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2024-25 Women's Squash Roster

Zach Webster

Brecon Welch

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.
  • High School Greenwich Academy
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)

Elected a team captain for the 2024-25 season … CSA Scholar Athlete … Posted a 10—4 record on court in her senior season … Competed in the seventh and eighth positions for the Crimson throughout the season … Primarily played in the eight spot on the Crimson lineup … Opened her season with a 3-1 win over Dartmouth’s Maya Shroff at sevens (Dec. 4) … Posted a 3-0 win at sevens over Virginia’s Nasteen Hashmi to help Harvard to the victory (Dec. 6) … Defeated Columbia’s Sophia Hu, 3-0, at eights in the Harvard win over the Lions (Jan. 11) … Recorded a 3-0 win at eights against Cornell’s Saniya Jaggi (Jan. 12) … Helped Harvard sweep Yale (Jan. 19) with a 3-1 win over Rashi Goverdhanam at eights … Registered a 3-0 sweep at sixes against Mariana Reedich in the win against Middlebury (Feb. 5) … Defeated Claudia Adam of Drexel, 3-0, at sevens to close out the regular season (Feb. 15) … Recorded a 3-0 win against Yale’s Layla Johnson at eights in the quarterfinals of the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 7) to help Harvard advance … Won her match against Princeton’s Hermione Cao, 3-1, at eights in the semifinals to help Harvard advance to the National Championship match at the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 8) … Won her match at eights against Fabiola Cabello, 3-1, in the National Championship Match against Trinity (Mar. 9) … Helped Harvard finish as the National runner-up after a narrow team loss in the Championship match.

2023-24 (Junior)

CSA Scholar-Athlete … Primarily played at the No. 6 spot on the Crimson ladder … Also appeared at the fourth and fifth spots, where she won one match each … Compiled an 11-2 overall record and a 9-2 mark at the No. 6 position … Opened the season with a 3-1 win against Emily Schuster of No. 11 Dartmouth (Nov. 29) …  Defeated Eliza Mills of No. 7 Virginia, 3-1, at the No. 6 position (Dec. 2) … Bested Yuvna Gupta, 3-0, at the No. 5 position to help Harvard shut out No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 12) … Helped Harvard to a win over No. 7 Yale with her 3-0 win over Meghna Sreedharat the No. 6 matchup (Jan. 19) … Was victorious in her match against Molly Chadwick of No. 4 Princeton, winning her match 3-1 at the No. 6 position (Jan. 27) … Aided the Harvard sweep of No. 2 Penn with a 3-1 victory over Grace Lavin at the sixth matchup (Jan. 28) … Swept Devon Shatzman of No. 8 Cornell to help Harvard capture a share of the Ivy League Championship (Feb. 3) … Helped Harvard secure the outright Ivy League Title with a win over No. 12 Columbia after defeating Amal Izhar, 3-0 (Feb. 4) … Won 3-0 at the No. 4 position against Aleezah Burhan of No. 11 Tufts (Feb. 6) … Defeated Amirah Rusydina Rosli of No. 10 Drexel, 3-1, in the regular season finale (Feb. 17) … Helped Harvard defeat No. 7 Virginia in the CSA Team National Championship Quarterfinals by winning her match against Nasreen Hashmi, 3-0, at the No. 6 matchup (Mar. 1).
 

Sophomore (2022-23)

Holleran Cup West Division Finalist…Tied for the most wins on the team, compiling a record of 12-1 through 13 appearances…Appeared primarily at the No. 6 position…Debuted on Nov. 30 against Dartmouth, defeating Priya Verma (Dartmouth), 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 13-11)…Clinched the team win over UVA by sweeping Nicolina Tessitore (UVA), 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-0)…Clinched the team win over Yale by defeating Meghna Sreedhar *Yale), 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-4)…Swept all opponents in the final four Ivy matches, defeating players from Princeton, Penn, Cornell, and Columbia…Won only match at the No. 4 position, defeating Aleexah Burhan (Tufts), 3-1 (11-4, 11-3, 8-11, 11-1)…Went 3-0 at the CSA Team Championship…Defeated Kiroshanna Lentz (Columbia), 3-2 (6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 9-11) in the CSA Team Championship First Round…Swept India Stephenson (Princeton), 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-5) in the CSA Team Championship Semifinals…Defeated Lujan Palacios (Trinity), 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3) in the CSA Team National Championship…Defeated No. 12 seeded Amal Izhar (Columbia), 3-2 (6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4) in the Holleran Cup West Division Round of 16…Upset No. 4 seeded Charlotte Bell (Princeton), 3-2 (7-11, 3-11, 13-11, 14-12, 11-6) in the Holleran Cup West Division Quarterfinals…Swept Kara Lincou (Trinity), 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-6) to become a Holleran Cup West Division Finalist at the CSA Individual Championships.

First-Year (2021-22)

Played 14 matches for Harvard, finishing with a 11-3 record... Saw action at Nos. 6-9... Made collegiate debut in a 9-0 sweep against Brown (Nov. 16)... Toppled Yale's Lindsay Westerfield, 3-0, as Harvard won its sixth-straight Ivy title (Jan. 30)... Won all three matches played at the Howe Cup.

Before Harvard

Four-year varsity letter earner in squash, soccer and lacrosse. Captain of Varsity Squash in 2020-2021. 2014 U.S. Junior National Squash Champion. U.S. Squash Scholar-Athlete (2018-2021). Co-founder/co-leader of the Environmental Club (2018-2021). Mother, Libby '95, was Intercollegiate Squash Champion in 1995 and is a member of the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. Father, Sam '95, was a member of both the soccer and lacrosse programs. Has a total of 12 family members who have attended Harvard.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First-Year

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior