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2016 College Squash Individual Championships: Day 2 Evening Report

Michael T. Bello
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College Squash AssociationStamford, CT — After play this afternoon and evening, the match-ups for tomorrow’s finals have been set.

Ramsay Cup (Women’s A Division): Trinity senior Kanzy El Defrawy will play Penn first-year player Reeham Sedky for the Ramsay Cup tomorrow.

El Defrawy, who has reached the final in all four of her years at Trinity, faced Harvard’s Kayley Leonard in the semifinals. El Defrawy won the first game 11-8. The second game was incredibly close: it went to extra points and then kept going. The final game score was 16-14, and El Defrawy was again the victor. The third and final game was El Defrawy’s, as she won 11-5.

Sedky, seeded third coming into the tournament, played Laila Samy of Wesleyan in the semifinals. Samy had upset the number 2 seed in the draw, Harvard’s Sabrina Sobhy, in the quarterfinals; she had also upset Princeton’s Maria Elena Ubina in the Round of 16. She couldn’t put together a third upset, as Sedky won in three decisive games: 11-4, 11-3, 11-5.

El Defrawy and Sedky last competed during the Trinity-Penn regular season match in late January. They played two games before Sedky retired, giving El Defrawy the win: each game was decided 11-9, with Sedky winning the first and El Defrawy winning the second.

The Ramsay Cup final is scheduled for tomorrow at 12:30 PM.

Women’s B Division: At stake in tomorrow’s finals will be spots on the All-American Team.

In the A draw final, Haidi Lala of Penn will play Zandra Ho of Stanford. Lala defeated Stanford’s Tara Shannon in three 11-9 games. Ho defeated Cornell’s Rachel Scherman in three games as well.

The B draw final will see Jennifer Haley of Trinity take on Madlen O’Connor of Columbia. Haley won her semifinal match-up against Samantha Chai of Princeton in three games. O’Connor defeated Sarah Bell of Stanford in four games.

The C draw final will feature Tanvi Khanna of Columbia versus Kristyna Alexova of Bates. Khanna defeated Franklin & Marshall’s Fiona Murphy in three games in the semifinals. Alexova upset Shiyuan Mao of Yale by a score of 3-1.

The D draw final will be contested by Breanne Flynn of George Washington and Anna Kimberley of Trinity. Flynn reached the final with a four-game win over Dileas MacGowan (Harvard) in the quarterfinals and a come-from-behind five-game win against Michelle Wong (Penn) in the semifinals. Kimberley’s path to the final featured wins over two Princeton players: she defeated Kira Keating 3-0 in the quarterfinals and Alexandra Toth 3-1 in the semifinals.

Pool Trophy (Men’s A Division): Bates senior Ahmed Abdel Khalek will defend his title individual against Rochester junior Ryosei Kobayashi.

In the semifinals, Abdel Khalek faced Trinity’s Rick Penders, who won the first game 11-5. Abdel Khalek came back with a vengeance, winning the second game 11-2 and not looking back. Though Penders got closer in the next two games, Abdel Khalek was determined to return to the finals, winning games three and four: 11-5, 11-7.

Rochester teammates Kobayashi and Mario Yanez met in the other semifinal. Both juniors, the two have traded spots at the top of the Rochester line-up throughout their collegiate careers. Today’s match was competitive, but Kobayashi retained the edge throughout. He won in three games: 11-7, 11-8, 11-8.

Bates and Rochester didn’t play this season, but Abdel Khalek and Kobayashi did meet in last year’s Pool Trophy semifinals. Abdel Khalek won that match in three games.

The Pool Trophy final is scheduled for Sunday at 1:30 PM.

Men’s B Division: The finalists in the B Division will be competing for All-American status.

The A draw final will be played between Kah Wah Cheong of Yale and Afeeq Ismail of Trinity. Cheong defeated Bransten Ming (Drexel) in three games in their semifinal match. Ismail upset number two seed Mahmoud Abdel-Maksoud (George Washington) in five games in the quarterfinals. He followed that victory with a four-game upset over Harry Freeman (Cornell) in the semifinals.

