PHILADELPHIA – The #2 team in the College Squash Association (CSA) rankings, the University of Pennsylvania's men's squash team wraps the 2022 calendar year with a trio of matches this weekend from the Penn Squash Center.
The Quakers will face #11 Rochester and Haverford on Saturday afternoon, and #13 Chatham Sunday morning.
Previewing Penn
The 2022-23 regular season has started much like the 2021-22 campaign did for the Quakers, with the Red and Blue off to a 5-0 start with four 9-0 victories among the bunch.
One of the great testaments to the depth of the team, nine players are 3-0 or better, six players are 4-0 or better, and reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year
Nathan Kueh has picked up wins in all five matches, running his Penn record to 24-2.
Additionally,
Saksham Choudhary (39) and
Dillon Huang (37) are both closing in on 40 collegiate wins.
#11 Rochester vs. #2 Penn – Saturday, 1 p.m.
Series Information
Records: Penn leads 12-7 | Last Meeting: December 4, 2021 (Penn, 8-1)
Previewing the Yellow Jackets
- Rochester enters Saturday 1-3 on the season. The Yellow Jackets knocked off #12 Western 6-3 on November 17, following losses to Ivy members Harvard and Dartmouth and pre-dating a November 22 loss to Cornell.
- Abdelrahman Lasheen and Yash Fadte are tied for the team lead with two match wins each, both coming at the top two spots in the lineup
Haverford vs. #2 Penn – Saturday, 5 p.m.
Series Information
Records: Penn leads 4-0 | Last Meeting: February 1, 2006 (Penn, 9-0)
Previewing the Fords
- Haverford enters the weekend 3-2 on the season following two straight victories over Connecticut College and Vassar; the Fords had dropped their two matches prior to Drexel and Chatham.
- Kai Schinaman, Garret Fantini and Matt Sullivan all have three wins for the Fords.
#13 Chatham vs. #2 Penn – Sunday, 11 a.m.
Series Information
Records: Penn leads 1-0 | Last Meeting: November 13, 2021 (Penn 9-0)
Previewing the Cougars
- Chatham has gone 3-1 against a who's who of Keystone State schools to start the season, falling to Drexel and defeating Haverford, Franklin & Marshall, and Denison.
- Muhammad Hassaan Raza, Agustin Carranza, Mohamed Sadek, and Haidar Jafry all have three victories for the Cougars.
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