Women's Squash Begins 2026 Howe Cup Campaign Friday

**PHILADELPHIA – **The University of Pennsylvania women's squash team will look to win its first Howe Cup championship since the 1999-2000 season, this weekend at the CSA National Team Championships.

The No. 2 seeded Quakers have been granted a first round bye on Thursday and will take on the winner of No. 7 Cornell and No. 10 Amherst.

The match will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 6th at the Arlen Specter Squash Center in Philadelphia.

2026 Howe Cup – Quarterfinals

#2 Penn (14-2) vs. #7 Cornell (7-7)/ #10 Amherst (15-3)

Friday, March 6, 2026 | 3 p.m.

Arlen Specter Squash Center | Philadelphia, Pa.

Live Scoring

Quaker Notemeal

The Quakers enter the tournament after an Ivy League Tournament finals appearance.

Sohaila Ismail,

Allie Stoddard and

Hailey Wong were named to the All-Tournament team. Penn holds a 14-2 record and are currently ranked as the No. 2 team in the CSA team rankings.

**Previewing the Big Red **

The Big Red enter the weekend after a semifinals loss to No. 1 Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament. The Quakers swept the Big Red, 9-0, in the last matchup on January 31st in Ithaca. Some of Cornell's most impressive wins this season include a 9-0 sweep over No. 10 Tufts, a 5-4 win over No. 9 Drexel and a 6-3 victory over No. 8 Yale.

Previewing the Mammoths

The Mammoths were swept by Drexel in their last match on February 21st and fell to Tufts, 5-4, on February 15th. Before that, the Mammoths began the season with a 15-1 record as they were ranked as the No. 2 seed in the NESAC Women's Squash Championships, the highest in program history. The last time the Quakers and Mammoths squared off was during the 2009-10 season, where Penn won, 9-0.

Information about the 2025 CSA National Team Championship, including the tournament bracket, can be found on the tournament website linked

here.

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