In the B draw, Lenard Puski of St. Lawrence will play Gustav Runersjo of Cornell in the final. Puski advanced to the final with a three-game win over Omar Allaudin (Trinity) in the quarters and a five-game win over Karim Tarek (Penn) in the semis. Runersjo upset two Yale players en route to the final: he knocked off Zachary Leman in five games in the quarterfinals, and he defeated Sam Fenwick in three in the semis.

The C draw final will see Tomotaka Endo of Rochester take on Atticus Kelly of Drexel. Endo defeated Michael Thompson (Drexel) 3-1 in the quarterfinals, and he beat Jamie Ruggiero (Williams) 3-0 in the semifinals. Kelly swept James Kelly of Penn in three games in the quarters and then prevailed in a five-game duel with teammate Ibrahim Bakir to claim his spot in the final.

Tomorrow’s D draw final will feature Tom De Mulder of Trinity versus Hayes Murphy of Penn. De Mulder advanced thanks to a four-game win over Mason Blake (Virginia) in the quarterfinals and a five-game win against Sean Kelly (Franklin & Marshall) in the semifinals. Murphy won both his matches today in four games: he beat Drexel’s Luke Willemse in the quarterfinals and followed that by beating Cole Osborne (Franklin & Marshall) in the semifinals.

 

2016 College Squash Individual Championships: Day 2 Mid-Day Report

Michael T. Bello
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College Squash AssociationStamford, CT — It has been a busy morning and early afternoon of play at the 2016 Individual Championships.

Ramsay Cup (Women’s A Division): The quarterfinals saw several upsets this morning. Kayley Leonard of Harvard came into the tournament ranked fifth, right behind Olivia Fiechter of Princeton. The two faced each other in the quarters, and Leonard won 12-10 in the fourth to advance to the semifinals. She’ll face top-seeded Kanzy El Defrawy of Trinity in the semifinals. El Defrawy, a three-time Ramsay Cup finalist, advanced in three games over Yan Xin Tan of Penn.

The bigger upset of the morning came courtesy of Wesleyan’s Laila Samy, who entered the tournament ranked tenth. Samy faced Harvard’s Sabrina Sobhy, the number two seed in the draw. Samy got off to a slow start, and Sobhy won the first game. The next three went to Samy, including a 12-10 win in game three. In the semifinals, Samy will play Reeham Sedky of Penn, who defeated her teammate Anaka Alankamony in three games; Sedky was ranked third coming into the tournament.

Women’s B Division: In the A draw, Haidi Lala of Penn upset top-seeded Madeleine Gill of Stanford in five games. Lala will play Stanford’s Tara Shannon in the semifinals; Shannon advanced with a three-game win over Sherilyn Yang of F&M. Cornell’s Rachel Scherman defeated teammate Emma Uible in three to advance. She’ll play Stanford’s Zandra Ho in the semifinals, who advanced with a three-game win over Sarah Nelson of Bowdoin.

In the B draw, Samantha Chai knocked off another top seed, her Princeton teammate Rachel Leizman. Chai won 11-9 in the fifth to advance to the finals, where she’ll face Jennifer Haley of Trinity, who won in four over Columbia’s Reyna Pacheco. The other semifinal will feature Madlen O’Connor (Columbia) versus Sarah Bell (Stanford). O’Connor defeated Dartmouth’s Rebecca Brownell in three, and Bell won in four over Williams’ Nicole Friedman.

In the C draw, top-seeded Tanvi Khanna of Columbia advanced with a three-game win over Hedvika Suchankova of Dickinson. On the other side of the draw, Kristyna Alexova (Bates) came from behind to defeat Torey Lee of Bowdoin in five. The other C main draw matches are currently underway.

The D draw quarterfinals are scheduled for this afternoon.

Pool Trophy (Men’s A Division): Defending Pool Trophy champion Ahmed Abdel Khalek of Bates had his work cut out for him in the quarters, thanks to Moustafa Bayoumy of St. Lawrence. Bayoumy won the first game, and Abdel Khalek answered by winning the second game. The third game was the closest, with Bayoumy winning 12-10.  The momentum shifted to Abdel Khalek: he won the fourth game 11-5 and the fifth 11-1. He’ll face Trinity’s Rick Penders in the semifinals. Penders advanced with a four-game win over Omar El Atmas of Drexel.

