2016-17: Helped
Penn to a second-place finish in both the Howe Cup (13-2) and the Ivy League
(6-1) … Team captain … Tallied an 11-4 overall record, including a 6-1 mark in
the Ivy League … Competed in slots No. 5-8 … Won seven-straight matches from
2/2 – 2/25 … Defeated Trinity’s Salma El Defrawy in Penn’s 5-4 come-from-behind
win in the CSA semifinals … Six of 11 victories came by 3-0 margins.
2015-16: Helped Penn to the College Squash Association (CSA) Howe Cup, finishing second in the country, the team’s highest finish since 2010 … Went 14-2 overall, including 6-1 in Ivy League matches … Competed in the No. 7-9 positions … Ivy wins came over Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown, Yale, Columbia, and Cornell … Went 2-1 at the CSA Howe Cup, defeating Columbia in the first round and Harvard in the final.
2014-15: Helped lead Penn to 7-0 Ivy record and the third Ivy League championship in program history … Went 11-4 overall, including a 4-3 record in Ivy League matches … Competed primarily at the No. 7-10 positions and once at the No. 6 position … Ivy wins were against Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Princeton … Finished the season ranked at No. 74 in the CSA Individual Rankings.
At Columbia (2013-14): As a freshman, helped lead the Lions to an 8-7 ... As an individual went 8-7 overall, playing all but one match in the No. 2 position on the ladder and winning her only match at the No. 1 position.
High School: Lettered four years in squash, tennis, and lacrosse ... Served as a team captain in tennis ... Selected All-Inter-Ac in squash in 2009, 2010, and 2011 ... Member of the 2012 Inter-Ac tennis championship team ... Named All-Inter-Ac in tennis 2010, 2011, and 2012 ... Helped lacrosse team win the PAISAA lacrosse championship in 2011, 2012, and 2013 ... Member of the Inter-Ac lacrosse championship team in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Personal: Daughter of Megan and Gerry van Arkel ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Grace van Arkel Career |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ex | Over. | Ivy |
2013-14* | 1-0 | 7-7 | | | | | | | | | 8-7 | 2-5 |
2014-15 | | | | | | 1-0 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 11-4 | 4-3 |
2015-16 | | | | | | | 1-0 | 5-0
| 8-2 | | 14-2 | 6-1
|
2016-17 | | | | | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 5-3 | | | 11-4 | 6-1 |
Career | 1-0 | 7-7 | | | 1-0 | 2-0 | 9-3 | 13-4 | 9-3
| | 44-17
| 18-10
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