Squash teams squish Dickinson, F&M

The top-ranked men’s team and eighth-ranked women’s team both swept Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall on Sunday at the Penn Squash Center.

Seniors Aly Abou Eleinen and Andrew Douglas of the women’s and men’s squash team, respectively.
Seniors Aly Abou Eleinen and Andrew Douglas of the women’s and men’s squash team, respectively. (Images: Penn Athletics)

The No. 1-ranked men’s squash team and the No. 8-ranked women’s squash team made easy work of Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall on Sunday at the Penn Squash Center.

Led by three-time First-Team All-American Andrew Douglas, who played in the No. 1 slot, the men’s team defeated 26th-ranked Dickinson 9-0 on Sunday morning. Douglas, a senior, posted 11-8, 11-5, 11-7 wins over Nicolas Serna. The Quakers lost only two games out of 29 played.

Sunday afternoon, the Red & Blue filleted 15th-ranked Franklin & Marshall 9-0. Senior Aly Abou Eleinen played in the No. 1 slot and won his match 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 against Philadelphia native Tommy Fournaris. The Quakers did not lose a game to the Diplomats.

On Saturday, the men’s team defeated 24th-ranked Chatham 9-0 and 6th-ranked Drexel 9-0 at the Penn Squash Center. Across 36 weekend matches, the Quakers lost just seven games and stand at 4-0.

President Amy Gutmann and her husband Michael Doyle, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia, converse with 2020 alumna and former All-American Jessica Davis at the Penn versus Drexel squash game on Saturday.
President Amy Gutmann and her husband Michael Doyle, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia, converse with 2020 alumna and former All-American Jessica Davis at the Penn versus Drexel squash game on Saturday.

The 3-1 women’s team bounced back from a 4-5 loss to No. 6 Drexel on Saturday afternoon, and downed 17th-ranked Dickinson 9-0 on Sunday morning and 18th-ranked Franklin & Marshall 9-0 on Sunday afternoon.

Senior Jamila Abou El Enin, playing in the No. 1 slot, came from behind to defeat Dickinson’s Amna Fayyaz 11-7, 7-11, 2-11, 11-6, 11-3. In the No. 2 slot, junior Amina Abou El Enin, Jamila’s younger sister, won her match 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 over Courtney Trail.

Sophomore Yoshna Singh played in the No. 1 slot against Franklin & Marshall and won her match 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 over Audrey Berling. The women won all nine matches against the Diplomats without losing a single game.

The women’s and men’s teams take on Virginia (No. 9 women’s, No. 7 men’s) Stanford (No. 10 women’s), Williams (No. 12 women’s, No. 14 men’s), and Bates (No. 15 women’s, No. 22 men’s) this weekend at the Penn Squash Center.