Another former Pool Trophy champion, Amr Khalifa of St. Lawrence, did not fair as well Abdel Khalek. Khalifa, who was seeded second, faced Rochester’s Ryosei Kobayashi in the quarters. Kobayashi, who entered the tournament ranked seventh, won the first game but then lost 10-12 to Khalifa in the second. The third game was also close, and it went 11-9 to Kobayashi, who pulled away 11-6 to win the fourth game and the match. Kobayashi will play teammate Mario Yanez, who defeated Osama Khalifa (Columbia), who retired in the third game. Rochester is now guaranteed to have one player in the final.

Men’s B Division: In the A draw, Kah Wah Cheong — who a week ago won the deciding match to give Yale the national team title — was the first player to advance out of the quarters; he defeated George Willis of St. Lawrence in three. He’ll play Drexel’s Bransten Ming, who defeated Jarrett Odrich of Virginia in three. The other A draw matches are underway.

Penn’s Karim Tarek was the first player to advance out of the B draw quarterfinals. He defeated St. Lawrence’s Lockie Munro 12-10 in the third. The other B draw matches are underway.

The C and D main draw quarterfinals are scheduled for this afternoon.

 

2016 College Squash Individual Championships: Day 1 Evening Report

Michael T. Bello
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College Squash AssociationStamford, CT — The 2016 Individual Championships began this afternoon at Chelsea Piers.

Ramsay Cup (Women’s A Division): In the Round of 16, the top four seeds all advanced: Top-seeded Kanzy El Defrawy (Trinity) advanced with a three-game win over Hayley Hughes (Drexel). Sabrina Sobhy (Harvard), the number two seed, won 12-10 in the fifth to advance over Penn’s Marie Stephan. Another Penn player, Reeham Sedky, the third seed, won in three over Celine Yeap of Yale, and Princeton’s Olivia Fiechter, seeded fourth, came back from 0-1 to win in four over Alyssa Mehta (Harvard). In tomorrow’s quarterfinals, El Defrawy will face Penn’s Yan Xin Tan, who upset Raneem Sharaf (Trinity) in four. Sobhy will take on Wesleyan’s Laila Samy, who upset Princeton’s Maria Elena Ubina in three. Sedky will play her Penn teammate, Anaka Alankamony, who advanced with a four-game win over Jenny Scherl (Yale). Fiechter will play Harvard’s Kayley Leonard, who defeated Anna Porras (George Washington) in four games.

Women’s B Division: The women’s B Division is divided into four draws with equally distributed seeding. This means that the 17th-ranked player is the top seed in one division, the 18th-ranked player is the top seed in the next, and so on. The draws are labeled A, B, C, and D to distinguish them from each other. The players in the A draw are not all ranked higher than the players in the other draws; indeed, some players in the D draw are ranked higher than players in the A, B, and C draws. Detailed information about how seedings are distributed across draws can be found under National Championship Eligibility. The winners of the four draws will be named Second Team All-Americans.

The following players advanced out of the first round of the A draw: Madeleine Gill (Stanford), Haidi Lala (Penn), Sherilyn Yang (Franklin & Marshall), Tara Shannon (Stanford), Rachel Scherman (Cornell), Emma Uible (Cornell), Sarah Nelson (Bowdoin), and Zandra Ho (Stanford).

These players won in the Round of 16 in the B draw: Rachel Leizman (Princeton), Samantha Chai (Princeton), Reyna Pacheco (Columbia), Jennifer Haley (Trinity), Sarah Bell (Stanford), Nicole Friedman (Williams), Rebecca Brownell (Dartmouth), and Madlen O’Connor (Columbia).

In the C draw, the following players advanced to the quarterfinals: Tanvi Khanna (Columbia), Hedvika Suchankova (Dickinson), Fiona Murphy (Franklin & Marshall), Ryan Morgan (Drexel), Kristyna Alexova (Bates), Torey Lee (Bowdoin), Sachika Balvani (Trinity), and Shiyuan Mao (Yale).

With wins in the first round of the D draw, the following players moved on to the quarterfinals: Breanne Flynn (George Washington), Dileas MacGowan (Harvard), Catherine Jenkins (Columbia), Michelle Wong (Penn), Quincy Beck (Brown), Alexandra Toth (Princeton), Kira Keating (Princeton), and Anna Kimberley (Trinity).

