PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's men's squash team, #2 in the College Squash Association (CSA) rankings, opens Ivy League play this weekend with a road match Friday against No. 8 Cornell and a home match Sunday against No. 9 Columbia.
 
Previewing Penn
Penn finished the first half of the season 8-0 with five top 15 wins, running their regular season winning streak to 29 dating back to the 2019-20 season. The Quakers defeated No. 16 Franklin and Marshall, No. 11 Western, No. 15 Tufts, and No. 11 Rochester all by 9-0 scores, adding a 7-2 win over No. 7 Drexel.
 
Reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year Nathan Kueh is 8-0, all wins coming at the #1, #2, and #3 spots in the lineup. Rehan Luthra is 7-0 and Saksham Choudhary is 7-1, while the trio of Shaam Gambhir, Oliver Green, and Omar Hafez are all 6-0. In all, 11 players have at least four wins for the Red and Blue.
 
#2 Penn at #8 Cornell – Friday, 12 p.m.
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Records: Penn leads 49-21 | Last Meeting: February 6, 2022 (Penn, 9-0)

Previewing the Big Red

• Cornell enters the match 5-0 with just three dropped matches thus far this season. The Big Red schedule has already featured three top 15 opponents.
• Veer Chotrani is 5-0 at the No. 1 spot, while Arnaav Sareen and Spencer Yager are both 4-0 playing at multiple spots in the top half of the lineup.

#2 Penn vs. #9 Columbia – Sunday, 1 p.m.
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Records: Penn leads 7-6 | Last Meeting: January 28, 2022 (Penn, 8-1)
 
Previewing the Lions

• Columbia went 1-2 in the Fall portion of its schedule, picking up an 8-1 win over No. 14 Williams following losses to No. 5 Virginia and No. 7 Drexel.
• Chaitanya Shah, Zach Nam, and Sameer Saxena are the only three Lions with multiple victories this season.