Competing on home turf, the 18-year-old wildcard was brilliant from the outset as she dominated proceedings to pull off an 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 victory.

She is set to compete in the second round of a Platinum event for the first time.

The United States' number three Olivia Fiechter was the other American to win in round one after she completed a 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 victory against Egypt’s Menna Hamed.

Fiechter, who returned to the top 20 following the release of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings earlier today, will play Australia’s Donna Lobban in the last 32.

Elsewhere, England’s Georgina Kennedy also progressed to round two of a Platinum event for the first time as she beat the higher-ranked American Haley Mendez, while Stefanoni’s younger sister, Lucie, bowed out at the hands of Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam.

In the men’s event, the top two ranked US players - Shahjahan Khan and Todd Harrity - saw their tournaments come to an end at the hands of Mexico’s Cesar Salazar and Germany’s Raphael Kandra, respectively.

Salazar beat Khan by an 11-3, 4-11, 11-3, 11-5 margin and will take on Youssef Soliman in the next round after the Egyptian beat India’s Mahesh Mangaonkar.

Harrity came close to causing an upset against Kandra as the world number 44 took the German to a fifth game.

However, Kandra upped his game to wrap up a 4-11, 11-3, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4 victory.

The world number 22 will take on India’s Vikram Malhotra for a place in the third round.

The second round begins tomorrow with Egyptian stars Ali Farag and Nouran Gohar set to start their title defence in Pennsylvania.