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2025-26 Women's Squash Roster

Esme Adelman

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Branksome Hall
  • Hometown:
    Toronto, Ontario

Summary

Biography

Awards:
  • 2023-24 Liberty League Rookie of the Year
  • 2023-24 First-Team All-Liberty League
  • Four-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week in 2023-24
2023-24 (First-Year):
  • 11-9 record at the #2 position
  • Key wins over: Connecticut College, Vassar, St. Lawrence, Haverford
  • 5-0 Liberty League Record
  • 3-0 at Liberty League Championship
  • Was a four-time Liberty League Women's Squash Rookie of the Week
  • First earned Liberty League Rookie of the Week honors after going 3-0 at the Navy Round Robin. She earned her first-career victory over Boston's Krishna Patel, 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6), and then won 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-5) against Fordham's Sydney Wilson before finishing up the weekend with another 3-0 (11-2, 11-0, 11-4) win, this time over Bucknell's Catie Sharp
  • Was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week for the second time following Denison's four-match road trip to New York and Pennsylvania, where she earned wins against Brown and Bard and narrowly missed the final decisive victory over higher-ranked Connecticut College, 11-9, in the fifth game. She started off the week with a 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-5) sweep during Denison's 6-2 win over Brown, but then in a tough 5-4 loss to No. 27 Connecticut College later on Friday, Adelman battled to five sets (11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9) but was just unable to close out the win. She then bounced back with a decisive 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-2) sweep in Denison's 8-0 win over Bard on Saturday before falling 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-5) against the No. 6-ranked team in the University of Virginia on Sunday
  • Was again named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week following Denison's third-place finish at the Liberty League Championship. Adelman went 3-0 for the Big Red at the Liberty League Championship, sweeping Sehar Dey-Kohli 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-5) in Denison's 9-0 win over No. 31 Vassar in the quarterfinals and then picking up Denison's lone win against the eventual Liberty League runner-up, No. 25 St Lawrence, with a 3-2 (11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7) decision over Ulrikke Bore Ribesen in the semifinals. Adelman then closed out the tournament with a 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9) win over Catherine Fortin as the Big Red defeated No. 29 Haverford 9-0 in the third-place match
  • For the fourth and final time this season, Adelman was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week following her performance at the College Squash Association (CSA) National Women's Team Championship. Adelman went 2-1 at the CSA Team Championships. She defeated Ku Paw 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-5) during Denison's 9-0 win over No. 30 Mount Holyoke College in the first round of the Walker Cup and earned a 3-2 (8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9) comeback victory over No. 28 Connecticut College's Mariam Anwar in the second consolation semifinals. Her only loss was a 3-1 (11-5, 11-3, 12-14, 11-3) defeat against Aryaa Ogale of No. 22-ranked and second-seeded Franklin and Marshall College in the Walker Cup quarterfinals
Personal:
  • Economics and Health Excersice and Sports Studies double major
  • Daughter of Nicole Zarry and Eric Adelman
  • Student worker for the Denison Sports Network (DSN) and the Knowlton Center for Career Exploration
  • Member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and Women in Business

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First-Year

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'8"

  • 2025-26Junior

    5'8"
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