ITHACA, NY – No. 2 Harvard Women's Squash (7-1, 5-0 Ivy) grabbed another Ivy win by downing No. 6 Cornell, 6-3. In each of the Crimson win today, no player dropped more than one game en route to their victories. With the win, Harvard clinches at least a share of the Ivy title with an opportunity to claim sole ownership of its seventh straight title tomorrow.
Harvard Highlights
- The Crimson won every match at the No. 4 through No. 9 positions, while not allowing any match to reach five games.
- Brecon Welch has been dominating of late and continued that trend today, downing her opponent in three games, outscoring them 35-26.
- Molly Stoltz made her third appearance of the season, outscoring her opponent 33-19, the least number of points dropped by any Crimson player.
- With the win, the Crimson improve to 5-0 in Ivy League play and have the opportunity to win their seventh straight conference title.
- Harvard remains undefeated against Cornell in the all-time series, improving to 29-0.
Results
Harvard – 6, Cornell – 3
- Sivasangari Subramaniam (Cornell) def. Marina Stefanoni, 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-5)
- Wen Li Lai (Cornell) def. Saran Gregory-Nghiem, 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5)
- Aishwarya Khubchandani (Cornell) def. Habiba Eldafrawy, 3-2 (11-3, 11-7, 12-14, 6-11, 12-10)
- Serena Daniel def. Ananya Dabke (Cornell), 3-1 (5-11, 13-11, 13-11, 11-5)
- Brecon Welch def. Lily Zelov (Cornell), 3-0 (11-6, 13-11, 11-9)
- Amira Singh def. Alysa Ali (Cornell), 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)
- Charlotte Orcutt def. Alexxis Shatzman (Cornell), 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4)
- Binney Huffman def. Ania LaDow (Cornell), 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-0, 13-11)
- Molly Stoltz def. Devon Shatzman (Cornell), 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
Next Up
The Crimson will have the opportunity to win the Ivy League title tomorrow as they travel to Columbia to take on the Lions in New York, NY at 12:00 p.m.
