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

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

Cambridge, MA — The 2009-2010 season will be a hard one to top for the Harvard women. The Crimson went undefeated last season, taking the national and Ivy titles along the way. But with all but two players from their varsity ladder returning, the 2010-2011 Crimson squad should be a formidable one.

Harvard will miss its two captains from last season, Katherine O’Donnell and Johanna Snyder, along with the other now-graduated senior from last season’s team, Sandra Mumanachit. Snyder was a 2010 All-American, O’Donnell won the Holleran Cup (B Division) at Individuals, and both were consistent performers in the bottom half of the Crimson’s lineup.

Even without Snyder and O’Donnell, the Crimson have remarkable depth. To put it in perspective, Bethan Williams, who played number 9 last season for the Crimson, was a 2008-2009 All-American; the Crimson roster has All-American and All-Ivy players from top to bottom. And then there’s Harvard’s number 1, Laura Gemmell, who dropped a total of three games all season long, going undefeated and winning the women’s individual title. The Crimson will also be joined by two first-year players: Natasha Anzik, who was ranked third U19 in Ontario last year, and Leila Shayegan, who captained Lawrenceville’s team last season. Groton’s Georgiana Brinkley will also join the team. Three-time All-American Alisha Mashruwala will lead the squad as captain.

The biggest change for the program, however, will be the head coach. Satinder Bajwa’s contract was not renewed after last season, and he will be replaced by Mike Way, who has been named the first Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash. Way comes to Harvard from Canada’s National Squash Training Centre, which he helped create and where he served as head coach.

With everything from a national title to a training and service trip to India, 2009-2010 will be a tough act to follow, but the Crimson are up for the challenge.

2009-2010 SEASON RECAP

Season Record: 12-0
Final Ranking: 1
Team Championships/Conference: 1st Over All; 1st in Howe Cup (A Division); Ivy League Champions; Barhite Award Winners

2010-2011 SEASON PREVIEW

Program Status: Varsity

Head Coach: Mike Way (Succeeds Satinder Bajwa)

Returning Players from Team Championships: Cece Cortes (7); Laura Gemmell (1; Ramsay Cup winner; 1st Team All-American; All-Ivy League Team; Ivy League Player of the Year; Ivy League Rookie of the Year;); Nirasha Guruge (2; 2nd Team All-American; All-Ivy League Team); Natasha Kingshott (5); Alisha Mashruwala (4; 2nd Team All-American); Sarah Mumanachit (10); June Tiong (3; 2nd Team All-American); Bethan Williams (9);

Graduates on Last Season’s Team Championships Roster: Katherine O’Donnell (8; 2009-2010 Captain; Holleran Cup winner); Hannah Snyder (6; 2nd Team All-American; 2009-2010 Captain)

Additions to the 2010-2011 Roster: Natasha Anzik and Leila Shayegan [and Georgiana Brinkley?]

Captain: Alisha Mashruwala

Team Goals: To win the Ivy League and CSA national titles

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

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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)

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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)

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