CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 1 Harvard (14-0) will return to the Howe Cup final for the 11th consecutive season after the Crimson swept No. 4 Yale (7-5) in a semifinal matchup on Saturday afternoon at the Murr Squash Center.
 
All nine Harvard players were victorious, with seven winning by a score of 3-0. The match was clinched when senior captain Hana Moataz captured the fifth point for Harvard with a triumph at the No. 1 position. 
 
The win was the 97th consecutive CSA victory for Harvard, and the program's 20th straight in the Howe Cup.  

Harvard Highlights / Game Notes 

• Harvard has now won 97 matches in a row and 20 straight in Howe Cup play. 
• The Crimson returns to the Howe Cup final for the 11th straight season. 
• Harvard individuals are a perfect 18-0 through two matches in the Howe Cup and have outscored opponents 54-6 in games for the tournament.  
• Habiba Eldafrawy lost a team-low 10 points on the day. 
• Harvard posted seven, 3-0 sweeps in the match, outscoring Yale, 27-3. 
• Harvard is now 45-15 all-time vs. Yale and has won 13 straight over the Bulldogs. 
• Mike Way, the Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, improves to 30-2 in the Howe Cup during his time at Harvard. 

RESULTS

Harvard – 9, Yale – 0 

1. Hana Moataz (Harv) def. Sneha Sivakumar (Yale) – 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
2. Marina Stefanoni (Harv) def. Elisabeth Ross (Yale) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2) 
3.  Amina Yousry (Harv) def. Christy Tin Yan Lau (Yale) – 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-5)
4.  Habiba Eldafrawy (Harv) def. Gigi Yeung (Yale) – 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-4)
5. Serena Daniel (Harv) def. Meghna Sreedhar (Yale) – 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-5)
6. Evie Coxon (Harv) def. Brianna Jefferson (Yale) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-3)
7. Charlotte Orcutt (Harv) def. Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Yale) – 3-1 (11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9) 
8. Amira Singh (Harv) def. Lindsay Westerfield (Yale) – 3-2 (11-13, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5) 
9. Brecon Welch (Harv) def. Nina Mital (Yale) – 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-4)

Order of finish: 4, 3, 8, 5, 1, 9, 6, 2, 7

Next Up

Harvard will face the winner of No. 2 seed Trinity and No. 6 seed Drexel tomorrow at 12 p.m. in the 2022 Howe Cup Final. The action can be seen live from the Murr Center on CSA's YouTube channel.