Promising start to college squash for Otshabeng

Otshabeng faced Reshika Rajathinam of William Smith College but went down 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5. However, Otshabeng was able to win 3-1 in the second game played on Friday against Isabella Bin of Brown University with a score of 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11. On Saturday evening, St. Lawrence University team lost the tie 7-2 against Wesleyan University. Otshabeng won her match to make it two wins and one loss over the weekend.

She secured a 3-0 win against Mira Bakshi of Wesleyan, registering a score of 5-11, 3-11, and 7-11. Otshabeng is a beneficiary of the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) Elite Scholarship and she has been part of the Alpha Squash Academy since 2016. She is the first woman squash player to benefit from the BNSC Elite Scholarship and she was part of the squash national team, together with Leungo Katse, that represented Botswana at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Speaking to SportMonitor after the match, Otshabeng’s coach, Koketso Ntshebe, said the player was nervous because of the pressure and expectation from people who expected her to win.