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2024-25 Women's Squash Roster

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Habiba Eldafrawy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cairo, Egypt
  • High School Misr American College
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)

Elected a team captain for the 2024-25 season … CSA Second Team All-America … CSA Betty Richey Award Finalist … All-Ivy League Second Team … CSA Scholar Athlete … Posted a 14-1 record on the season including a 12-0 mark during the regular season … Primarily played at the fourth position on the Crimson ladder … Competed at two and three during her senior season … Opened the season with a win over Tufts’ Riddhi Joshi in sweeping fashion at threes (Nov. 17) … Earned a 3-0 win over Dartmouth’s Chelsea Cho at threes (Dec. 4) … Posted a 3-0 win at threes over Virginia’s Maria Min to help Harvard to the victory (Dec. 6) … Defeated Columbia’s Amal Izhar, 3-0, at fours in the Harvard win over the Lions (Jan. 11) … Recorded a 3-0 win at fours against Cornell’s Alysa Ali (Jan. 12) … Defeated Hannah Chukwu, 3-0, at fours in the match against Trinity (Jan. 17) … Helped Harvard sweep Yale (Jan. 19) with a 3-0 win over Meghna Sreedhar at fours …. Earned a 3-2 win over Stanford’s Amelie Haworth (Jan. 24) at fours … Competed in the Ramsay Cup Main Draw at the CSA Individual National Championships (Jan. 26-27) … Went 3-0 in the consolation bracket after a narrow loss in the round of 32 … Posted wins over Dartmouth’s Maria Clara Ramirez Velasquez, Dickinson’s Anne Lesky and Princeton’s Molly Chadwick to finish 17-18 in the draw … Posted a 3-0 win at fours over Savannah Margot Ingledew in the win against Penn (Feb. 1) … Earned an impressive 3-0 victory against Princeton’s Charlotte Bell at fours to help Harvard finish the Ivy League season undefeated and claim the program’s ninth consecutive Ivy League Championship (Feb. 2) … Registered a 3-0 sweep at twos against Abby Holding in the win against Middlebury (Feb. 5) … Defeated Emilia Falconi of Drexel, 3-0, at threes to close out the regular season with an undefeated individual record (Feb. 15) … Recorded a 3-0 win against Yale’s Meghna Sreedhar at fours in the quarterfinals of the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 7) to help Harvard advance … Won her match against Princeton’s Caroline Eielson, 3-0, at fours in the semifinals to help Harvard advance to the National Championship match at the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 8) … Helped Harvard finish as the National runner-up after a narrow team loss in the Championship match.

2023-24 (Junior)

Unanimous Selection to the All-Ivy League Team … CSA Scholar-Athlete … Was the team’s primary No. 3 on the ladder … Helped Harvard capture the 2024 Ivy League Championship … Compiled an 11-2 individual record … Went 8-2 at the No. 3 spot and a 3-0 record at the No. 2 spot … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep against Eleanor Clifford of No. 11 Dartmouth (Nov. 29) … Defeated Lina Tammam of No. 7 Virginia at the no. 2 position in a 3-2 thriller (Dec. 2) … Bested Marianna Dardon, 3-1, at the No. 3 position to help Harvard shut out No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 12) … Helped Harvard to a win over No. 7 Yale with her 3-1 win over Christy Tin Yan Lau at the No. 3 matchup (Jan. 19) … Aided the Harvard sweep of No. 2 Penn with a 3-1 victory over Avni Anand at the third matchup (Jan. 28) … Swept Ananya Dabke 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 Erica McGillicuddy, 3-0 (Feb. 4) … Won 3-0 at the No. 2 position against Riddhi Joshi of No. 11 Tufts (Feb. 6) … Defeated Sanya Vats of No. 10 Drexel, 3-0, 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 Olivia Walsh, 3-1, at the No. 3 matchup (Mar. 1) … Was victorious in her matchup in the CSA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Princeton, defeating Emma Trauber, 3-1, at the No. 3 position (Mar. 2).

Sophomore (2022-23)

Named CSA Second-Team All-America…Earned First-Team All-Ivy honors…Complied a record of 12-2, tied for the most wins on the team…Played primarily at the No. 3 position…Debuted on Nov. 15 against Brown at the No. 2 position, defeating Lily Seckendorf (Brown), 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7)…Dropped the least number of points by any Crimson player while sweeping Emily Schuster (Dartmouth), 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-4)…Swept Nouran Youseef (Trinity), 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)…Clinched the come behind victory over Columbia to secure the Crimson Ivy title by sweeping Sarah Cao (Columbia), 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)…Went 2-1 at the CSA Team Championship…Swept Erica McGillicuddy (Columbia), 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-9) in the CSA Team Championship First Round…Swept Nouran Youssef (Trinity), 3-0 (11-1, 13-11, 11-4) to help the Crimson upset No. 1 Trinity in the CSA Team National Championship.

First-Year (2021-22)

Appeared in 14 matches during her first collegiate season, posting a 13-1 record... Second Team CSA All-American... First-Team All-Ivy... Her 13 wins were tied for the most by a Harvard individual this season... Made college debut in 9-0 win vs. Brown (Nov. 16)... Defeated Princeton's Caroline Spahr, 3-2, at No. 4 in the Crimson's win over the Tigers (Jan. 16)... Went a perfect 3-0 during the Howe Cup, helping the Crimson to the National Championship victory... Won the Holleran Cup's South draw with a 3-0 win vs. Noa Romero Blazquez of Drexel (March 6)... COOP Student Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2)

Before Harvard

Member of Shooting Club Egypt. Played as #1 on the U13/U15 team. Played as #2 on the U17/U19 team. Achieved national ranking of four in U19 and national ranking of three in U17. Won the Egyptian Clubs League GU17 in 2018. Member of the National Squash Team Girls U13, U15, U17 and U19. National Honor Society Scholar (2019-2021).

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First-Year

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior