2017-18 Women's Squash Roster
Olivia Fiechter
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Germantown Friends
- Hometown:
- Chestnut Hill, Pa.
At Princeton — 2017-18 (17-3, 6-1 Ivy): became four-time All-America and All-Ivy League player following best season of her career … won 17 matches, including 3-1 thriller over Trinity to cap team comeback from 4-1 deficit; that win helped move Princeton to #1 in national rankings … Richey Award finalist … earned Academic All-Ivy League honors … had lone Princeton win at Harvard over #1 player Sabrina Sobhy … only losses during team season came to Penn's Reeham Salah, the eventual national champion … went 2-1 in both the Howe Cup and the CSA national championships … team co-captain. 2016-17 (5-7, 3-3 Ivy): earned All-America and All-Ivy League honors for the third straight year … dealt with injuries early in the season, but still managed five wins at the No. 1 spot … had crucial win atop the lineup to help Princeton defeat Yale in the Howe Cup quarterfinal at the Jadwin Squash Courts … won her first-round match in the Ramsay Cup main draw. 2015-16 (10-6, 4-2 Ivy): earned First-Team All-America and All-Ivy League honors for the second straight season … won double-digit matches while playing exclusively at the No. 1 spot and finished the regular season ranked in the Top 4 … of her six losses, four came to the eventual CSA individual finalists; held a match ball vs. finalist Reeham Sedky in a 3-2 loss during the Howe Cup. 2014-15 (11-4, 5-2 Ivy): became the fifth Princeton woman to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … first-team All-America and All-Ivy League honoree after playing No. 1 for Princeton all season … posted an 11-4 record, as well as a 5-2 mark in the Ivy League … reached CSA semifinal as the fourth seed before losing to eventual national champion Amanda Sobhy … helped clinch CSA team victories over both Yale (quarterfinal) and Penn (third place) … won nine of her 11 regular-season matches by a 3-0 score.
Before Princeton — ranked No. 1 in the U.S. at the U-13, U-15 and U-17 levels … three time age group national champion (2008, 2010, 2012) and two-time U.S. Junior Open champion (2010, 2011) … competed on the U.S. National Team in 2013; played for the Junior National Team four times (2011-2014) … played for both the Germantown Friends School and the Philadelphia Cricket Club … two-year captain at Germantown Friends; team placed as high as fifth at team nationals … also lettered in tennis … four-year U.S. Squash Scholar-Athlete … student council president.
Personal — born Sept. 15, 1995 … daughter of Bayard and Stacy Fiechter … has an older sibling Sam … both great grandfather and great-great uncle went to Princeton … enjoys tennis, golf and photography.
