CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The women's squash team was handed a 9-0 loss by Harvard on Friday evening in a quarterfinal match at the College Squash Association's Howe Cup. The eighth-seeded Big Red will next face Stanford in the consolation quarterfinals at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Harvard's Murr Center.
 
Cornell (10-7), which entered the championships ranked eighth in the nation to qualify for its 10th consecutive Howe Cup appearance, was also blanked by Harvard (13-0) in the teams' first meeting this season on Jan. 13. This was the 51st consecutive victory for the Crimson, which is the three-time defending national champion.
 
Junior Lauren Leizman came closest to a rare point against Harvard, with three of the four games in her match at No. 9 requiring extra points. The Crimson rolled in three games in the other eight matches.
 
The loss sets up a match against a Cardinal squad that defeated the Big Red, 7-2, in the teams' regular-season meeting on Jan. 20 at a neutral site in Williamstown, Mass. Seniors Michele Garceau (No. 1) and Margaux Losty (No. 3) had the Big Red's victories that day. Cornell is 11-8 against Stanford all-time, though the Cardinal has steadily moved up the CSA national rankings over the last few years.
 
All of the Howe Cup's matches on Saturday will be broadcast on subscription-based Ivy League Network.
 
#1 HARVARD 9, #8 CORNELL 0
At Murr Center; Cambridge, Mass.
1. Gina Kennedy (H) def. Michele Garceau, 11-3, 11-0, 11-4
2. Sabrina Sobhy (H) def. Emma Uible, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
3. Kayley Leonard (H) def. Margaux Losty, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
4. Alyssa Mehta (H) def. Nghi Nguyen, 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
5. Amelia Henly (H) def. Charlotte Knaggs, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3
6. Sue Ann Yong (H) def. Madison Miles, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5
7. Eleonore Evans (H) def. Colby Gallagher, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2
8. Sophie Mehta (H) def. Lucy Martin, 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
9. Annika Engstrom (H) def. Lauren Leizman, 11-9, 12-14, 12-10, 12-10