drawn-out frames. If these rankings are a prediction of championship play to come, Gemmell and Hathway are on track for a heated rematch.

In seventh and ninth place are junior Nirasha Guruge and senior June Tiong, respectively, rounding out Harvard’s representation in the top 10. The only other school with three top-10 players is the Crimson’s toughest competition: Yale, which is currently No. 2 in the national rankings.

Also making the cut for Harvard are captain Alisha Mashruwala (13) and fellow senior Bethan Williams (29), sophomores Natasha Kingshott (17), Sarah Mumanachit (42), Vidya Rajan (51), and Eliza Calihan (82), and junior Cece Cortes (37).

Other crews that dominated the list are—no surprises here—Princeton and the aforementioned Bulldogs. Both teams also tout 10 top-100 players apiece. Penn, Stanford, and the Bantams also fared well, with nine players from each team making the cut.