A total of 18 student-athletes have been named to the 2023-2024 winter All-MAPL Team.
Squash
The girls' squash program at The Hill School aims to cultivate well-rounded student-athletes and teach life lessons that will extend beyond their time on the court. Our approach emphasizes the importance of the team as a whole, in a sport that too often places focus and pressure on the individual.Both the varsity and junior varsity teams seek to balance skills development, fitness, and mental preparation with a healthy dose of fun and spirited competition. Our coaching staff hopes to instill a lifelong love of the game in our players and help our athletes to reach their goals, which range from playing at the collegiate level to simply learning the fundamentals of the sport.
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- JV Schedule and Results
- Coaching Staff
- Program Overview
- Where We Play
- News
- Alumni Athletes
- Inquiry Form
- V/JV Prior Seasons
V Schedule & Results
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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V Girls' Squash |
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Flanagan Tourney
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Mercersburg Academy | View Recap | Other | |||
V Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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Lancaster Country Day | Details about V Girls' Squash | CANCELLED | |||
V Girls' Squash |
Agnes Irwin JV
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-6 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-6 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
State Squash
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | CANCELLED | |||
V Girls' Squash |
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-6 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 5-2 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Tower Hill
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | ||||
V Girls' Squash |
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William Penn Charter
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William Penn Charter | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-7 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy, Blair Academy
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Blair Academy | Details about V Girls' Squash | Other | Loss: 0-7 (MBurg) Loss: 0-7 (Blair) | ||
JV Schedule and Results
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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JV Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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Lancaster Country Day | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 5-4 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
State Squash
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tba | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-3 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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The Shipley School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 8-1 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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William Penn Charter
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 6-1 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy, Blair Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 4-3 (Blair) 5-2 (Mercersburg) | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Blair Academy
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Blair Academy | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 5-2 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Conestoga High School
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Berwyn SC | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
Coaching Staff
Josh Cardwell | Varsity Head Coach
jcardwell@thehill.org
Josh Cardwell took over the Hill boys’ squash program for the 2021-22 season following a nine-year tenure as the Director of Squash and Head Coach at Avon Old Farms. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Cardwell did not begin playing squash competitively until he was 19. With a strong family heritage in squash – his mother, Vicki, once was the top-ranked women’s player in the world - Cardwell quickly took to the game and by 2010 he had achieved a top-150 Professional Squash Association ranking. Cardwell played professionally from 2007 until 2018, during which time he also gained extensive coaching experience. In Australia, he was the Junior Development Coach and Center Manager at Westerfolds Sports Center for five years prior to his arrival in the United States. He coached at Hackley School in New York in 2009-2010 and was the Professional Coach, Coaching Adviser, and Marketing Director of TOG, LLC in Boston from 2010-2014.
In 2012, Cardwell became the Director of Squash and Head Coach at Avon Old Farms. Prior to his arrival, Avon had not competed above Division III at the US High School Nationals Tournament. He quickly elevated the program’s caliber, and in just his second year Cardwell guided Avon to the program’s first-ever Founders League title and first-ever national title. Avon has since been a fixture in the Division I draw at Nationals and has won five additional Founders League titles.
Additionally, Cardwell coached the Barbados National Senior Team during the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In all, he has coached or worked with several professional players and players who were ranked in the Top-10 in the world as Junior players.
Program Overview
Since the inaugural season of girls squash in the winter of 1999, the second year of coeducation at Hill, the sport has continued to increase in popularity on campus among female athletes. Many of our squash players begin at the junior varsity level as beginners and work their way onto the varsity ladder. Some of our standout players have gone on to compete at the collegiate level at schools such as William Smith College, Wesleyan College, Trinity College, and Franklin and Marshall College.
Interscholastic competition begins for both the varsity and junior varsity programs in late-November and runs through mid-February. Both teams play competitive schedules in the greater Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic regions. The Hill is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL), which provides great competition against Blair Academy, Mercersburg Academy and Lawrenceville School throughout the season and in the year-end MAPL tournament. Our non-league matches include teams from the MASA league such as Shipley, Conestoga, and Friends Central, as well as other local schools such as St. Andrews and Lancaster Country Day. Varsity ladder players have the privilege of playing in the U.S. High School National tournament each February, which is always a highlight of the season.
