The women's squash team was nothing short of dominant this weekend against two of its Ivy League foes. But according to Penn, there is still room for improvement and much more work is needed.
On Saturday, the Quakers took on Yale, winning 7-2.
And in the encore, they came back yesterday to face the Bears and were a perfect 9-0 for the day.
Penn's two losses came at the hands of Yale's Miranda Ranieri and Sarah Toomey, who played No. 1 and No. 3, respectively. Ranieri managed to beat one of the top players in the country, Penn's Kristen Lange, 3-0, while Toomey edged out a 3-2 victory against Britt Hebden, Penn's No. 3 player.
"I didn't expect Kristen's match to be so decisive," said coach Jack Wyant. "Kristen is an immensely talented squash player but Miranda was a little too good for her today."
One of the better performers of the weekend was Penn's No. 2 player, Sydney Scott. She dominated, playing both matches without dropping a game.
Scott beat Yale's Logan Greer 9-0, 9-2, 8-2, giving up a total of four points the entire match. She followed that up by winning 9-0, 9-1, 9-4, losing only five points in her match against Brown.
"Sydney Scott played very well," Wyant said. "Logan was the No. 1 junior last year. For Sydney to go and dispatch her in pretty simple fashion, it was a great match for her."
Senior co-captian Lauralynn Drury was also a key part of the wins for the Quakers, as she won her match against Yale 3-0.
"A victory is always a great thing, but we need to use this to kick off our momentum to work harder and train harder," Drury said.
Even though everything seemed to go right for the Red and Blue, the team's mentality has been to continue improving week after week and not get caught up in a couple of wins.
Wyant believes his team has the potential to be something great as long as it continues working hard.
"I told them that we won today because we were a better prepared team, we had worked harder and we had a higher level of talent," he said.
"But in order for us to achieve our goals this season we need to get better, we need to go back to the drawing board, we need to work hard and it's as simple as that."
If this isn't Penn at its best, the rest of the Ivy League should watch out come February.
