Ellis Kim

Penn women’s tennis has had a troubled year, but at least it had a dependable captain and a strong anchor to navigate it through its darkest storms and its testiest waters.

After spending its conference season dwelling at the bottom of Ivy League standings, Penn women’s tennis concluded its disappointing year on a positive note this weekend.

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Defeat was written across the faces of Penn women’s tennis this weekend. Despite putting up a tremendous effort in their two-match home stand, the Red and Blue could not register their first Ivy win.

On Friday and Saturday afternoon, the Quakers (7-7, 0-3 Ivy) will host Dartmouth (5-7, 1-1) and No. 46 Harvard (9-5, 1-1), hoping to salvage the latter half of their conference play.

The Quakers hit the road to face Brown and defending champ Yale this weekend, hungry to return to its winning ways. But the Red and Blue failed to register a win.

For Penn women’s tennis, this weekend is all about redemption, and on Friday, the Quakers will hit the road for a pair of back-to-back matches.

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Hoping to defy expectations and win its first match of Ivy play this season, the outgunned Penn women’s tennis team instead lost in predictable fashion to a rival squad.

Penn women’s tennis won’t have to dig deep to find the motivation to beat its next opponent; the rivalry is already bred in its bones and the only thing on its mind is vengeance after last year.