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2025-26 Women's Squash Roster

Don Felice
Hunter Martin

Natasha Pensler

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Cranbrook School
  • Hometown Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.

Biography

2024-25: CSA Scholar Athlete ... Competed in 13 matches in team competition (8-5 overall, 3-1 Ivy League) ... Played in five different positions in the lineup over the course of the season ... Four of 8 wins came in three straight games ... Went 1-1 in Howe Cup team championship play, collecting a win over Dartmouth’s Mary Wood (3/6) in three-straight games in the ninth spot on the ladder. 

2023-24: Posted a career-best nine wins, including three in Ivy League play … Opened the season with a 3-0 win over Emi Krishnamurthy of Haverford … Held a six-match winning streak, picking up nonconference victories over Eliza Mills of Virginia (11/18), Georgetown’s Lindsay Lee (11/18) and Sophia Koehler of Williams (12/3) … Downed Ania LaDow of Cornell (1/19), Columbia’s Eugenia Li (1/21) and Ellie Burke of Dartmouth (1/27) … Earned two wins throughout the Howe Cup, defeating Layla Johnson of Yale in four games (3/1) and Cornell’s Devon Shatzman (3/2).

2022-23: Finished team competition 7-8, adding a win at CSA Individuals and tying for second on the team in wins … Earned 3-1 Ivy League victory over Columbia’s Nourin Khalifa (1/15) … Added 3-0 Ivy win over Dartmouth’s Chelsea Cho (1/21) … Picked up a pair of 3-0 wins in Kurtz Cup, defeating Bowdoin’s Ursula Sze in quarterfinal (2/17) and Stanford’s Mary Duffy in semifinal (2/18) … Won Kurtz Cup final match in five games over Dartmouth’s Ellie Burke (2/19) ... Picked up final victory of the season in 3-0 fashion in Holleran Cup consolation quarterfinal over Mount Holyoke’s Habiba Abouletta (3/3).

High School: Honor Roll and Dean’s List Member

In Competition: 2019 All-American … Midwest Regional Champion … Ranked 11th among girls U-19 …

Personal: Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business

Why She Chose Penn: “Besides the amazing academics, city, and campus, I loved the coaching staff. I was also ecstatic to join one of the best college squash teams with regards to both level and friendships.”
 
Natasha Pensler Career
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Over. Ivy
2022-23 1-0 3-1 1-5 2-3 8-10 2-4
Career 2-0 3-1 1-5 2-3 8-10 2-4

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'8"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'8"