Located just outside of the nation’s squash hotbed, Hill squash players are able to participate in local U.S. Squash tournaments to achieve national rankings. The Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic regions are saturated with great squash competition, which allows our athletes to take their play to the next level in the offseason and on the weekends. In addition, we are able to provide weekend trips to collegiate matches, exposing our players to competitive local squash.
Our program is housed in the Jerry Day '37 Squash Center, which features seven ASB courts, one of which is a glass stadium court with seating for 50 spectators. Courts are open year round to students and faculty, and are often used by our weekend activities programming for in-house tournaments.
Where We Play
News
Alumni Athletes
Inquiry Form
V/JV Prior Seasons
Varsity
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2019-20
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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Squash Festival
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | ||||
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Germantown Friends School
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Germantown Cricket Club | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 4-5 | ||
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Lancaster Country Day
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Lancaster Country Day | View Recap | Win | 5-2 | ||
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Shady Side Academy
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Lancaster Country Day | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 7-0 | ||
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Friends Central School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
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Blair Academy
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The Hill School | View Recap | Win | 5-4 | ||
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Mercersburg Academy
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 5-4 | ||
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The Shipley School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 3-6 | ||
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | POSTPONED: TBD | |||
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William Penn Charter
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William Penn Charter | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
2021-22
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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V Girls' Squash |
Flanagan Tournament
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Mercersburg Academy | Details about V Girls' Squash | ||||
V Girls' Squash |
Agnes Irwin JV
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-8 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
Squash Smarts
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 8-1 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Friends Central School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-8 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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William Penn Charter
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William Penn Charter | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 8-1 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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The Shipley School
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The Shipley School | Details about V Girls' Squash | CANCELLED | |||
V Girls' Squash |
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Princeton Day School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-8 | ||
2022-23
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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V Girls' Squash |
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Flanagan Tourney
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Mercersburg Academy | Details about V Girls' Squash | ||||
V Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 3-4 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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TBD
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 1-6 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-7 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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The Shipley School
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The Shipley School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 6-1 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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Germantown Friends School
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-7 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
RCOP
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The Racquet Club of Philadelphia | Details about V Girls' Squash | Win | 7-0 | ||
V Girls' Squash |
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William Penn Charter
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The Hill School | Details about V Girls' Squash | POSTPONED: 2/13 | |||
V Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy, Blair Academy
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Mercersburg Academy | Details about V Girls' Squash | ||||
V Girls' Squash |
Agnes Irwin JV
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Agnes Irwin School | Details about V Girls' Squash | Loss | 3-4 | ||
JV
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2019-20
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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Lancaster Country Day
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Lancaster Country Day | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
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Shady Side Academy
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Lancaster Country Day | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 7-1 | ||
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Mercersburg Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 8-1 | ||
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The Shipley School
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The Shipley School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 9-0 | ||
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | CANCELLED | |||
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William Penn Charter
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William Penn Charter | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 4-5 | ||
Squash Smarts
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The Lenfest Center | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-0 | ||
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 9-0 | ||
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-9 | ||
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Blair Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 7-0 | CHANGED: This event has changed. | |
2021-22
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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JV Girls' Squash |
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Harriton Lower Merion School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | CHANGED: This event has changed. | |||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Princeton Day School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 4-1 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | CANCELLED | |||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Conestoga High School
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Berwyn SC | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy, Blair Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | See Recap | |||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Princeton Day School
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Princeton Day School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy
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Mercersburg Academy | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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Mercersburg Academy | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
2022-23
Team | Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result | Score | Status | |
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JV Girls' Squash |
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Lancaster Country Day
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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TBD
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Win | 5-2 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 2-5 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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The Shipley School
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The Shipley School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 3-4 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Wyndcroft School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | CHANGED: This event has changed. | |||
JV Girls' Squash |
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The Lawrenceville School
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The Lawrenceville School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | Loss | 0-7 | ||
JV Girls' Squash |
SquashSmarts
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Arlen Specter US Squash Center | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Princeton Day School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Mercersburg Academy, Blair Academy
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||
JV Girls' Squash |
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Conestoga High School
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The Hill School | Details about JV Girls' Squash | ||||