CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The third-ranked Trinity College Women's Squash team handed top-ranked Harvard University their first defeat of the season with a 5-4 win at the Murr Center Squash Courts Friday afternoon. The Bantams improve to 6-1 overall, while the Crimson dip to 5-1 on the season.
 
The Bantams were able to secure all five points from the bottom of the ladder, where junior Kara Lincou posted a 3-1 win at fifth. Senior Lulu Palacios Benitez, junior Fabiola Cabello and first-year Varvara Kliueva each registered 3-1 victories in the sixth, eighth and ninth position, respectively. Senior Janna El Ashmawy blanked Amira Singh, 3-0, in the seventh position.
 
Trinity will be back in action when they welcome Dartmouth University to the George Kellner Squash Courts Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
 
 
Trinity 5, Harvard 4
1: Malak Moustafa lost to Saran Nghiem, 3-0 (5-11, 2-11, 3-11)
2: Jana Safy lost to Caroline Fouts, 3-2 (11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 10-12, 9-11)
3: Noa Romero lost to Lucie Stefanoni, 3-2 (9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11)
4: Hannah Chukwu lost to Habeeba Eldefrawy, 3-0 (8-11, 8-11, 9-11)
5: Kara Lincou defeated Ocean Ma, 3-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9)
6: Lulu Palacios Benitez defeated Molly Stoltz, 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8)
7: Janna El Ashmawy defeated Amira Singh, 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-8)
8: Fabiola Cabello defeated Brecon Welch, 3-2 (11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-4)
9: Varvara Kliueva defeated Emma Carney, 3-2 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-3)