PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania's women's squash team returns to action for the final time this season, as five players will compete in the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships March 3-5 at the Specter Center on the campus of Drexel University.
Malak Taha will be searching for Penn's first national individual title since Reeham Salah in 2018.
Avni Anand,
Jana Dweek,
Ashley Manning, and
Natasha Pensler will all be seeking to become the first Holleran Cup champion since Caitlin Russell in 2006.
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Manning will be making her third individual championships appearances qualifying in 2020 and 2022, Anand will be making her second individual championships after qualifying for the Holleran Cup last season last season, and the Dweek-Pensler-Taha trio will be making their individual championships debuts.
Manning made the semifinals of her Holleran Cup draw in 2020 and Anand reached the semifinals of her Holleran Cup draw last season.
Matchup Information (Friday)
Ramsay Cup: A Division
#8
Malak Taha (Penn) vs. #9 Saran Nghiem (Harvard) – 11:15 a.m.
- With a win, quarterfinal would take place at 5:00 against #1 Sivasangari Subramaniam (Cornell) or #16 Nouran Youssef (Trinity).
Holleran Cup: B Division
NORTH DRAW
#2
Avni Anand (Penn) vs. #15 Vasundhra Vasanthan (Chatham) – 9:45 a.m.
- With a win, quarterfinal would take place at 3:30 p.m. against #7 Amira Singh (Harvard) or #10 Maureen Foley (Virginia).
#4
Jana Dweek (Penn) vs. #13 Sofia Ramos (Chatham) – 9:45 a.m.
- With a win, quarterfinal would take place at 3:30 p.m. against #5 Lujan Palacios (Trinity) or Emma Kate Watts-Roy (Bowdoin).
WEST DRAW
#6
Ashley Manning (Penn) vs. #11 Andrea Martagon (Bates) – 1:30 p.m.
- With a win, quarterfinal would take place at 7:40 p.m. against #3 Olivia Walsh (Virginia) or #14 Yu Quan Ng (Williams).
#8
Natasha Pensler (Penn) vs. #9 Kara Lincou (Trinity) – 12:45 p.m.
- With a win, quarterfinal would take place at 6:50 p.m. against #1 Margot Prow (Drexel) or #16 Habiba Abouelatta (Mt. Holyoke).
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