PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The No. 1 Harvard women's squash suffered its first loss of the season this afternoon after falling to the No. 3 Penn Quakers. The Crimson (7-1, 4-1 Ivy) took three match wins but it was not enough to get past the Quakers (12-1, 4-1 Ivy), who earned a key Ivy League result over the Crimson.
 

How it Happened

The Crimson and the Quakers squared off this afternoon in Philadelphia in what was a battle of two of the top three teams in the College Squash Association. With the Ivy League title up for grabs, the match held major implications in terms of the conference standings.
 
Caroline Fouts battled in her match at the top of the ladder but could not rally past an early deficit, falling 0-3 to her Penn adversary.
 
Lucie Stefanoni and Saran Nghiem posted wins at twos and threes, respectively. Stefanoni withstood a five-set thriller to earn her win, coming away with a swift 11-4 win in the decisive fifth game. Nghiem rallied after a first game defeat to secure three consecutive game wins and take the victory at threes.
 
Ocean Ma and Ona Blasco Puig each fell in their matches at fours and fives. Puig pushed the match to five games, where she came out on the wrong side of a tightly contested match.
 
Dixon Hill remained unbeaten individually, taking a 3-1 win in the sixes match. Hill overcame a first game loss to rally and win three consecutive games and earn her eighth win of the season.
 
Penn captures all three matches at sevens, eights and nines to secure a 6-3 win. Jomana Ahmed came close in her match at sevens but fell in a five-set marathon.
 

Results

No. 1 Harvard – 3
No. 3 Penn – 6
1 - Malak Khafagy (PENN) def. Caroline Fouts, 3-0 (15-13, 11-9, 11-7)
2 - Lucie Stefanoni def. Franka Vidovic (PENN), 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-4)
3 - Saran Nghiem def. Malak Taha (PENN), 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10)
4 - Sohaila Ismail (PENN) def. Ocean Ma, 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-7)
5 - Alexandra Stoddard (PENN) def. Ona Blasco Puig 3-2 (11-4, 5-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9)
6 - Dixon Hill def. Anne Leakey (PENN), 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 12-10, 11-5)
7 - Hailey Shing-Fei Wong (PENN) def. Jomana Ahmed, 3-2 (11-6, 12-10, 12-14, 8-11, 11-8)
8 - Ashna Tumuluri (PENN) def. Sarita Popat, 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)
9 - Savannah Margot Ingledew (PENN) def. Molly Stoltz, 3-1 (1-9, 10-12, 11-3, 11-5)
 

Up Next

Harvard will close out its regular season tomorrow afternoon when it travels to Princeton to take on the second-ranked Tigers. With a share of the Ivy League title still up for grabs, the Crimson will look to rebound and earn a win in the regular season finale. The match is set to begin at 12:00 PM with all the action streaming live on the Ivy League streaming platform.