NEW YORK, N.Y. – Harvard women's squash posted its best win of the season this afternoon after defeating the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal in the Big Apple. The Crimson (5-0, 3-0 Ivy) took down the third-ranked Cardinal, 6-3, to remain unbeaten in 2025-26. The win comes on the eve of the CSA Individual National Championships, where five Harvard student-athletes will compete for trophies.
 

How it Happened

The first event in a packed weekend for the Harvard Squash program, the Crimson women's team competed against No. 3 Stanford in a meeting of two of the top teams in the nation.
 
Harvard got started early, grabbing a 4-0 lead after wins at twos, fives, threes and nines. Lucie Stefanoni led off the match for the Crimson, posting a 3-0 win. Stefanoni outscored her opponent 33-21 in the match as the junior remains unbeaten in 2025-26. Ona Blasco Puig continued the run at fives, posting a hard-fought 3-0 win. She won all three games by just two points, two of which when to tiebreaks. Saran Nghiem followed suit with another 3-0 win at threes. Molly Stoltz closed out the strong start in her matchup at nines, coming out with the decisive fifth game to win 3-2.
 
After Stanford recorded its first win of the match at sixes, Caroline Fouts clinched the win at the top of the ladder with a swift 3-0 victory. Fouts won in consecutive games while outscoring her foe, 33-17. Dixon Hill secured Harvard's final point of the match at sevens with a 3-0 victory. Stanford collected two more wins in the overall match, but Harvard would come out with the victory, improving to 5-0 on the season.
 

Final Results 

No. 1 Harvard – 6
No. 3 Stanford – 3
1 - Caroline Fouts def. Amelie Haworth (STAN), 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-4)
2 - Lucie Stefanoni def. Riya Navani (STAN), 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-9)
3 - Saran Nghiem def. Zhi Xuan Goh (STAN), 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-8)
4 - Mariana Narvaez Dardon (STAN) def. Ocean Ma, 3-2 (12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8)
5 - Ona Blasco Puig def. Riya Shankaran (STAN), 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 12-10)
6 - Madison Ho (STAN) def. Jomana Ahmed, 3-0 (11-8. 11-6, 11-2)
7 - Dixon Hill def. Maeve Baker (STAN), 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9)
8 - Tiana Parasrampuria (STAN) def. Sarita Popat, 3-1 (4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
9 - Molly Stoltz def. Khushi Kukadia (STAN), 3-2 (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 11-9)
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 9, 6, 1, 8, 7, 4
 

Up Next

The Crimson will compete at the CSA Individual National Championships in New York City this weekend. The tournament is set to begin Friday (Jan. 23) and run through Tuesday (Jan. 27). All the action will stream live on Open Squash's YouTube Channel (@WeareOpenSquash).