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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the second top-ten Ivy matchup of the weekend, No. 2 Harvard Women’s Squash (6-1, 4-0 Ivy) swept No. 9 Penn (5-4, 1-3), 9-0.

The Crimson began the day strong by grabbing the first three wins off victories from Brecon Welch, Habiba Eldafrawyand Charlotte Orcutt. Marina Stefanoni continued her winning ways, downing her opponent 3-0 to grab win four.

Ultimately the win was clinched by Binney Huffman at the no. 9 position with four matches outstanding. Quickly, the Crimson were received the sixth win off a retired match at the No. 5 positions.

For good measure, the Crimson added wins from Saran Gregory-Ngheim and Amira Singh to close out the day and secure the sweep for Harvard.

Harvard highlights

  • The Crimson dominated today, sweeping all but two matches giving the Crimson a game record of 24-3.
  • Stefanoni added to her season undefeated streak, improving to 7-0. Stefanoni has swept her opponent in back-to-back matches and has only dropped three games throughout the season.
  • Eldafrawy, improved to 7-0 with ease, only allowing 12 points on the day, the least number given up by any Crimson player.
  • Harvard continues to dominate the all-time series over Penn, upping their win streak over the Quakers to 10 matchups and the all-time record to 49-7.

results

Harvard – 9, Penn – 0

  1. Marina Stefanoni def. Malak Taha (Penn), 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-7)
  2. Saran Gregory-Ngheim def. Avni Anand (Penn), 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-5)
  3. Habiba Eldafrawy def. Jana Dweek (Penn), 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-3)
  4. Serena Daniel def. Ashley Manning (Penn), 3-0 (13-11, 11-3, 11-4)
  5. Evie Coxon def. Navmi Sharma (Penn) RE (9-11, 6-11, 7-8)
  6. Brecon Welch def. Natasha Pensler (Penn), 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-2)
  7. Amira Singh vs Eujung Park (Penn), 3-1 (11-4, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7)
  8. Charlotte Orcutt def. Grace Lavin (Penn), 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 12-10)
  9. Binney Huffman def. Penelope Oh (Penn), 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-5)

Order of finish: 6, 3, 8, 1, 9, 5, 4, 2, 7

next up

Harvard will look to secure the Ivy title next weekend with another back-back slate of matchups. The Crimson will travel to No. 6 Cornell on January 28 and no. 8 Columbia on January 29.

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