PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's squash teams split their final Ivy League matches of the season against Princeton Saturday afternoon from the Penn Squash Center, with the men winning and the women falling by identical 8-1 scores.

The #2 team in the College Squash Association (CSA) rankings, the men dropped the opening match of the day to the #3 Tigers, then won eight in a row to put a definitive stamp on the contest.

Nick Spizzirri and Omar Hafez picked up 3-0 wins giving the Quakers a 2-1 edge at the end of the first wave. The second wave opened with victories from Dana Santry and Roger Baddour, putting Penn up 4-1.

As he did last year against Princeton, Saksham Choudhary picked up Penn's fifth point to clinch the match. Abdelrahman Dweek and Nathan Kueh followed with two more wins to make it 7-1 and Dillon Huang closes out the match with the Quaker's fourth 3-0 win of the day.

For the women, #3 Princeton swept the first wave, with Ashley Manning and Avni Anand pushing their matches to a fourth game, then took the first two matches of the second wave to clinch the match. Jana Dweek went five games in her match and had match ball in the final game, but eventually fell 12-10.

After two more victories for Princeton, Malak Taha closed the day with a four-game win for the ninth-ranked Quakers.

The women are back in action against Virginia next Friday at 4:30 from the Penn Squash Center. The men will face the Cavaliers on Thursday, February 16, in Baltimore.

Results

Women's

1. Malak Taha def. Molly Chadwick (Pr) – 11-6, 11-9, 2-11, 11-7
2. Andrea Toth (Pr) def. Avni Anand – 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
3. Liyen Teoh (Pr) def. Jana Dweek – 11-5, 5-11, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10
4. Caroline Spahr (Pr) def. Ashley Manning – 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
5. Charlotte Bell (Pr)def. Natasha Pensler – 14-12, 11-9, 11-7
6. India Stephenson (Pr) def. Eujung Park – 11-9, 11-5, 11-6
7. Olivia Robinson (Pr) def. Grace Lavin – 11-9, 12-10, 11-3
8. Katherine Glaser (Pr) def. Penelope Oh – 8-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-6
9. Abigail Schuster (Pr) def. Emma Carter – 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5

Order of finish: 7, 2, 4, 8, 6, 3, 5, 9, 1

Men's

1. Nathan Kueh  def. Daelum Mawji (Pr) – 12-10, 11-6, 13-11
2. Nick Spizzirri def. Karim Elbarbary (Pr) – 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
3. Roger Baddour def. Thomas Rosini (Pr) – 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
4. Omar Hafez def. Ahmed Wael (Pr) – 11-3, 12-10, 11-7
5. Dillon Huang def. Hassan Khalil (Pr) – 11-8, 11-4, 11-9
6. Saksham Choudhary def. Alastair Cho (Pr) -- 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
7. Zain Ahmed (Pr) def. Tushar Shahani – 6-11, 7-11, 6-11
8. Dana Santry def. Gordon Lam (Pr) – 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7
9. Abdelrahman Dweek def. Avi Agarwal (Pr) – 11-7, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5

Order of finish: 7, 2, 4, 8, 3, 6, 9, 1, 5