PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's women's squash team, #9 in the College Squash Association (CSA) rankings, wraps up regular season play Friday afternoon at home against #8 Virginia.
 
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Previewing Penn
#9 Penn fell to #3 Princeton on Saturday at the Penn Squash Center, 8-1, with freshman Malak Taha earning the Quakers' only win of the day. Co-captains Ashley Manning and Avni Anand pushed their matches to four games and Jana Dweek went five in her match and had match ball in the final game before falling, 12-10.
 
Grace Lavin has a team-high seven wins, including three in Ivy League play, the same number of conference victories as Malak Taha. Penelope Oh has five wins, just ahead of a quartet of players with four each – Emma Carter, Jana Dweek, Eujung Park, Navmi Sharma
 
The Seniors
Ashley Manning is a two-year team captain who has won 21 career matches entering the match with Virginia, with a career-high 11 coming in her freshman season in 2019-20.
 
Eujung Park has 17 career victories coming into the showdown with Virginia, including seven last season when she won more than 87 percent of her matches.
 
Navmi Sharma has 24 career wins, including 11 as a freshman in 2019-20 with a 61.1 winning percentage.
 
#9 Penn vs. #8 Virginia – Friday, 4:30 p.m.
Series Information
Records: Penn leads 3-1 | Last Meeting: November 19, 2021 (Virginia, 5-4)
 
Previewing the Cavaliers

• Virginia fell in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (MASC) Final to Drexel on Sunday, snapping a six-match win streak that included four 9-0 wins.
• The Cavaliers have faced four other Ivy League schools this season, defeating Columbia and Dartmouth, and losing to Harvard and Dartmouth. They will also face Princeton and Cornell this weekend.