Pool Trophy (Men’s A Division): The players with the top four seedings — Ahmed Abdel Khalek (Bates), Amr Khalifa (St. Lawrence), Mario Yanez (Rochester), and Rick Penders (Trinity) — all advanced to the quarterfinals. Abdel Khalek, the defending individual champion, defeated Neil Cordell (Rochester) in three games. Khalifa, the 2014 individual champion, won in three over Marwan Mahmoud (Penn). Yanez defeated Bryan Koh of Harvard in three, and Penders won over TJ Dembiniski of Yale in four. In tomorrow’s quarterfinals, Abdel Khalek will play St. Lawrence’s Moustafa Bayoumy, who defeated Rishi Tandon (Columbia) in three games. Khalifa will face Ryosei Kobayashi (Rochester); Kobayashi advanced by winning in three over Michael Craig (Trinity). Yanez will take on Osama Khalifa (Columbia), who defeated Ahmed Hatata (Bates) in three. Penders will play Omar El Atmas (Drexel), a three-game winner over Ahmed Bayoumy (St. Lawrence).

Men’s B Division: Like the women’s B Division, the men’s B Division is divided into four draws with equally distributed seeding. For more information about the seedings, please see National Championship Eligibility. At stake in each draw is All-American status; the winners of each draw will be named to the Second Team All-America.

In the A draw, the following players advanced to the quarterfinals: Kah Wah Cheong (Yale), George Willis (St. Lawrence), Jarrett Odrich (Virginia), Bransten Ming (Drexel), Harry Freeman (Cornell), Pedro Almeida (Franklin & Marshall), Affeeq Ismail (Trinity), and Mahmoud Abdel-Maksoud (George Washington).

These players saw wins in the B draw Round of 16: Lenard Puski (St. Lawrence), Omar Allaudin (Trinity), Lockie Munro (St. Lawrence), Karim Tarek (Penn), Zachary Leman (Yale), Gustav Runersjo (Cornell), Cody Cortes (Princeton), and Sam Fenwick (Yale).

In the C draw, these players advanced to the next round: Tomotaka Endo (Rochester), Michael Thompson (Drexel), Oisin Logan (George Washington), Jamie Ruggiero (Williams), Noah Brown (Amherst), Ibrahim Bakir (Drexel), James Watson (Penn), and Atticus Kelly (Drexel).

Here are the players who advanced to the quarterfinals in the D draw: Tom De Mulder (Trinity), Mason Blake (Virginia), Sean Kenny (Franklin & Marshall), Jack Herold (Navy), Cole Osborne (Franklin & Marshall), Ziad Elmandouh (Denison), Luke Willemse (Drexel), and Hayes Murphy (Penn).

 

Dunlop Women’s College Squash Individual Rankings (3/1/2016)

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage]Hatfield, MA — This weekend, the 2015 – 2016 Women’s College Squash Association Individual Championships will be played at Chelsea Piers (Stamford, CT).

The event will feature the Ramsay Cup (A Division, top 16) and four B Draws (players seeded 33 – 80). Below are the individual rankings that will be used for the tournament. For the WCSA, each varsity team is guaranteed one entry into the tournament, with the remaining positions based on individual rankings.

Please note that individual rankings are extremely complex and labor intensive to compile.  For this reason, only players entering the tournament have been ranked.

Listed after each player’s name is their school.

