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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 squash trounced by No. 1 Trinity
After a long break from match play, Penn men's squash wouldn't be eased back into action by any means, returning to action with a home showdown against perennial powerhouse Trinity. Struggling to keep up with the depth and experience of the nation's top ranked team, the Red and Blue were defeated, 8-1.
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 men's squash player uses chess to improve his on-court play
First is the worst, second is the best, third is the one who’s best at chess. That may not be the way that nursery rhyme goes, but for one Penn squash player, the saying rings true. Junior Anders Larsson has been involved with squash for quite a long time, but for such a physically taxing sport, one of his greatest assets comes from his time playing a board game: chess.
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.
When life gives you Lemmon: BG Lemmon's path to Penn squash greatness
If you have the best season in a program’s 87-year existence and no one even notices, did it really happen? That’s what we’re at the Ringe Squash Courts to talk about.
After tough Rochester loss, No. 6 Penn men's squash wins thriller at St. Lawrence
Penn Men’s Squash was pitted against two of the nation’s premier squash teams this weekend, suffering a 7-2 loss to third-ranked University of Rochester on Saturday, while earning a 5-4 win against fourth-ranked St.No. 6 Penn men's squash loses close contest with No. 9 Drexel, 5-4
All good things must come to an end. For Penn men’s squash, that would be the win streak over crosstown rival Drexel.Local rival awaits in midweek tilt for Penn men's squash
On Wednesday the Men’s squash team will host Drexel in a battle for Philadelphia’s best squad.
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.