2024-25: Competed in four matches in team competition (3-1 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) ... Played in four different positions in the lineup over the course of the season ... Collected wins over Franklin & Marshall’s Rory Dasher (11/15), Dickinson’s Anna O’Connor (11/17), and Dartmouth’s Devon Glaser (2/2).Â
2023-24: Tied for a team-high 10 wins, including 4-2 in Ivy League play …  Posted four 3-0 victories during the season, beginning on a 9-0 stretch … Opened the season with six nonconference wins, including Haverford’s Aman Hamdard (11/11), Claudia Adam of Drexel (11/12), Leah Rosenblatt McGillicuddy of Stanford (11/17), Virginia’s Nili Sprecher (11/18), Georgetown’s Katie Hennessy (11/18) and Anika Kakarla of Williams (12/3) … Began conference action with a win over Cornell’s Saniya Jaggi (1/19) and adding victories over Columbia’s Kaavya Bansal (1/21) and Nathalie Taylor of Dartmouth (1/27) … Closed out Ivy play with a five-game win over Yale’s Layla Johnson (2/3).
2022-23: Finished the season 10-5, leading the team in wins … Posted four 3-0 victories during season-opening 7-0 stretch, blanking Chatham’s TaNiya Nored (11/!2), Stanford’s Riya Saran (11/19), Tufts Ellyn Zu (11/20), and Cornell’s Ania LaDow in Ivy League opener (1/13) … Rallied from first-game defeat for 3-1 win over Columbia’s Aleeza Khan (1/15) … Rallied from 0-1 and 1-2 deficits for five-game win over Dartmouth’s Jesse Brownell (1/21) … Went 3-0 in the Kurtz Cup, defeating Bowdoin’s Clio Bersani 3-0 in the quarterfinal (2/17), Stanford’s Leah McGillicuddy 3-0 in the semifinal (2/18), and Dartmouth’s Neeya Patel 3-2 in the final (2/19).
2021-22: Competed in 13 of 18 matches during team competition … Picked up 3-1 wins over Drexel’s Ciara Richards (11/13) and Virginia’s Caroline Baldwin (11/19) … Helped Penn to Howe Cup win over Columbia at CSA Team Championships with four-game win over Bunny Fox (2/26).
High School: Grew up and started playing squash in Dublin, Ireland before moving to the USA in 2015 … Ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. at Girls U15 and U17 … Lettered four years in squash, captain as a senior … Helped Baldwin win the Middle Atlantic Squash Association (MASA) team championship in 2017 and 2020 and the 2019-20 Inter-Academic League (InterAc) title … U.S. Squash All-American in 2020 … First-team All-InterAc as a junior, second-team All-InterAc as a sophomore … Also lettered three times in tennis and once in lacrosse, earning first-team All-InterAc in tennis doubles … U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete … Senior Class Vice President … Junior Class Treasurer.
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Personal:Â Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Why Penn? "I chose Penn because it gave me the opportunity to pursue a top-tier education while also being a member of one of the best squash teams in the country. I am excited to join the team next year and have a competitive season with a team of strong players."
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| Grace Lavin Career |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Ex |
Over. |
Ivy |
| 2021-22 |
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1-0 |
0-1 |
3-8 |
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4-11 |
0-6 |
| 2022-23 |
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1-0 |
2-0 |
1-4 |
4-1 |
2-0 |
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10-5 |
3-3 |
| Career |
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1-0 |
1-1 |
5-8 |
1-4 |
4-1 |
2-0 |
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14-16 |
3-9 |
