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2023-24 Women's Squash Roster

Winston Delk
Kayleigh Halasz

Marina Stefanoni

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Darien, Conn.
  • High School Darien
  • Concentration Astrophysics and Economics

Biography

2023-24 (Senior)
2024 Harvard Women’s Squash Team Captain … CSA Betty Richey Award Winner, the top honor for a college women’s squash player … CSA First-Team All-American … Unanimous Selection to the All-Ivy League Team … CSA Scholar-Athlete … Helped Harvard capture the 2024 Ivy League Championship … Was the team’s primary No. 1 on the ladder, compiling an 11-1 record at the position … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep against Maria Clara Ramirez Velasquez of No. 11 Dartmouth (Nov. 29) … Defeated Meagan Best of No. 7 Virginia at the top of the ladder in a 3-2 thriller (Dec. 2) … Swept Madison Ho, 3-0, at the top of the ladder 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 Elisabeth Ross at the top of the ladder (Jan. 19) … Defeated No. 2 Trinity’s Malak Ashraf Kamal, 3-0, at the top of the ladder (Jan. 21) … Was victorious in her match against Zeina Zein of No. 4 Princeton, winning her match 3-0 at the top of the ladder (Jan. 27) … Aided the Harvard sweep of No. 2 Penn with a 3-0 victory over Sohaila Ismail at the first matchup (Jan. 28) … Swept Wen Li Lai of No. 8 Cornell to help Harvard capture a share of the Ivy League Championship (Feb. 4) … Competed at the No. 1 spot on the ladder in the match against Columbia (Feb. 5) … Defeated Margot Prow 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 Megan Best, 3-0, at the No. 1 matchup (Mar. 1) … Was victorious in her matchup in the CSA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Princeton, defeating Zeina Zein, 3-0, at the No. 1 position (Mar. 2) … Earned the No. 1 seed in the Ramsay Cup main draw at the CSA Individual National Championships … Opened the tournament with a swift 3-0 win over Liyen Teoh of Princeton (Mar. 8) … Picked up another quick 3-0 win over Si Ma of Stanford in the quarterfinals (Mar. 8) … Cruised to a 3-0 win over Margot Prow of Drexel in the semifinals (Mar. 9) … Fell to her teammate, Saran Nghiem, 2-3 in the Ramsay Cup Finals (Mar. 10) to come in as the runner-up in the Individual National Championship.

Junior (2022-23)
Named CSA First-Team All-America…Earned First-Team All-Ivy honors…Ramsay Cup Semifinalist…Compiled a record of 10-4…Played all 14 matches at the No. 1 position…Debuted on Nov. 15 against Brown, defeating Rachel Mashek (Brown), 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7)…Dropped the least number of points of any Crimson player against Yale, defeating Elisabeth Ross (Yale), 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-3)…Defeated Jan Safy (Trinity), 3-2 (7-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-0)…Swept Molly Chadwich (Princeton), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-7) and Malak Taha (Penn), 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-7) in a 2-0 weekend…Went 2-1 in the CSA Team Championship…Defeated Molly Chadwich (Princeton), 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-6) in the CSA Team Championship Semifinals…Swept Jana Safy (Trinity), 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9) to clinch the Crimson upset win over No. 1 Trinity in the CSA Team National Championship…Defeated No. 15 seeded Elisabeth Ross (Yale), 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2) in the Ramsay Cup Round of 16…Swept No. 10 seeded Malak Ashraf Kamal (Trinity), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-8) to advance to the semifinals of the Ramsay Cup at the CSA Individual Championships.

Sophomore (2021-22)
Finished with a record of 12-1 in first collegiate season of action... Played 11 of her 13 matches at the No. 2 position... Ramsay Cup Semifinalist...CSA First-Team All-American... First-Team All-Ivy League... Defeated Brown's Danielle Benstock in first match of college career (Nov. 16)... Beat Elle Ruggiero of Princeton at No. 2, 3-0 (Jan. 16)... Helped Harvard earn Howe Cup victory, going 3-0 individually at the event without dropping a single game... Won first two matches as the No. 4 seed at the Ramsay Cup, notching victories over Elle Ruggiero of Princeton and Sneha Sivakumar of Yale before falling in the semifinals...Won gold at the Junior Pan-American Games...

First-Year (2020-21)
Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

Before Harvard 
Ranked the No. 1 player on Team USA for five consecutive World Junior Championships … Received the U.S. Squash DeRoy Sportsmanship Award ... Named an All-American five times ... Was the youngest GU19 National Champion in U.S. Squash history at 13 years old … Ranked No. 1 in GU19 for four consecutive years … Won a record 23 tournaments on the Junior Championship Tour, including 17 at the GU19 level … Six-time consecutive U.S. Junior Open Champion, including three at GU19 … British Open Champion and the first American to win the tournament in 12 years … Won international Junior Opens in Malaysia, Scotland, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Ireland and the Netherlands ... Ranked No. 57 in the Professional Squash Association’s World Rankings with four wins on the PSA tour as an amateur … Brother, Enzo ’21, is a member of the Harvard Baseball team … Brother, Aldo, is also a member of the Class of 2024 … Mother, Margaret, ’90 was a member of the Harvard squash program … Father, Christopher '87, played for Harvard rugby ... Grandfather, Johann Nottebohm '61, played soccer at Harvard ... Grandmother, Mary Nottebohm '62, attended Harvard ... Sister, Lucie, is a three-time U.S. Junior National Squash Champion and earned a No. 1 ranking in GU17 ... Enjoys piano and drawing in addition to playing squash. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First-Year

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior