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Kumar, Siebert Claim All-Ivy Honors For National Champions
March 10, 2008 | Women's Squash
After a perfect record against Ivy League rivals, Princeton junior Mauricio Sanchez earned his second consecutive Ivy League Player of the Year honors. Sanchez led the Tigers to their third straight Ivy League championship and led a cast of seven Princetonians - five men, two women - who earned All-Ivy recognition.
A pair of sophomores were named to the All-Ivy women's team. No. 1 player Amanda Siebert and No. 2 Neha Kumar both represented the 2008 Howe Cup champion Princeton Tigers on the squad. Siebert, the 2007 Constable Invitational champion, played at the top of the lineup for most of the season and earned a win against 2006 national champion Lily Lorentzen during the year. Kumar overcame injury in the middle of the season to become a big factor in the late Princeton run. In the national team final, Kumar rallied from an early deficit to pull out a momentum-turning 3-0 victory over Penn.
Sanchez, the No. 1 player for Princeton throughout the season, didn't lose a single game in Ivy play and has won one of the two major Ivy League individual honors in each of his three years. Prior to his two consecutive Player of the Year honors, he was named the 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
The 2008 Ivy League Rookie of the Year went to freshman teammate David Letourneau, who was unbeaten in the league and reached the national individual quarterfinals before falling to Sanchez. Letourneau was unbeaten in the regular season, including a victory against top-ranked Trinity, and played No. 3 for Princeton most of the season.
Joining Sanchez and Letourneau on the All-Ivy team were juniors Hesham El Halaby and Kimlee Wong and sophomore David Canner. Wong played No. 2 for Princeton and reached the national individual semifinals before falling to eventual champion Baset Chaudhry. Canner and El Halaby played Nos. 4 and 5 for Princeton most of the season and were perfect in the regular season, including wins at Trinity.