PHILADELPHIA - The Cardinal defeated No. 7 Virginia 6-3 in the second consolation bracket quarterfinals at the CSA National Championships. Stanford will take on No. 4 Penn tomorrow in the fifth-place game.
Senior All-American Si Yi Ma and sophomore Miriam Cheng both won to move to 3-0 at the national championships.
The Card will see Penn for the second time this season, after falling 7-2 in the first competition of the season.
No. 6 Stanford 6, No. 7 Virginia 3
1's: Meagan Best (UVA) d. Madison Ho (STAN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
2's: Si Yi Ma (STAN) d. Lina Tammam (UVA) 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
3's: Olivia Walsh (UVA) d. Mariana Narvaez Dardon (STAN) 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9
4's: Miriam Cheng (STAN) d. Maureen Foley (UVA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
5's: Maeve Baker (STAN) d. Clare Minnis (UVA) 11-6, 14-12, 11-3
6's: Yuvna Gupta (STAN) d. Nasreen Hashmi (UVA) 11-6, 11-2, 11-9
7's: Khushi Kukadia (STAN) d. Eliza Mills (UVA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
8's: Lucia Bicknell (STAN) d. Nili Sprecher (UVA) 4-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8
9's: Caroline Pellegrino (UVA) d. Leah McGillicuddy (STAN) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9