The team that will represent the United States at the 2011 Women’s World Junior Squash Championships has been finalized following the U.S. Junior Women’s Team Playoff that took place in Williamstown (MA), Apr. 8-10. Amanda Sobhy (NY), Olivia Blatchford (CT), Sabrina Sobhy (NY), Haley Mendez (NY), Olivia Fiechter (PA) and Maria Elena Ubina (CT) have qualified for the team that will compete when the U.S. hosts this prestigious event, July 20-30, at the Murr Center on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge (MA).
The Junior World Championships consists of an individual tournament followed by the team competition. In 2009, when the last Junior World Championships were held in Chennai (India), the US finished in fourth place. With veteran players, including reigning junior World Champion Amanda Sobhy (currently World No. 17), fellow touring professional Blatchford (currently World No. 42), and Mendez (the 2009 development player and current US No. 2) returning to the team, this year’s squad is poised to make history as they seek to become World Champions.
U.S. SQUASH Event Director Conor O’Malley stated, “This will be a great opportunity for the US to showcase the level of growth and talent of squash in the United States since the 1998 Junior Men’s World Championships at Princeton.”
