Through three consecutive trips to the finals match, senior Kristen Lange has yet to return to Penn with the ever-elusive national title.
In the end, the No. 1 Crimson proved to be the stronger team, defeating the No. 3 Quakers 6-3 yesterday in the tournament’s final round.
After four stellar seasons, quartet of Penn seniors is gunning for a squash national title at Howe Cup
At the College Squash Association team championships, the Quakers won the Hoehn Cup with a 5-4 victory over Williams.
This year’s tournament is hosted by newly crowned Ivy champions Yale. Sixty-one teams will compete in eight divisions, with No. 9 Penn (5-7, 1-5 Ivy) ranking the highest in the B Division.
Though valuable seniors leave the program each spring, the Penn women’s squash family never really gets smaller.
The Quakers lost 8-1 to Harvard Saturday, leaving the Crimson in sole possession of first place. The league championship hinges on Harvard’s trip to Yale Friday. If the Crimson win, they secure the title outright.
Penn men’s squash was handed its sixth loss of the season Saturday, when the Quakers lost 7-2 to a No. 2-ranked Harvard team in Cambridge, Mass.
Nabilla Arrifin has already had considerable success at Penn, earning a CSA No. 15 national ranking and playing at the top of the team's ladder 3 times.
On the heels of a 9-0 loss to Princeton Jan. 27 in the team’s final home match of the season, the Quakers will head north to take on Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend.