PHILADELPHIA – The No. 3 Cardinal came up just short to No. 2 Penn in the CSA National Championship semifinal this afternoon, falling 5-4 in the program’s second-ever trip to the semifinal round of the Howe Cup.
Madison Ho picked up the first win of the day for the Cardinal winning in straight sets on court six. Riya Shankaran, Tiana Parasrampuria and Valerie Huang won as well on courts five, seven and nine, respectively.
The wins from Parasrampuria (12-0) and Huang (10-0) kept the pair undefeated on the season.
Stanford moves into the consolation ladder, scheduled to take on No. 4 Harvard tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. PT in the third-place game. The Cardinal has only finished in the top four of the Howe Cup once, placing third in 2019.
March 7 | No. 3 Stanford 4, No. 2 Penn 5
1 | Malak Khafagy (PENN) d. Amelie Haworth (STAN) 11-9, 12-10, 11-6
2 | Franka Vidovic (PENN) d. Riya Navani (STAN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-2
3 | Malak Taha (PENN) d. Zhi-Xuan Goh (STAN) 5-11, 11-7, 14-12, 15-13
4 | Sohaila Ismail (PENN) d. Mariana Narvaez Dardon (STAN) 12-10, 11-5, 1-11, 11-6
5 | Riya Shankaran (STAN) d. Alexandra Stoddard (PENN) 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7
6 | Madison Ho (STAN) d. Ashna Tumuluri (PENN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
7 | Tiana Parasrampuria (STAN) d. Hailey Shing-Fei Wong (PENN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
8 | Savannah Margot Ingledew (PENN) d. Maeve Baker (STAN) 11-6, 11-9, 6-11, 5-11, 11-4
9 | Valerie Huang (STAN) d. Jana Dweek (PENN) 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8