ITHACA, N.Y. — The No. 8-ranked Cornell women's squash team (0-1) fell to No. 5-ranked Stanford (1-0), 7-2, in the Big Red's season-opening match at the Belkin Squash Courts on Friday afternoon.

Sophomore Xin Ying Yee (No. 1) and freshman Sabine Ball (No. 7) each won their respective matches in four games to record the pair of wins for the Big Red.

Ying overcame dropping the opening game 11-5, posting three straight victories of 11-5, 11-7 and 11-2. Ball won a marathon first game, 17-15, before taking a 2-0 lead with an 11-9 victory in the second game. After falling in the third set, 12-10, Ball cruised to an 11-4 win in the fourth game.

Junior Alysa Ali battled with Amelie Haworth at the No. 4 position, trading victories in the first four games, 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7, before falling in the final game, 11-7.

Sophomore Maya Voloshin (No. 6) and freshman Kahjin Yap (No. 9) both lost in four games.

RESULTS
No. 1: Xin Ying Yee def. Riya Navani, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-2
No. 2: Madison Ho def. Aishwarya Khubchandani, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9
No. 3: Marianna Dardon def. Ananya Dabke, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
No. 4: Amelie Haworth def. Alysa Ali, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7
No. 5: Maeve Baker def. Christa Kay, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
No. 6: Yuvna Gupta def. Maya Voloshin, 11-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-5
No. 7: Sabine Ball def. Khushi Kukadia, 17-15, 11-9, 10-12, 11-4
No. 8: Tiana Parasrampuria def. Saniya Jaggi, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2
No. 9: Valerie Huang def. Kahjin Yap, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-3

UP NEXT
Cornell will close out its season-opening two-match homestand on Sunday, Nov. 24, when it hosts Williams at the Belkin Squash Courts. First matches are scheduled to begin at noon and match action will be streamed live on Stretch Internet.