Philadelphia - The University of Pennsylvania men's squash team will look to bounce back after a tough 5-4 loss to Princeton on Wednesday night as they take their first Ivy League road trip of the season. The Quakers will head to Dartmouth on Saturday to take on the No. 5 Big Green and then will head up to Cambridge to play No. 3 Harvard. Penn is at a defining moment of its season as it is all Ivy from here on out. 

Penn's match against Harvard will be available to watch on the Ivy League Network. You can watch the match HERE.

Previewing Penn

* After winning eight of their first nine, the Quakers have lost back to back matches for the first time this season having lost to both Trinity and Princeton. 

* The Quakers rank fourth in the Ivy League with a 2-1 record. The two wins came against Yale and Brown.

* Penn leads the all time series with Dartmouth 50-24 including an impressive 20-12 record on the road. Penn has won four of the last five meetings including an 8-1 win last season. 

* The Red and Blue trail the Harvard series 3-74 and have never won in Cambridge. They last defeated the Crimson in the Potter Cup in 2016 and their last regular season win came in 1979. 

* For the majority of the season, the Quakers have been good at the top of their line-up while gaining support at the bottom. Penn's No.1 Andrew Douglas is 9-2 this season while Hayes Murphy is 8-3 at No. 2. Yash Bhargava has gone 8-3 at the number six and seven spots while Max Reed has a team-leading 9-1 record. 

Previewing Dartmouth

* The Big Green are coming off of an emotional win. Dartmouth earned a 5-4 win over Rochester on Sunday. It was their first time defeating Rochester in 10 years. 

* Dartmouth is just 1-2 in Ivy play this season. Their only win came against Cornell while they have two losses against Harvard and Columbia. Their only other loss this season came to Trinity.

* Also 8-3, Darmouth has six common opponents with Penn. Coincidentally, five of the six scores have been identical. However, Penn swept Franklin and Marshall 9-0, while Dartmouth earned an 8-1 victory. 

Previewing Harvard

8 Harvard has won seven match this season, all seven have been 9-0 victories.

* The Crimson have lost just one match thus far in what was a close Ivy League battle with Columbia in a 5-4 loss. 

* Lead by Sean Hughes and Saadeldin Abouaish the duo is a combined 15-1 at the number one and three slots. 

What's Next

Penn will head into the final weekend of the season next week. They will travel to Cornell before they close out the season at home against Columbia.