LANCASTER, Pa. – The ninth-ranked University of Pennsylvania women's squash team opened the 2022-23 season Saturday with a pair of sweeps over #23 Chatham and Dickinson.
In the morning match against the Cougars, the Quakers won all nine matches 3-0.
Grace Lavin and
Abbie Rorke opened the day with wins ending just seconds apart. Avani Anand and
Natasha Pensler, playing #3 in her first collegiate match, capped the opening quartet a few minutes after that.
Elizabeth Weise picked up the match-clinching point out of the #9 spot shortly before
Emma Carter and
Kelsey Abbrecht picked up wins in quick succession dropping nine POINTS between them.
Jana Dweek, playing #2 in her first collegiate match and
Eujung Park closed the morning session with all nine Quakers wrapping up their wins in less than 25 minutes.
In the afternoon affair with the Devils, who were playing with just a five-women lineup,
Ashley Manning dropped just six points en route to a win at #1 while Carter and
Ella Cohen closed out the opening trio of matches just seconds apart. Abbrecht and
Penelope Oh, playing at #2, her highest-ever spot in the lineup, made it a perfect 14-for-14 in 3-0 wins for the Quakers.
The Quakers wrap the weekend back in Philadelphia at the Specter Squash Center at Noon in the Battle for 33
rd Street against reigning national runners-up and pre-season #3 Drexel.
Results
Chatham
- Avni Anand d. Basmala Sayed Ahmed – 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
- Jana Dweek d. Vasundhra Vasanthan – 11-4, 11-2
- Natasha Pensler d. Sofia Pinto Combita – 11-5, 11-5, 11-6
- Eujung Park def. Valentina Della-Maddalena – 11-8, 11-7, 11-2
- Grace Lavin d. TaNiya Nored – 11-1, 11-4, 11-3
- Emma Carter d. Amari Spivey – 11-2, 11-1, 11-2
- Kelsey Abbrecht d. Yukta Rana – 11-1, 11-2, 11-1
- Abbie Rorke d. Giavanna Gibson – 11-1, 11-3, 11-1
- Elizabeth Weise d. Farzeen Shaikh – 11-2, 11-4, 11-3
Order of Finish: 5, 8, 1, 3, 9, 6, 7, 2, 4
Dickinson
- Ashley Manning d. Whitney Finney – 11-2, 11-1, 11-3
- Penelope Oh d. Cate Moll – 11-6, 11-2, 11-8
- Emma Carter d. Jocelyn Feliciano – 11-1, 11-4, 11-4
- Kelsey Abbrecht d. Doxey Loupassi – 11-2, 11-8, 11-7
- Ella Cohen d. Elizabeth Howerton – 11-4, 11-2, 11-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
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