PHILADELPHIA—The top-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's squash team faces off in back-to-back Ivy League matches this weekend in the Penn Squash Center. The Quakers host No. 8 Columbia on Friday, before going to battle at home again on Saturday against No. 9 Cornell.

With Saturday's match originally being scheduled for Sunday in Ithaca, N.Y., the Red and Blue now have home-court advantage for their final match ahead of the 2025 CSA National Collegiate Individual Championships in New York City next weekend.

#1 Penn (11-0) vs. #8 Columbia (4-2)
Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 | 2 p.m.
Penn Squash Center | Philadelphia, Pa.
Live Video | Live Scoring

#1 Penn vs. #9 Cornell (5-1)
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 1 p.m.
Penn Squash Center | Philadelphia, Pa.
Live Video | Live Scoring

Quaker Notemeal
Penn is 11-0 entering the weekend, 1-0 in Ivy League play. Last weekend, the Quakers defeated No. 4 Trinity (6-3) and No. 2 Yale (8-1) with strong showings from Salman Khalil (No. 2 in the CSA rankings), Omar Hafez (No. 3), and Nathan Kueh (No. 4) in both matches. They all maintained undefeated individual records on the season with the victories. With back-to-back Ivy League matches this weekend, the Red and Blue hope to stay atop the conference standings. Looking ahead to the CSA Individual Championships next weekend, these matches look to serve as final tune-ups for the team.

Record Watch: Kueh enters his matches this weekend tied as the men's program's all-time wins leader with 59 wins. With a win this weekend, he will own the program record.

Previewing the Lions
Columbia is 4-2 entering the weekend, both losses from other top 10 programs (No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 Harvard). With the loss to Harvard this past weekend, Columbia sits 1-1 in Ivy League play entering the match. In the last five years, the Lions have lost all five of their matchups against the Quakers.

Previewing the Big Red
Cornell enters the weekend 5-1, all of their wins coming against other nationally-ranked programs (No. 14 Western, No. 11 Williams, No. 10 Tufts, No. 19 Amherst, No. 12 Dartmouth). Despite the matchup's long history, the Big Red have fallen to the Quakers in all seven meetings since 2017. Cornell travels to No. 7 Drexel on Wednesday and No. 3 Princeton on Friday ahead of Saturday's tilt.

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