ITHACA, N.Y. — The women's squash team will attempt to set a program record for wins in Ivy League play this weekend, when it hosts Princeton at 5:30 p.m. Friday on Senior Day at Belkin International Squash Courts before wrapping up the season with a noon Sunday match at Penn.
 
Cornell split a pair of road matches last weekend at Dartmouth (7-2 win) and top-ranked Harvard (9-0 loss). That allowed the Big Red to hold steady at seventh in the College Squash Association national rankings, which would land it in the field for the Howe Cup — the 'A' Division of the CSA's national championships — for a ninth consecutive season. Cornell is 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the Ancient Eight. That marks the fifth time in the last six seasons and the sixth time in overall program history the Big Red has reached three Ivy wins — but it has never mustered a fourth.
 
The competition this weekend will be stiff, with Princeton (9-2, 3-2) holding steady at fourth in the national rankings this week and Penn perched in second (11-1, 4-1). The Tigers shook off a mid-week loss to Penn on Feb. 1 by sweeping Yale and Brown last weekend. The 5-4 victory over the fifth-ranked Bulldogs effectively defended Princeton's national standing. The Tigers won the bottom five matches in the order. Cornell has never deated Princeton in 24 all-time meetings. Penn did not surrender a single point to either Yale or Brown last weekend. Reeham Salah and Melissa Alves are undefeated from the top two spots in the order. Cornell is 24-2 all-time against the Quakers.
 
Friday's match is free to attend and open to the public. It will serve as the last home match for the team's seniors, co-captains Sydney Francis and Rachel Scherman.