Drexel: 2010 – 2011 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

Drexel: 2010 – 2011 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

Philadelphia, PA — The Drexel team has made enormous strides in its two years of existence.

According to captain Violetta Shubayeva, the team has gone “from sharing squash shoes and racquets at our very first match in the emerging bracket at Nationals of ’08 to a full-fledged nine-woman team all suited up in official uniforms, with a coach, volunteering and fund-raising accomplishments and recognition from our university.”

Drexel has invested in squash, building two international courts as part of a new campus recreation center. The team also has the benefit of working with a coach, Guillermo Moronta, and they are in position to field a full nine-player team again this season. Five players from last year’s national team championship squad will return, and they’ll be able to share their experience with four new players who are joining the team. Though the new players have limited squash experience at this point, they should learn a great deal between now and the 2011 Women’s National Team Championships (Howe Cup). “The Drexel Women’s team is looking at traveling to a clinic in Cape Cod this season to continue training and improving everyone’s game with hopes of taking the team to the next level,” Shubayeva reports.

There will be another squash player of note at Drexel: the university’s new president, John Fry. The team is looking forward to welcoming Fry, an avid player, to their first home matches on their new courts.

The team will also continue to be involved with SquashSmarts, Philadelphia’s urban squash program. The Dragons have worked with students on the courts and in the classroom, and they’ve also volunteered to drive players to matches on the weekends. SquashSmarts recognized the Drexel women’s efforts by naming them “Volunteers of the Year” last year.

Off the courts, the Dragons are an active and accomplished group. Shubayeva has recently completed her third internship as part of the Drexel program with DuPont Capital management, and nursing student Lauren Schoppet finished her first year of college going three-for-three with terms on the Dean’s List. Queree Kim finished a study abroad program in the south of France this summer and was able to travel around Europe; she’ll also be abroad for the academic year. Rebecca Schaefer completed a Herculean feat: she competed in the 20in24 Back on My Feet LoneRanger Ultramarathon, running for 19 hours and 16 minutes and covering 76.1 miles. The event raised over $250,000 dollars for Back on My Feet, a Philadelphia charity that helps get the homeless off the streets.

“There is bright future that lies ahead for the program,” Shubayeva says, “and the team will continue to work just as hard to get to where it needs to be.”

2009-2010 SEASON RECAP

Season Record: 0-3
Final Ranking: 36
Team Championships: 36th Overall; 4th in the E Division

2010-2011 SEASON PREVIEW

Program Status: Club

Head Coach: Guillermo Moronta

Returning Players from Team Championships: Violetta Shubayeva (Captain), Rebecca Schaefer, Katey Whyte, Lauren Schoppet, and Alyssa Marciano

Graduates on Last Season’s Team Championship Roster: Lauren Silverstone and Joyce Santiago

Additions to the 2010-2011 Roster: Zeba Ahmed, Shauna Moody, Vi Pham, Davila Thompson

Captain:
Violetta Shubayeva

Team Goals: Improve ranking and win division

Key Matches:
Navy, Georgetown, Bates, Haverford, University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins

To read other team previews, please visit the 2010 – 2011 College Squash Preview Page.

