Squash
Penn squash collectively loses one game in four-match weekend
Penn men and women's squash had another four-match weekend after the team's season debuts last week.
Penn Athletics weekend preview: squash, wrestling, basketball and more in action
Winter sports are in full swing this weekend, as the last remaining fall sports see their conclusions.
Top-ranked Penn men and women's squash dominate in four-match weekend debut
This past weekend marked the first official matches for Penn's squash teams since March 2020, which was before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Ivy League athletics. The Red and Blue hosted Chatham, Drexel, Dickinson, and Franklin & Marshall at the Penn Squash Center for a two-day tournament.
Fall and winter sports contribute to busy weekend
As fall sports come to a close and winter sports are just kicking off, Penn fans are in for an action-packed weekend. Here is an overview of this weekend's upcoming events.
Penn men's and women's squash enter the season as contenders for best team in the nation
For the first time in program history, the Penn men’s squash team will enter the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, returning multiple All-Americans and key contributors from its No. 2 seeded team in the 2019-20 season.
Previewing the winter sports season
With winter sports right around the corner, here's a look at which Penn teams will be in action this upcoming season.
Penn men's squash senior Aly Abou Eleinen looks to turn pro post-graduation
Eleinen, who hails from Egypt, is preparing to enter his senior season for Penn squash and is expected to have another huge year after a sophomore season in which he was deemed first team CSA All-America and unanimously named first team All-Ivy.
The best of graduating seniors: Winter Edition
While it didn't end as abruptly as last year's season, this year's athletics season was marred by cancellations and a lack of play. For many of Penn's graduating seniors, this meant that they had no traditional senior night. In honor of these soon-to-be graduates, here's a look at some of the seniors from winter sports that impacted their respective programs the most.
The dreams of senior Andrew Douglas of Penn men's squash go beyond athletics
The conclusion to the historic tale of Team USA's squash run in the 2019 Pan American Games came down to the last man on the team — twice. It was Andrew Douglas of Penn men’s squash, the only college player on the roster, who would step up to the semi-final round and face Alfredo Avila — former No. 35 in the world, hailing from the first-seeded favorites of Mexico.
'He thinks about others first': senior Yash Bhargava has grown into a leader for Penn men's squash
With the experience of traveling throughout India and internationally for competition, Bhargava adjusted to his new environment with the same hard work in sports and studies that had earned him an invite to Penn.
How Penn student-athletes choose their classes
Penn athletes have to manage not only when they do their homework, but also when their classes are scheduled. Because of this, Quakers are strategic about picking classes because of practice times.
15 questions with... Amina Abou El Enin, a Penn women's squash sophomore
The Daily Pennsylvanian asked Penn women's squash’s Amina Abou El Enin 15 questions about her sport, her time at Penn, and her life overall. Here's what the sophomore had to say.
Senior Julia Buchholz moves from walk-on to captain of Penn women's squash
Buchholz emerged as an unexpected athletic talent within her family. Her parents were not athletes, but they quickly recognized her unmatchable energy and spirit as a child.
Despite a canceled squash season, Aly Abou Eleinen continues his quest to improve
Despite there being no winter squash season, Aly Abou Eleinen, a junior on Penn men’s squash, is still playing squash and connecting with his team.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn men's and women's squash
Just one out of several challenges the teams must face is the thousands of miles separating the players who are at home or have returned to Philadelphia.
Remembering five of the biggest Penn sports moments from the last four years
While Penn teams won't see any competitive athletics until at least January 1, there are still many moments worth remembering from recent history.
Why didn't Donald Trump play sports at Penn?
With new allegations that Trump paid a proxy to take his SAT, we look at why the President did not attempt to gain admission as a recruited baseball player, a sport at which he claimed to have been phenomenal.
Penn men's squash reaches national championship match for first-ever time
Opening up with a strong 8-1 win over No. 6 Yale, the Red and Blue won a hard-fought victory against No. 2 Trinity, 6-3, to set themselves up for the final.
Freshman Navmi Sharma knows how to pull through in close matches for women's squash
During her first season, Sharma achieved an impressive 10-6 record, switching off between the fifth and sixth slots in Penn’s lineup. As a rookie on the team, she contributed both regular season and postseason wins for the Quakers.