PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women's squash team advanced to the Ivy League Tournament final, the second-seeded Quakers defeating third-seeded Harvard on Saturday, 5-4.
 
Ivy League Player of the Year Malak Khafagy defeated Carolin Fouts in the No. 1 spot for her twelfth win of the year. Sohaila Ismail won a battle with Ocean Ma in the fourth position, coming away with a 3-2 victory. Hailey Wong and Ashna Tumuluri had the third and fourth wins for the Quakers as the match was all knotted up at 4-4.
 
With an Ivy League Tournament final appearance on the line, Allie Stoddard squared off against Ona Blasco in perhaps the biggest match of her career. Stoddard took the first two games before Blasco made a comeback and found a way to tie up the match and send it to a fifth game. However, the Penn sophomore came away with an 11-6 victory in the fifth game, sending the Quakers to tomorrow's final.
 
Women's Results vs. Harvard:

1. Malak Khafagy (P) def. Caroline Fouts (H) - 3-2 (11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5)
2. Lucie Stefanoni (H) def. Franka Vidovic (P) - 3-1 (11-2, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8)
3. Saran Nghiem (H) def. Malak Taha (P) - 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5)
4. Sohaila Ismail (P) def. Ocean Ma (H) - 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6)
5. Allie Stoddard (P) def. Ona Blasco (H) - 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6)
6. Dixon Hill (H) def. Anne Leakey (P) - 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 11-8)
7. Hailey Wong (P) def. Jomana Shehab (H) - 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-1)
8. Ashna Tumuluri (P) def. Sartia Popat (H) - 3-1 (12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3)
9. Molly Stoltz (H) def. Savannah Ingledew (P) - 3-2 (8-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10)

Order of Finish: 8, 2, 6, 1, 9, 4, 7, 3, 5
 
Up Next
Penn will take on No. 1 seed and tournament host Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament final tomorrow at 9 a.m.; the Tigers advanced with an 8-1 win over fourth-seeded Cornell.