CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's squash continued its strong start to the season this afternoon by earning its second consecutive 3-0 sweep against the Cornell Big Red. The Crimson (4-0, 3-0 Ivy) logged eight 3-0 wins in the match to take the win against the No. 7 Big Red (5-3, 1-1 Ivy).
How it Happened
Harvard hosted Cornell at the Murr Center this afternoon in its fourth match of the 2025-26 campaign. The Crimson was looking to continue its strong start to the season against a challenging Big Red side.
The Crimson secured three consecutive victories in the first wave to take a 3-0 lead out of the gates.
Jomana Ahmed was first on the board for the Crimson, posting a 3-0 victory while outscoring her opponent, 33-14, at sixes.
Dixon Hill continued her strong play with a 3-0 win at sevens.
Caroline Fouts powered through in her match at ones, defeating her foe, 3-0, in a win that featured two tie-break wins in the second and third games.
Harvard continued to roll, sweeping the second wave of matches to secure the victory against Cornell.
Molly Stoltz led the charge with a 3-0 sweep at nines, while outscoring her opponent 33-12.
Ona Blasco Puig and
Lucie Stefanoni followed suit with a pair of 3-0 wins at fives and twos, respectively. In Stefanoni's match, the junior secured a tiebreak 12-10 win in the final game to sweep the match.
Ocean Ma kicked off the final wave of matches with three consecutive 11-9 game wins at fours, sweeping her opponent to secure the victory.
Sarita Popat defeated her opponent, 3-1, at eights to continue the Crimson run. Senior captain
Saran Nghiem completed the Harvard sweep with a swift 3-0 win at threes.
Final Results
No. 1 Harvard – 9
No. 7 Cornell – 0
1 –
Caroline Fouts def. Yee Xin Ying (COR), 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 13-11)
2 –
Lucie Stefanoni def. Aishwarya Khubchandani (COR), 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 12-10)
3 –
Saran Nghiem def. Alysa Ali (COR), 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-4)
4 –
Ocean Ma def. Vicky Lai (COR), 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)
5 –
Ona Blasco Puig def. Sabine Ball (COR), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-9)
6 –
Jomana Ahmed def. Christa Kay (COR), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-6)
7 –
Dixon Hill def. Maya Voloshin (COR), 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)
8 –
Sarita Popat def. Saniya Jaggi (COR), 3-1 (11-3, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5)
9 –
Molly Stoltz def. Lamees Shalaby (COR), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-1)
Order of Finish: 6, 7, 1, 9, 5, 2, 4, 8, 3
Up Next
The Crimson will have one more match before a group of Crimson student-athletes complete at the 2026 CSA Individual National Championships. Harvard will take on the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal in New York City this Thursday (Jan. 22) before the National tournament begins on Friday (Jan. 23).
