LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 27 Franklin & Marshall women's squash team (0-1) was defeated in its home opener to No. 9 Drexel (1-0), 9-0, on the opening day of the Penn Cup Friday evening. The Dragons stifled the Diplomats throughout the day, sweeping all nine matches in the contest.

Ashanti Amastal battled in the No. 1 slot, but was denied of the upset as her opponent held on to win, 3-0. Rory Dasher made a late charge in the third game of the No. 2 match, but came up short in her comeback. Mia Todd fought in the No. 3 match, but her opponent rallied to a 3-0 victory in the match.

No. 27 Franklin & Marshall now turns its attention to Saturday, playing a doubleheader on the second day of the Penn Cup. F&M will play No. 3 Penn at 1:00 p.m., followed by No. 29 Chatham at 5:00 p.m.

#9 Drexel 9, #27 Franklin & Marshall 0

1. Moa Bonnemark (Drexel) over Ashanti Amastal (F&M); 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-1)
2. Emma Bartley (Drexel) over Rory Dasher (F&M); 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-5)
3. Emilia Falconi (Drexel) over Mia Todd (F&M); 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-3)
4. Awande Malinga (Drexel) over Noelle Bardorf (F&M); 3-0 (11-0, 11-0, 11-4)
5. Lijana Sultana (Drexel) over Joey Ho (F&M); 3-0 (11-0, 11-4, 11-3)
6. Claudia Adam (Drexel) over Lavanya Seshasayee (F&M); 3-0 (11-1, 11-0, 11-5)
7. Ariyan Irani (Drexel) over Elisabeth Stout (F&M); 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-0)
8. Eveli Malk (Drexel) over Destiny Ponce (F&M); 3-0 (11-0, 11-2, 11-0)
9. Drexel by default.