CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The seventh-ranked Cornell women's squash team was shut out 9-0 by top-ranked Harvard on Sunday afternoon at the Murr Center Squash Courts, dropping the Big Red to 5-3 overall and 1-1 in Ivy League play.

Harvard (4-0, 2-0 Ivy) dominated from top to bottom, recording its third 9-0 victory of the season. The Crimson swept all nine positions in straight games, with the exception of junior Saniya Jaggi's four-game battle against Sarita Popat at No. 8.

Despite the lopsided score, several Big Red players pushed their opponents in competitive games. At the No. 1 position, junior Xin Ying Yee came close in all three games against Caroline Fouts, falling 11-8, 12-10, 13-11. Freshman Vicky Lai kept all three games tight at No. 4, losing a trio of 11-9 decisions to Ocean Ma.

Seniors Alysa Ali and Aishwarya Khubchandani also claimed games that reached double digits in their respective matches at the No. 3 and No. 2 positions.

RESULTS
No. 1: Caroline Fouts def. Xin Ying Yee, 11-8, 12-10, 13-11
No. 2: Lucie Stefanoni def. Aishwarya Khubchandani, 11-5, 11-2, 12-10
No. 3: Saran Nghiem def. Alysa Ali, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4
No. 4: Ocean Ma def. Vicky Lai, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
No. 5: Ona Blasco Puig def. Sabine Ball, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9
No. 6: Jomana Ahmed def. Christa Kay, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6
No. 7: Dixon Hill def. Maya Voloshin, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
No. 8: Sarita Popat def. Saniya Jaggi, 11-3, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5
No. 9: Molly Stoltz def. Lamees Shalaby, 11-4, 11-7, 11-1

NEXT UP
Select players from Cornell will compete in the CSA National Collegiate Individual Championships next weekend in New York City. The tournament begins Friday, Jan. 23, at Open Squash: FiDi, with the semifinals and finals scheduled for the Tournament of Champions Glass Court in Grand Central Terminal on Jan. 26-27.

The Big Red returns to team competition on Friday, Jan. 30, when it hosts No. 4 Princeton at the Belkin Squash Courts at noon.