Dec. 9, 2001

Ithaca, N.Y. - The Cornell women's squash team lost to Harvard on Saturday, 8-1, bringing their record to 1-2.

Senior Olga Puigdemont Sola (Blanes Girona, Spain), in the No. 1 spot, won the only match for Cornell in a close game that went to 5 sets, 5-9, 3-9, 10-9, 9-1, 9-2. From then on it was all Harvard, winning the Nos. 2-9 spots all by a score of 3-0.

The Big Red returns to action Saturday, January 12, when it travels to Dartmouth to take on the Big Green.

Harvard 8, Cornell 1
#1 Olga Puigdemont Sola (C) def. Louisa Hall (H), 3-2
#2 Margaret Elias (H) def. Andrea McNeely (C), 3-0
#3 Lindsay Wilkens (H) def. Melinda Lee (C), 3-0
#4 Carlin Wing (H) def. Brooke Stetson (C), 3-0
#5 Ella Witcher (H) def. Katie Sadler (C), 3-0
#6 Colby Hall (H) def. Rachel Perschetz (C), 3-0
#7 Hilary Thorndike (H) def. Yasmin Fahr (C), 3-0
#8 Stephanie Hendrick (H) def. Claire Zipf (C), 3-0
#9 Kristin Wahdwe (H) def. Joanna Wolfson (C), 3-0