Women's Squash

Penn squash's finest ready for big stage at CSA Individual Tournament

11 Quakers — six women and five men — will travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the College Squash Association Individual Championships.

Reeham Sedky cements legend status with second straight Ivy Player of Year award

After finishing the 2016-17 season 15-0 in the No. 1 slot during team matches and winning all kinds of postseason awards, Sedky came back to post an equally incredible season, for which she was named Ivy League Player of the Year for the second straight time. 

Penn women's squash staggers to sixth-place finish at CSA Nationals

Penn women’s squash dropped their first match at the Howe Cup to Princeton Friday, putting them in the consolation bracket where they defeated Columbia before ultimately losing to Stanford.

Faced with rare underdog status, Penn women's squash has nothing to lose at national tourney

With the mercury ever falling, Penn women’s squash will be looking to finish the season on a high note at the CSA National Team championships. 

February 12 | Is Stat So?

In this week's edition of Is Stat So?, Penn men's basketball wins two and loses one, all on huge individual offensive outputs, while women's basketball featured a huge individual effort of its own. 

Penn men's, women's squash each split doubleheaders to wrap up regular season

This weekend, victories against the Big Red were followed by two nail-biting 5-4 losses to Columbia. 

Why is Penn women's squash struggling this year?

The outlier there, the 6-5, is Penn women’s squash's record this year — a stark departure from the years of dominance seen in those prior three records. After consistently leading the pack in the Ivy League, what accounts for the struggles that this team has faced?

Penn squash earns weekend Ivy split

Penn men's and women's squash was on the road this weekend facing a double header against Dartmouth and Harvard. 

Penn squash looks for bounce-back performance against familiar Ivy foe

That’s why, after losing to perennial powerhouse Trinity, Penn men’s and women’s squash are confident going into Wednesday’s match against Princeton that they can both bring home crucial Ivy League wins.

Finally back from injury, Penn squash star Melissa Alves ready to make up for lost time

As Penn women’s squash (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) enters its main extended stretch of conference play this season of the season against Princeton (9-0, 2-0), the Red and Blue’s lineup will be bolstered by the recent return of senior No. 2 Melissa Alves, who went undefeated last season and is back for more.

Walk-on Julia Buchholz brings fresh enthusiasm to Penn women's squash

Since joining the team as a walk-on, the freshman has accumulated a seven-game winning streak. She has now risen all the way up to No. 6 on the squash ladder. 

Penn women's squash superstar Reeham Sedky takes "playing like a girl" to new level

As the classic song goes, “anything you can do I can do better.” For Penn women's squash’s Reeham Sedky, this very well could be the case. The two-time defending CSA finalist has taken her game up yet another level, now training with Penn's men’s team.

January 22 | Is Stat So?

In this week's edition of Is Stat So?, more school and pool records fall, and Penn men's squash runs up against an opponent it cannot handle.

Penn men's, women's squash struggle against powerful Trinity squads

On the men’s side, the Quakers (8-2, 2-0 Ivy) left Connecticut without an individual win, falling 9-0 to the undefeated No. 1 Bantams (7-0, 2-0 NESCAC). For the women’s squad, the results were not much more glamorous, as the final tally came in 7-2 for No. 2 Trinity.

Five-pin bowling and Asian food highlight Penn women's squash's trip to Canada

Of course, braving the sub-zero temperatures and seemingly endless bus rides was not purely for fun. This “vacation” was actually a NCAA-sanctioned international tour, which is allowed once every four years. And, with this being the lucky year, coach Jack Wyant took his squad north for the training retreat.

January 16 | Is Stat So?

In this week's edition of Is Stat So?, we look at several individual and team records that were broken this weekend, as well as a few key numbers that allowed men's squash and women's basketball to emerge victorious.

Penn men's squash sweeps Ivy foes while women are stunned by Yale

Just a week after freshman Andrew Douglas’ comeback win to beat No. 6 Rochester, Penn needed another ninth game win to beat Yale 5-4. Meanwhile, Penn’s women fell to the Elis by the same score. Against Brown on Sunday, both teams eliminated any chance for a dramatic ending by sweeping the Bears 9-0.  

2017 was a year of near-elation and bitter defeat for some Penn Athletics teams

For many teams at Penn, there is one event that stands out over the others: The Ivy League Championship.

Here are the moments that made 2017 a crazy year for Penn Athletics

With various teams engaging in some instant classic battles, the Quakers have given fans a wild range of emotions throughout the calendar year, with the lone constant being thorough entertainment across the board.

The No. 2 player in the country, a racquet to the face not enough to stop Penn squash on a busy Sunday

"I had so much adrenaline, so it didn't really affect me until after the match," Sedky explained seven hours later, with her nose still bleeding. "It did sting in the beginning, but it was fine."