PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's squash teams continued their winning ways, as both teams moved to 8-0 on Friday afternoon.

The top-ranked men's team took down ninth-ranked Cornell 7-2, while the fourth-ranked women's team took down ninth-ranked Cornell 7-2 to begin Ivy League play.

Omar Hafez, Varun Chitturi and Jat Tse were the first wave to see the court for the men's team against Cornell. Hafez was able to grab the win in three games and 37 minutes, Chitturi was up two games, but dropped games three and four, to eventually win the match in five.

Tse was down early by two games, was able to come back and win game three, but fell in game four, surrendering the point to the Big Red.

With a 2-1 lead, the next set of Quakers featured Nick Spizzirri, Rehan Luthra and Abdelrahman Dweek.

Spizzirri and Luthra picked up victories in sweeping fashion, while Dweek fought back after dropping his first game, to win in four.

The final wave featured Dana Santry, Salman Khalil and Nathan Kueh. Santry and Kueh swept their opponents, while Kueh won the match in the shortest time of the day for the men at 28 minutes.

Khalil made his season debut for the Quakers, but fell in three games surrendering the second point to the Big Red.

As for the women, the first wave featured Sohaila Ismail, Avni Anand and Grace Lavin. Ismail and Anand each took their match to five games, with Ismail grabbing the win in 47 minutes and Anand falling to her opponent, surrendering a point to Cornell.

Lavin took an early two game lead, fell in game three, but was able to pick up the victory in four games.

The next set of Quakers were Emma Wolf, Franka Vidovic and Ashna Tumuluri. Although Wolf collected a win in her opening game, she fell in the next three to lose the match in four.

Vidovic handled her opponent in three games, and the shortest time on the day for either side at 23 minutes.

Tumuluri gained a two-game lead, and despite dropping game three, was able to pick up the win in four.

The last set for Penn was highlighted by Natasha Pensler, Jana Dweek and Malak Taha. Pensler edged out her opponent in game one but dominated in games two and three for the sweep, only giving up 12 points throughout the entirety of her match.

Dweek was able to sweep her opponent in three games and 34 minutes. Taha was the last finisher on the day, competing in a five game and one hour and two-minute thriller. Taha edged out her opponent in the first two games, but then fell in games three and four, eventually earning the win in five.

Men's Results
1. Veer Chotrani (C) def. Salman Khalil (P) 6-11, 7-11, 4-11
2. Omar Hafez (P) def. Aaron Liang (C) 11-8, 14-12, 11-3
3. Nicholas Spizzirri (P) def. Arnaav Sareen (C) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
4. Nathan Kueh (P) def. Spencer Yager (C) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3
5. Varun Chitturi (P) def. Syan Singh (C) 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4
6. Abdelrahman Dweek (P) def. Rohan Iyer (C) 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
7. Dana Santry (P) def. Shreemann Raghavan (C) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
8. Rehan Luthra (P) def. Morgan Huberman (C) 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
9. Tanay Punjabi (Col) def. Jat Tse (P) 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 6-11
 
Women's Results
1. Malak Taha (P) def. Wen Li Lai (C) 12-10, 13-11, 9-11, 10-12, 11-9
2. Sohaila Ismail (P) def. Aishwarya Khubchandani (C) 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6
3. Franka Vidovic (P) def. Ananya Dabke (C) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
4. Jana Dweek (P) def. Alysa Ali (C) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
5. Christa Kay (C) def. Avni Anand (P) 6-11, 12-14, 11-4, 11-1, 8-11
6.  Ashna Tumuluri (P) def. Devon Shatzman (C) 11-8, 11-7, 11-13, 11-4 
7. Natasha Pensler (P) def. Ania LaDow (C) 11-7, 11-2, 11-3 
8. Maya Voloshin (C) def. Emma Wolf (P) 12-10, 3-11, 13-15, 5-11 
9. Grace Lavin (P) def. Saniya Jaggi (C) 11-8, 16-14, 6-11, 11-3
 
Quotables
Coach Jack Wyant: "Very pleased with today's performance. There were some nervy moments, but the team came through. Excited to travel to New York Sunday and have another opportunity against a great team in Columbia."

Coach Gilly Lane: "They [the team] came out firing, they came out strong to start. I felt really good about how the boys held it together throughout the early parts of the match, and our experienced players came on the second shift and really put in a great effort. So, we're really happy to start the season off 1-0 in terms of Ivy League play and the second half of the season. We have another big test coming up on Sunday against Columbia, at Columbia at 1 p.m. so [we're] really looking forward to playing them and getting up to New York and improving on today."

Up Next
The men's and women's teams will travel for the first time this season to face an opponent. The Quakers will take on Columbia on Sunday, January 21, in New York at 1 p.m.