CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 1 Harvard women's squash team is set to begin the 2025 portion of its schedule this weekend when it travels to New York to battle a pair of Ivy League opponents. The Crimson (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) will play its first matches in over a month when it faces No. 8 Columbia on Saturday and No. 9 Cornell on Sunday. Harvard will look to expand on its undefeated record and improve its record in the Ivy League standings when it battles the top-10 opponents this weekend.
Last Time Out
- After defeating No. 13 Tufts in the season opener, Harvard earned a pair of wins against No. 11 Dartmouth and No. 6 Virginia in its last week of action.
- The Crimson swept the Big Green, 9-0 and topped Virginia, 7-2 to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Stat Breakdown
- In its three matches, Harvard has posted a combined individual record of 25-2. In those matches, the Crimson owns a 78-14 advantage in games won and a 988-584 advantage in points won.
- Habiba Eldafrawy, Ocean Ma, Saran Nghiem, Sarita Popat, Lucie Stefanoni and Molly Stoltz all own 3-0 record on the season to tie for the team lead.
- The Crimson is 15-0 at the top five positions on the ladder.
Still at the Top
- Harvard will open the 2025 portion of its schedule holding the No. 1 spot in the CSA Rankings. The Crimson opened the year with the top spot and remained in the front of the rankings through the first three weeks of the season.
- Columbia and Cornell come in ranked No. 9 and No. 8 respectively.
- All three of the Crimson's wins to open the year were over opponents ranked in the top 15 including No. 6 Virginia.
Series History Against Columbia
- Harvard leads the all-time series against the Lions, 15-0 dating back to 2012.
Series History Against Cornell
- The Crimson and Cornell have competed 30 times in series history dating back to the 1996 season.
- Harvard owns a perfect 30-0 record against the Big Red.
Season Opener Win Streak
- Harvard women's squash extended its win streak in season openers to 50-consecutive matches.
- The Crimson has never lost its first match of the season in the 52-year history of the program.
Harvard Squash at the 2024 World Squash Team Championships
- The Crimson was represented by five of its alumnae at the 2024 World Squash Team Championships in Hong Kong last month.
- Current first-year, Caroline Fouts, Marina Stefanoni '24 and Amanda Sobhy '15 made up three of the four representatives on Team USA. The group powered the US team to a 3-0 record in pool play and all the way to the championship round where it was narrowly defeated by Egypt.
- Hannah Craig '21represented Ireland at the tournament, helping her squad place 15th in the final rankings.
- Gina Kennedy '20 was selected to compete with England and helped guide the group to a fifth-place finish overall.
Up Next
The Crimson will play two matches next weekend against current No. 2 Trinity and No. 7 Yale. The annual clash between Harvard and Trinity will take place on Friday, Jan. 17 at the Murr Center before the Crimson hits the road to take on Yale in New Haven on Sunday, Jan. 19.
