PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 4 Cardinal split a pair of games with No. 4 Penn and No. 3 Princeton this weekend, and tomorrow heads to the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships.
Stanford took down Penn on Thursday, winning 6-3. The Card’s win was the first over a top-four opponent since 2019, when Stanford topped No. 4 Yale 7-2.
Maeve Baker continued her undefeated run, taking a victory in straight sets on court eight to move to a perfect 6-0. Yuvna Gupta on court six and Valerie Huang on court 10 joined Baker with straight-set wins. The win put Stanford at 5-1 on the season, heading into another top-four matchup on Friday.
The Card came up just short against No. 3 Princeton, falling 5-4. Amelie Hayworth, Miriam Cheng, Gupta and Khushi Kukadia all took home wins. Gupta’s win went the distance, and then some – the five-set battle opened with a 20-18 Princeton win. After trailing two sets to one, Gupta capped the comeback with a 12-10 win in the fifth.
Haworth, Cheng, Gupta, Kukadia and Huang all finished the weekend perfect at 2-0.
Stanford heads to the MASC Championships at 5-2, boasting top-10 wins over No. 8 Cornell, No. 9 Columbia, No. 4 Penn and MASC rival No. 6 Virginia on the season.
The postseason competition kicks off against No. 22 Franklin and Marshall at 6:00 a.m. PT, followed by a duel with No. 10 Drexel at 11:00 a.m. PT.
Feb. 6: No. 5 Stanford 6, No. 4 Penn 3
1's: Malak Khafagy (PENN) d. Riya Navani (STAN) 11-3, 11-2, 11-9
2's: Madison Ho (STAN) d. Franka Vidovid (PENN) 11-3, 11-13, 13-11, 11-7
3's: Sohaila Ismail (PENN) d. Mariana Narvaez Dardon (STAN) 12-10, 12-10, 12-10
4's: Amelie Haworth (STAN) d. Savannah Margot Ingledew (PENN) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 11-8
5's: Miriam Cheng (STAN) d. Alexandra Stoddard (PENN) 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7
6's: Yuvna Gupta (STAN) d. Ashna Tumuluri (PENN) 11-6, 11-3, 12-10
7's: Yoshna Singh (PENN) d. Tiana Parasrampuria (STAN) 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9
8's: Maeve Baker (STAN) d. Hailey Shing-Fei Wong (PENN) 12-10, 12-10, 11-9
9's: Khushi Kukadia (STAN) d. Natasha Pensler (PENN) 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4
10’s: Valerie Huang (STAN) d. Grace Lavin (PENN) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4
Feb. 7: No. 3 Princeton 5, No. 5 Stanford 4
1's: Zeina Zein (PRIN) d. Riya Navani (STAN) 11-4, 14-12, 11-1
2's: Emma Trauber (PRIN) d. Madison Ho (STAN) 11-5, 11-2, 4-11, 11-7
3's: Molly Chadwick (PRIN) d. Mariana Narvaez Dardon (STAN) 13-15, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
4's: Amelie Haworth (STAN) d. Charlotte Bell (PRIN) 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
5's: Miriam Cheng (STAN) d. Caroline Eilson (PRIN) 7-11, 4-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8
6's: Yuvna Gupta (STAN) d. Katherine Sapinski (PRIN) 18-20, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 12-10
7's: Sonya Sasson (PRIN) d. Tiana Parasrampuria (STAN) 11-7, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-3
8's: Liyen Teoh (PRIN) d. Maeve Baker (STAN) 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 14-12
9's: Khushi Kukadia (STAN) d. Hermione Cao (PRIN) 11-8, 11-6, 13-11
10’s: Valerie Huang (STAN) d. Josephine Klein (PRIN) 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5