PHILADELPHIA – The No. 5 University of Pennsylvania women's squash team (7-3, 1-2 ivy) will have a quick turnaround after losing to No. 1 Princeton on Wednesday. The Quakers return to Philadelphia this weekend to play their second and third matches in six days when they host No. 9 Dartmouth (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) on Saturday (10 a.m.) and No. 2 Harvard (4-0, 3-0 Ivy) on Sunday (11 a.m.).
Previewing Penn
The Quakers have three losses this season, but all three have come to teams currently ranked inside the top-5.
Reeham Salah has played some of her best squash over the last three weeks. The defending CSA national champion has gone 12 straight games without losing more than four points. Salah is projected to face off against Harvard's Sabrina Sobhy on Sunday who she beat twice last season, 3-0.
Georgina Kennedy, who Salah beat last year to win the CSA national championship, has been playing No. 2 for Harvard this season.
The Quakers will be looking to bounce back after falling to Princeton, 8-1, on Wednesday. Penn hasn't lost back-to-back Ivy League matches since 2008-09.
Penn vs. Dartmouth – Saturday, 10 a.m.
Series History
Record: Penn leads, 31-20 | Last meeting: February 3, 2018 (Penn, 6-3)
The Quakers downed Dartmouth, 6-3, last season with wins from each of their top-six. All six wins came via sweep. Penn currently holds a 16 match win streak against the Big Green going back to 2004-05.
The Big Green are 1-2 in Ivy League play this season with their lone win coming against Cornell, 5-4.
Penn vs. Harvard – Sunday, 1 p.m.
Series History
Record: Harvard leads, 46-6 | Last meeting: February 4, 2018 (Harvard, 8-1)
Salah earned the lone win for the Quakers in last season's meeting, defeating Sobhy, 3-0. Penn's last win against Harvard came in 2014-15 when the Red and Blue won their most recent Ivy League title.