NEW HAVEN, CT – No. 2 Harvard Women's Squash (4-0, 3-0 Ivy) returned to action this afternoon against No. 5 Yale (2-2, 0-1 Ivy).  In their first top-five matchup of the season the Crimson handled the Bulldogs, sweeping them 9-0 with relative ease. 

Harvard Highlights

• At the No. 7 position Amira Singh went up 2-0 early before dropping the next two games but fought back to secure a win in her first appearance of the season for the Crimson.
• In a back-and-forth match, Brecon Welch prevailed in the fifth game to grab the clinching win for Harvard with four contests outstanding.
• The Crimson dominated in the final four matches of the night.  Habiba Eldafrawy downed her opponent 3-1 while Charlotte Orcutt, Evie Coxon, and Marina Stefanoni all swept 3-0.  Harvard won its last four matches in an average of less than 25 minutes. 
• Along with Orcutt, Coxon, and Stefanoni, Binney Huffman also swept her opponent at the No. 9 position. 
• At the No. 1 position, Stefanoni only dropped 11 points on the day, the least by any Crimson player.
• Harvard now leads the all-time series versus Yale 46-15 and extends its winning streak against the Bulldogs to 14. 

Results

Harvard – 9, Yale – 0

1. Marina Stefanoni def. Elisabeth Ross (Yale), 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-3)
2. Saran Gregory-Nghiem def. Sneha Sivakumar (Yale), 3-1 (14-16, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8)
3. Habiba Eldafrawy def. Christy Tin Yan Lau (Yale), 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-9)
4. Serena Daniel def. Brianna Jefferson (Yale), 3-1 (11-4, 12-10, 10-12, 11-7)
5. Evie Coxon def. Whitney Taylor (Yale), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-4)
6. Brecon Welch def. Meghna Sreedhar (Yale), 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-4)
7. Amira Singh def. Mika Bardin (Yale), 3-2 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 11-5)
8. Charlotte Orcutt def. Lindsay Westerfield (Yale), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-6)
9. Binney Huffman def. Nina Mital (Yale), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-5)

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

Next up

The Crimson have a quick turnaround between matches as they return home to battle top ranked Trinity College at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday January 15 at the Murr Squash Center.