The fourth-ranked Stanford squash team put the finishing touches on its best Howe Cup performance in school history, upsetting No. 2 Princeton 5-4 on Sunday for a third-place finish at the CSA National Championships.

Rebounding from a 9-0 loss to four-time defending champion Harvard yesterday in the semifinals, Stanford (8-5) delivered a pair of program-defining milestones over the weekend.

On Friday, the Cardinal defeated No. 5 Yale, winning an opening-round match for the first time. On Sunday, Stanford shook off its semifinal loss and defeated Princeton for only the second time in 16 meetings.

Freshman Elena Wagenmans rallied past Hiu Lam Lui 12-10, 4-11, 6-11, 11-6, 14-12 at the No. 1 spot, clinching Stanford's first win over the Tigers since a 6-3 victory in 2009.

Wagenmans' effort was a similar recipe to Stanford's 5-4 triumph over Yale two days earlier, when Caroline Neave pulled through for the clincher with all eyes focused on her match. Since losing 10 of 13 to the Bulldogs, the Cardinal now owns bragging rights in that series having won four of the last five matchups.