Women's Squash
Mid-week triumphs over Princeton for Penn squash to provide springboard into weekend Ivy matches
Imagine a sport where every single team in the conference was nationally ranked and half of them were within striking distance of winning a collegiate national title every season.
Roundtable | Which Penn team is under the most pressure to perform this weekend?
Around Penn Athletics, there will be no shortage of high-octane matchups across the board this weekend. All in all, seven Penn teams will be in regular season action over the next three days, with the majority of them getting deep into the crucial stretch of conference play. With such an action-packed weekend ahead, our sports editors head to the roundtable to debate: which Penn team is under the most pressure to perform this weekend?
Penn squash set to take on arch-nemesis Princeton in midweek tilt
Yep, the countdown to Penn-Princeton basketball is finally into single digits. But honestly, Penn squash may just hold the most exciting matchup against the Tigers.
No. 2 Penn women's squash tops No. 5 Stanford in a top-heavy 6-3 clash
Penn women’s squash went a good distance to Palo Alto, Calif. for a meeting with Stanford on Sunday, but jet lag was not a problem as the No. 2 Quakers topped the No. 5 Cardinal, 6-3.
After loss to No. 1 Harvard, Penn women's squash wins three in three days
After topping No. 9 Dartmouth on Sunday, Penn women’s squash took home another two impressive victories over the past two days, defeating No. 3 Trinity and No. 14 Drexel to move to (5-1, 1-1 Ivy) on the year.
No. 2 Penn women's squash is California bound for a stint at No. 5 Stanford
There’s no such thing as a day off. For Penn women’s squash, it will be heading out west to Stanford for what will be their fifth game in a one-week span.
Penn squash falls to powerhouse Harvard in Ivy opener before beating Dartmouth
It may not have been the best start to Ivy League play, but Penn squash’s weekend was about on par with expectations. Collegiate powerhouse Harvard and their travel partners Dartmouth came to the Ringe Squash Courts, and the Crimson rolled through the men and women on Saturday.
Penn women's squash star Reeham Salah wins Squash Player Magazine's Female Player of the Month
For one Penn women’s squash player, the rise to the top just keeps on going. While the rest of campus was taking time off in December, sophomore Reeham Salah had a busy winter break, traveling to France to compete for Team USA in the World Women’s Team Squash Championships.
Penn squash faces long weekend to start Ivy play
No. 1 vs. No. 2. It doesn’t get any more important than this. Penn squash has a high-stakes weekend coming up, including a top-two clash for the women against top-ranked Harvard.
Penn men's and women's squash ready to defend high national rankings over the break
The Penn women’s and men’s squash teams go into the winter break having two somewhat distinct experiences to start their seasons.
Penn squash's Reeham Salah makes her mark at World Team Championships
Sometimes Red, White and Blue comes before Red and Blue. For Penn squash phenom Reeham Salah, that was the case when she joined up with Team USA for the Women’s World Team Championships last weekend in Paris, France.
Offseason competition takes Penn squash players all over the world
Championships are won in the offseason; so goes the age-old cliché. This saying holds true for the members of the Penn Squash team as well, but there’s another, more accurate saying for what they do in the offseason: championships are won all over the world. Just as it does with other sports, the offseason presents an extended opportunity for squash players to hone their craft and improve specific aspects of their game, be it fitness, technique, or movement.
New Penn squash assistant has seen success against Quakers
Not all games are won on the court. Sometimes, the real differences are made on the sidelines, at the gym, or in the locker room.
Squash Issue | Quakers reload with strong recruiting class
Success breeds success. After dominating seasons last year, Penn squash will look to build upon its excellent foundations with stellar new recruits for this go around.
Squash Issue | Programs restructure as coaching staff stays relatively constant
You can’t say it was an ordinary offseason for Penn squash. In a move that showed great faith in the Quakers' coaching staff, it was announced that both Jack Wyant and Gilly Lane would be getting promotions in the Penn squash program.
Squash Issue | Looking back on the Quakers' near-title run
For one of the lower-profile teams on campus, Penn squash sure did have one heck of a 2015-16 season.
Squash Issue | Trio of captains ready to lead run at a pair of national titles
As Penn squash counts down the days until they set off on this newest adventure, the teams will be looking to their captains to see which direction they’re headed. Last season was undoubtedly a triumphant one for both sides of the Red and Blue.
Squash Issue | Programs seek sustained success after strong 2015-16
January 14, 2017. Head coach of Penn women’s squash Jack Wyant may not personally have the date circled on his calendar, but the eyes of the college squash community will undoubtedly be on Philadelphia as Harvard heads to Ringe for a rematch of last year’s Howe Cup finals. But before either team makes it to that January matchup, they’ll have to battle through the brunt of their non-conference slate if they want to retain their spots at the top of the CSA rankings.
Roundtable: Which winter sport are you most excited for?
The winter sports season is right around the corner. In anticipation, our editors debated: Which team are you most excited to see play? Sports Editor Tom Nowlan: For me, the answer has got to be men’s hoops. A year ago, Steve Donahue’s first season as coach saw the Red and Blue overcome the loss of two star players: Tony Hicks sat out his final season of eligibility in order to use it at Louisville while Antonio Woods was ruled academically ineligible in January.