CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Dartmouth (0-1, 0-1 Ivy) opened its season with a loss to No. 1 Harvard (3-0, 2-0 Ivy), Wednesday night. The team lost by a score of 8-1 on the road. Sophomore
Priya Verma took home the team's lone win in the ninth singles slot.
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It was the first match of the season for the Big Green and the first match of new Douglas A. Donahue Jr. 1973 Head Coach of Men's and Women's Squash,
Vikram Malhotra's career.
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The team has a quick turnaround and travel to Virginia this weekend for three matches all hosted by the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va. They take on Virginia, Friday at 6 p.m., Franklin and Marshall, Saturday at 11 a.m. and Georgetown, Saturday at 6 p.m.
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RESULTS
Harvard – 8, Dartmouth – 1
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- Hana Moataz (Harv) def. Emma Supattapone (Dart) – 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
- Amina Yousry (Harv) def. Jesse Brownell (Dart) – 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
- Habiba Eldafrawy (Harv) def. Claire Aube (Dart) – 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-2)
- Evie Coxon (Harv) def. Emma Mactaggart (Dart) – 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 13-11)
- Charlotte Orcutt (Harv) def. Ellie Burke (Dart) – 3-1 (11-5, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7)
- Amira Singh (Harv) def. Darden Gildea (Dart) – 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-3)
- Brecon Welch (Harv) def. Emily Schuster (Dart)– 3-1 (2-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
- Binney Huffman (Harv) def. Caroline Mollenkopf (Dart) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2)
- Priya Verma (Dart) def. Grace Steelman (Harv) – 3-1 (13-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-4)
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Exhibition: Brittany Sun (Harv) def.
Neeya Patel (Dart) – 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
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Order of finish: 2, 8, 4, 3, 7, 5, 1, 6, 9
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