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2019-20 Women's Squash Roster
Roster
Hughes, Anna
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
Anna Hughes
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Epsom Girls Grammar
Bio
2019-20 / Senior
Named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash All-Conference Team…College Squash Association Scholar-Athlete…fell one game short of second team all-American honors…finished her career with 40 victories, the fifth most in program history…tied for third in Drexel history with 10-career victories at the top position…posted her most victories in a single season, going 13-9 overall…was 2-0 at the No. 2 position, 2-4 at the No. 3, 5-2 at the No. 4, 1-2 at the No. 5 and 3-1 as an individual…bested Columbia’s Ellie McVeigh in three games to tie the match score at 4-4, setting up Drexel’s first-ever win over the Lions…swept St. Lawrence’s Katherine Leiva on Dec. 6…helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…closed out the season on an 11-5 run with three winning streaks of at least three matches…began an 8-1 run with three-straight sweeps over Middlebury’s Gwen Davis, Cornell’s Colby Gallagher and Dartmouth’s Ellie Gozigian…swept Nikki Pang of George Washington in her final match at the Kline & Specter Squash Center…went 4-0 and dropped just one game at the MASC Championships, helping to lead the Dragons to the Gaynor Cup…played in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup matches as Drexel finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…reached the finals of the Holleran South bracket at the CSA Individual National Championships, going 3-1 and falling in four games to Harvard’s Eleonore Evans.
2018-19 / Junior
Posted a 9-10 overall record, playing between the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 positions…was 3-6 at the top position, 3-2 at the No. 2, 1-1 at the No. 3 and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first-ever appearance in the Howe Cup Finals and their highest ranking in program history, finishing the year ranked No. 7…opened the season with a win against Dickinson…claimed back-to-back matches against Colby and Columbia…bested Penn’s Jessica Davis in four games in Drexel’s first-ever win against their inter-city rival…went 2-1 in the Holleran East Division at the CSA Individual Championships, reaching the semifinals.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Went 9-10 overall on the season…played primarily from the No. 1 spot, where she had a 7-8 record…was also 0-1 at the No. 2 position and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first ever Kurtz Cup Finals title…helped Drexel to a program-best final ranking of No. 9…advanced to the semifinals with wins over Cornell’s Lucy Martin and Penn’s Julia Buchholz in the Holleran Cup North Division at the CSA Individual Championships…won all three of her Kurtz Cup matches against Amherst’s Kim Krayacich, Brown’s Quincy Beck and Dartmouth’s Anne Blasberg…came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Blasberg in the Kurtz Cup title match…had a season-best winning streak of eight matches…missed time due to injury and returned on Dec. 1…earned her first win of the year over Virginia’s Emily Woodworth.
2016-17 / Freshman
Went 9-5 overall, going 8-4 from the No. 3 position and 1-1 as an individual…her nine wins ranked fifth on the squad…six of her wins came as three-game sweeps and three as four-game wins…had a seven-match winning streak from Jan. 29 to March 3, tied for the team’s longest on the season…played from the No. 3 position for Drexel at its fourth-straight Kurtz Cup Finals…one of five individuals to represent the Dragons at CSA Individual National Championships…went 1-1 at the CSA Individual Championships in the Holleran Division-East bracket… finished the season ranked No. 43 individually in the nation.
Background
Epsom Girls Grammar School Junior Squash Champion in 2013...earned the sports scholarship in recognition of outstanding sporting achievement and performance for squash...received colors and team colors for squash...played first singles for tennis...also played field hockey and volleyball.
Personal
Daughter of Nigel and Bev...has an older brother, Andrew, and an older sister, Hayley ...majoring in management information systems.
Named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash All-Conference Team…College Squash Association Scholar-Athlete…fell one game short of second team all-American honors…finished her career with 40 victories, the fifth most in program history…tied for third in Drexel history with 10-career victories at the top position…posted her most victories in a single season, going 13-9 overall…was 2-0 at the No. 2 position, 2-4 at the No. 3, 5-2 at the No. 4, 1-2 at the No. 5 and 3-1 as an individual…bested Columbia’s Ellie McVeigh in three games to tie the match score at 4-4, setting up Drexel’s first-ever win over the Lions…swept St. Lawrence’s Katherine Leiva on Dec. 6…helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…closed out the season on an 11-5 run with three winning streaks of at least three matches…began an 8-1 run with three-straight sweeps over Middlebury’s Gwen Davis, Cornell’s Colby Gallagher and Dartmouth’s Ellie Gozigian…swept Nikki Pang of George Washington in her final match at the Kline & Specter Squash Center…went 4-0 and dropped just one game at the MASC Championships, helping to lead the Dragons to the Gaynor Cup…played in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup matches as Drexel finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…reached the finals of the Holleran South bracket at the CSA Individual National Championships, going 3-1 and falling in four games to Harvard’s Eleonore Evans.
2018-19 / Junior
Posted a 9-10 overall record, playing between the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 positions…was 3-6 at the top position, 3-2 at the No. 2, 1-1 at the No. 3 and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first-ever appearance in the Howe Cup Finals and their highest ranking in program history, finishing the year ranked No. 7…opened the season with a win against Dickinson…claimed back-to-back matches against Colby and Columbia…bested Penn’s Jessica Davis in four games in Drexel’s first-ever win against their inter-city rival…went 2-1 in the Holleran East Division at the CSA Individual Championships, reaching the semifinals.
2017-18 / Sophomore
Went 9-10 overall on the season…played primarily from the No. 1 spot, where she had a 7-8 record…was also 0-1 at the No. 2 position and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first ever Kurtz Cup Finals title…helped Drexel to a program-best final ranking of No. 9…advanced to the semifinals with wins over Cornell’s Lucy Martin and Penn’s Julia Buchholz in the Holleran Cup North Division at the CSA Individual Championships…won all three of her Kurtz Cup matches against Amherst’s Kim Krayacich, Brown’s Quincy Beck and Dartmouth’s Anne Blasberg…came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Blasberg in the Kurtz Cup title match…had a season-best winning streak of eight matches…missed time due to injury and returned on Dec. 1…earned her first win of the year over Virginia’s Emily Woodworth.
2016-17 / Freshman
Went 9-5 overall, going 8-4 from the No. 3 position and 1-1 as an individual…her nine wins ranked fifth on the squad…six of her wins came as three-game sweeps and three as four-game wins…had a seven-match winning streak from Jan. 29 to March 3, tied for the team’s longest on the season…played from the No. 3 position for Drexel at its fourth-straight Kurtz Cup Finals…one of five individuals to represent the Dragons at CSA Individual National Championships…went 1-1 at the CSA Individual Championships in the Holleran Division-East bracket… finished the season ranked No. 43 individually in the nation.
Background
Epsom Girls Grammar School Junior Squash Champion in 2013...earned the sports scholarship in recognition of outstanding sporting achievement and performance for squash...received colors and team colors for squash...played first singles for tennis...also played field hockey and volleyball.
Personal
Daughter of Nigel and Bev...has an older brother, Andrew, and an older sister, Hayley ...majoring in management information systems.
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