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PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women’s squash team advanced to the Ivy League Tournament final, defeating third seed Harvard on Saturday, 5-4.
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Ivy League Player of the Year, Malak Khafagy defeated Carolin Fouts in the one spot for her twelfth win of the year.
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Sohaila Ismail won a battle with Ocean Ma in the fourth position, coming away with the 3-2 victory.
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Hailey Wong and Ashna Tumuluri had the third and fourth wins for the Quakers as the match was all knotted up at 4-4.
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With an Ivy League Tournament championship appearance on the line, Allie Stoddard squared off against Ona Blasco in perhaps the biggest match of her career.
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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.
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The sophomore came away with an 11-6 victory in the fifth game, sending the Quakers to tomorrow’s final.
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Women’s Results vs. Harvard:
Malak Khafagy (P) def. Caroline Fouts (H) – 3-2 (11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5)
Lucie Stefanoni (H) def. Franka Vidovic (P) – 3-1 (11-2, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8)
Saran Nghiem (H) def. Malak Taha (P) – 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5)
Sohaila Ismail (P) def. Ocean Ma (H) – 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6)
Allie Stoddard (P) def. Ona Blasco (H) – 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6)
Dixon Hill (P) def. Anne Leakey (P) – 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 11-8)
Hailey Wong (P) def. Jomana Shehab (H) – 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-1)
Ashna Tumuluri (P) def. Sartia Popat (H) – 3-1 (12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3)
Molly Stoltz (H) def. Savannah Ingledew (P) – 3-2 (8-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10)
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Penn will take on No. 1 Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament final tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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