Men's 2024-25 Scholar Athlete Recipients

Avi Agarwal (Princeton University)
Zain Ahmed (Princeton University)
Alex Akbari (Williams College)
Robert Albani (MIT)
Roger Alber Baddour (University of Pennsylvania)
Alexis Ballo (Middlebury College)
Lars Barkman (MIT)
Arav Bhagwati (Yale University)
Atreyus Bhavsar (Hamilton College)
Oliver Bikhazi-Green (St. Lawrence University)
Dean Brooker (St. Lawrence University)
Quintin Campbell (Dartmouth College)
Sebastian Campos (Colby College)
Tad Carney (Yale University)
David Costales (Harvard University)
Hao Cui (University of Pennsylvania)
Marco DiFilippo (Franklin & Marshall College)
Karim Elbarbary (University of Virginia)
Youssef Ezzo (Tufts University)
Garret Fantini (Haverford College)
Nathan Feinstein (Middlebury College)
Juan Felipe Hernandez (Denison University)
Noah Fish (Connecticut College)
Max Forster (Yale University)
Denis Gilevskiy (Harvard University)
Adam Goad (Columbia University)
Max Good (Bates College)
Abhimanyu Gupta (Amherst College)
Francis Evan Hajek (University of Virginia)
Tate Harms (Harvard University)
Pierce Henderson (Williams College)
Grady Herbert (Amherst College)
Zachary Idinopulos (Wesleyan University)
Nikhil Ismail (Yale University)
Rohan Iyer (Cornell University)
Thomas (Jack) Winston (Bowdoin College)
Aaryaman Jaising (Haverford College)
Kian Kardestuncer (Middlebury College)
Noah Katzer (Franklin & Marshall College)
Warren Klein (Dartmouth College)
Jacob Koeppel (University of Rochester)
Theo Kogan (Middlebury College)
Gordon Lam (Princeton University)
Asher Leavy (Williams College)
Jack Lee (Williams College)
Aaron Liang (Cornell University)
Will Lichstein (Middlebury College)
William "Mac" Aube (Dartmouth College)
Crispin McCarthy (Fordham University)
Andrew Minnis (Williams College)
Youssif Mostafa (Colby College)
Artemy Mukhin (Bard College)
Simon Muller (Hamilton College)
Zacharias Nam (Columbia University)
Jacob Nathan (Bard College)
Mitav Nayak (MIT)
Petr Nohel (University of Virginia)
William Okurowski (Amherst College)
Alexander Orr (Naval Academy)
Maxwell Orr (Yale University)
Jeh Pandole (Cornell University)
Henry Pelletier (Connecticut College)
Lucas Piller (Denison University)
Philip Hyun Su Price (MIT)
Rohan Ray (Dartmouth College)
Aidan Ray (Dickinson College)
Thomas Rosini (Princeton University)
William Sarbinowski (Cornell University)
Arnaav Sareen (Cornell University)
Kai Schinaman (Haverford College)
Christian Shah (Dartmouth College)
Jacob Shulman (Hamilton College)
Franklyn Smith (Columbia University)
Joe Smythe (Dickinson College)
Federico Sosa (Princeton University)
Lucas Spiro (Naval Academy)
Nicholas Spizzirri (University of Pennsylvania)
Conner Stoltz (Harvard University)
Rafay Syed (Williams College)
Evann Tan (Franklin & Marshall College)
Kerwin Teh (Tufts University)
John Paul Tew (University of Virginia)
Rana Thakkar (Dartmouth College)
Noah Tunis (Haverford College)
Rohan Valia (Tufts University)
Bennett Van Liew (Fordham University)
Roberto Vega (Hobart College)
Matthew Wang (Naval Academy)
Collin Wen (MIT)
Tom Whiteley (University of Rochester)
Nick Wilkinson (Bowdoin College)
Merritt Wurts (Yale University)
Ethan Yan (Wesleyan University)
Omar Zakaria (University of Rochester)

Women's 2024-25 Scholar Athlete Recipients

Alysa Ali (Cornell University)
Aanya Anand (Wesleyan University)
Mira Bakshi (Wesleyan University)
Charlotte Bell (Princeton University)
Meagan Best (University of Virginia)
Sydney Bramen (Georgetown University)
Nora Brandt (Williams College)
Alex Brown (Amherst College)
Aleezah Burhan (Tufts University)
Lindsey Burnham (Middlebury College)
Fabiola Cabello (Trinity College)
Emma Carney (Harvard University)
Molly Chadwick (Princeton University)
Chelsea Cho (Dartmouth College)
Thenuri De Silva (Bard College)
Jaclyn Dichter (Wesleyan University)
Vharshamithraa Diniesh (Tufts University)
Habiba Eldafrawy (Harvard University)
Ainsley Ellison (Connecticut College)
Maureen Foley (University of Virginia)
Catherine Fortin (Haverford College)
Zarine Gidwaney (Franklin & Marshall College)
Nasreen Hashmi (University of Virginia)
Katherine Hennessy (Georgetown University)
Abby Holding (Middlebury College)
Meherin Hossain (Bard College)
Aalia Husain (Georgetown University)
Riddhi Joshi (Tufts University)
Emma Kahle (St. Lawrence University)
Mira Karande (Bowdoin College)
Gurlin Kaur (Franklin & Marshall College)
Theresa Kay (Williams College)
Zaynab Khan (Trinity College)
Aishwarya Khubchandani (Cornell University)
Josephine Klein (Princeton University)
Gainsley Korengold (Hamilton College)
Christy Tin Yan Lau (Yale University)
Virginia Lawrence (Denison University)
Aubrey Lennon (Dartmouth College)
Katherine Manderlink (Denison University)
Madeleine Martin (St. Lawrence University)
Cate Moll (Dickinson College)
Nieve Monderer (Tufts University)
Saran Nghiem (Harvard University)
Anna O'Connor (Dickinson College)
Mackenzie O'Shea (Colby College)
Lujan Palacios (Trinity College)
Tanmai Pathak (Amherst College)
Natasha Pensler (University of Pennsylvania)
Abbie Peterson (Middlebury College)
Isabella Ronda (Middlebury College)
Isabel Schumacher (Connecticut College)
Amira Singh (Harvard University)
Ariana Solecki (Haverford College)
Amanda Solecki (Williams College)
India Spencer (Colby College)
Meghna Sreedhar (Yale University)
Molly Stoltz (Harvard University)
Sarah Stonestreet (Hamilton College)
Leandra Sze (Wesleyan University)
Lina Sherif Tammam (University of Virginia)
Whitney Taylor (Yale University)
Isabelle Tilney-Sandberg (Amherst College)
Emma Kate Watts-Roy (Bowdoin College)
Darcy Weber (Bowdoin College)
Brecon Welch (Harvard University)

More CSA News

spot_img