After running the table in the Ivy League, including a 6-3 win over Princeton that marked the first victory over the Tigers for every member of the team, women’s squash rolled through the CSA National Championships, sealing its national title with a 6-3 win over Penn in the finals.

In the world of sports, it’s probably fair to conclude that squash is not one of the most widely known games.

But with its dominating performance this season, the Harvard women’s squash team is chipping away at the status quo.

“We had set ourselves the goal of winning nationals and the Ivy League title,” freshman Natasha Kingshott said. “We knew we had a strong team, but we didn’t want to be complacent. We knew other schools were training hard, and we had to match them...We knew if we put the effort in we would be successful.”

Kingshott was right—the squad’s campaign was nearly flawless.

The Crimson played a perfect season, winning all 12 of its matches en route to claiming its 17th Ivy League title, 11th Barhite Award (given for the best dual record nationally), and 12th national championship.

10 of the 15 athletes posted undefeated records, and not a single match was dropped at the No. 1, 5, 7, 8, or 9 positions.

The crew entered the season ranked No. 2, but after blanking its first four opponents, Harvard slid into the top slot. The team did not relinquish the position for the rest of the season.

“We have one of the most mentally tough teams out there,” co-captain Johanna Snyder said prior to nationals in February. “We go out there, and we give it our all.”

This mentality was undoubtedly a huge asset in the group’s third match against Dartmouth. Shouting malicious and chauvinistic jabs, the Big Green fans berated the Crimson athletes. The behavior even elicited an apology from Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim to Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust.

But the Crimson brushed the attacks aside.

“When we walked into different venues, we were always classy,” co-captain Katherine O’Donnell said. “We faced a lot of adversity with fans and other situations, but we did a good job of staying classy, and it made me proud to be part of a team like that.”

In its fifth match, the squad had to again prepare itself mentally for the toughest competition yet against Trinity. Down in Hartford, Conn., the team pulled out a grueling 7-2 victory.

“They have a very strong roster with a lot of international players,” Kingshott said of the Bantams. “It was one of our first tight contests...It got us rolling for the latter half of the season, where we faced a lot of tough competition.”

In the second half of the season, Harvard’s opponents all occupied the top 10 of the national rankings—stiff competition, no doubt. The most anticipated matchup, though, was the one against Princeton.

“They beat us in the national final last year [5-4], and nobody on the team had ever beaten Princeton,” freshman Laura Gemmell said.