Amherst, MA — At the 2012 College Squash Individual Championships, Cornell’s Danielle Letourneau and Bates’ Nessrine Ariffin played in the opening round of the Ramsay Cup (A Draw) second consolations.
Both players were first-year students and burst on to the scene, helping their schools win crucial matches. Letourneau played number one all season and helped the Big Red defeat Stanford 5-4 at Howe Cup. She was named a first team All-American. Ariffin also played number one all season and earned second team All-American honors. She is only the second Bates player to be named a WCSA All-American.
At the Individual Championships, Letourneau defeated Ariffin in four games (6-11, 14-12, 11-7, and 11-3).
Below video of the match.
CollegeSquashAssociation.com will be bringing you many videos this offseason. We have hours upon hours of videos from the NESCAC Championships, Men’s National Team Championships, Women’s National Team Championships (Howe Cup), and the Individual Championships. We have just started processing these videos. Stay tuned for many more videos.