  1. Kanzy El Defrawy (Trinity College)
  2. Sabrina Sobhy (Harvard University)
  3. Reeham Sedky (Pennsylvania, University of)
  4. Olivia Fiechter (Princeton University)
  5. Kayley Leonard (Harvard University)
  6. Anaka Alankamony (Pennsylvania, University of)
  7. Maria Elena Urbina (Princeton University)
  8. Raneem Sharaf (Trinity College)
  9. Yan Xin Tan (Pennsylvania, University of)
  10. Laila Samy (Wesleyan University)
  11. Jenny Scherl (Yale University)
  12. Anna Porras (George Washington University)
  13. Alyssa Mehta (Harvard University)
  14. Marie Stephan (Pennsylvania, University of)
  15. Celine Yeap (Yale University)
  16. Haley Hughes (Drexel University)
  17. Madeleine Gill (Stanford University)
  18. Rachel Leizman (Princeton University)
  19. Tanvi Khanna (Columbia University)
  20. Breanne Flynn (George Washington University)
  21. Anna Kimberly (Trinity College)
  22. Shiyuan Mao (Yale University)
  23. Madlen O’Connor (Columbia University)
  24. Zandra Ho (Stanford University)
  25. Rachel Scherman (Cornell University)
  26. Sarah Bell (Stanford University)
  27. Kristyna Alexova (Bates College)
  28. Quincy Beck (Brown University)
  29. Michelle Wong (Pennsylvania, University of)
  30. Ryan Morgan (Drexel University)
  31. Jennifer Haley (Trinity College)
  32. Tara Shannon (Stanford University)
  33. Sherilyn Yang (Franklin & Marshall College)
  34. Reyna Pacheco (Columbia University)
  35. Fiona Murphy (Franklin & Marshall College)
  36. Catherine Jenkins (Columbia University)
  37. Alexandra Toth (Princeton University)
  38. Jillian Baker (St. Lawrence University)
  39. Nicole Friedman (Williams College)
  40. Emma Uible (Cornell University)
  41. Sarah Nelson (Bowdoin College)
  42. Saumya Karki (Harvard University)
  43. Sachika Balvani (Trinity College)
  44. Kira Keating (Princeton University)
  45. Dileas MacGowen (Harvard University)
  46. Hedvika Suchankova (Dickinson College)
  47. Samantha Chai (Princeton University)
  48. Haidi Lala (Pennsylvania, University of)
  49. Sophie Mehta (Harvard University)
  50. Selena Maity (Yale University)
  51. Saskia Pownal Gray (Middlebury College)
  52. Haley Parsons (Williams College)
  53. Victoria Arjoon (Bates College)
  54. Victoria Dewey (Dartmouth College)
  55. Rebecca Brownell (Dartmouth College)
  56. Mary Fung-A-Fat (Drexel University)
  57. Skylar Murphy (Brown University)
  58. Rachel Newman (Hamilton College)
  59. Torey Lee (Bowdoin College)
  60. Tiffany Hau (Middlebury College)
  61. Kim Krayacich (Amherst College)
  62. Alexia Echeverria (Trinity College)
  63. Sarah Zhang (Wellesley College)
  64. Charlotte Knaggs (Cornell University)
  65. Fiona Power (Drexel University)
  66. Paget Stanco (Tufts University)
  67. Carey Danforth (Virginia, University of)
  68. Emily Caldwell (Franklin & Marshall College)
  69. Brandy Williamson (Mount Holyoke College)
  70. Karol Holinkova (Trinity College)
  71. Marina Crowe (MIT)
  72. Lydie McKenzie (Dartmouth College)
  73. Anandita Gupta (Denison Univresity)
  74. Isabel Hirschberg (Princeton University)
  75. Nicole Feshbach (Williams College)
  76. Janel Gaube (Dartmouth College)
  77. Abigail Shonrock (George Washington University)
  78. Leah Barnet (Columbia University)
  79. Emily Richmond (Brown University)
  80. Emily Terry (St. Lawrence University)

Waitlist:

  1. Zoe Kagan (St. Lawrence University)
  2. Ananya Mahalingham-Dhingra (Williams College)
  3. Haley McAtee (Amherst College)
  4. Alexa Horowitz (Bowdoin College)
  5. Esther Baek (Williams College)
  6. Meera Nayar (Wellesley College)
  7. Emily Sherwood (Yale University)
  8. Nicole DeLuca (Dickinson College)
  9. Allison Shilling (Mount Holyoke College)
  10. Madeline Tomlinson (Yale University)
  11. Gabrielle Garr (Princeton University)
  12. Adele Bernhard (Columbia University)
  13. Ashley Suan (Yale University)
  14. Kate Feeley (Princeton University)

2015 – 2016 College Squash Individual Championship Information

Michael T. Bello
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Stamford, CT — Below is information about the 2015 – 2016 College Squash Individual Championships.

Draws: Here is a link to the 2015 -2016 College Squash Individual Draws (draws will be populated once they are completed).

Championship Final Times:

  • Ramsay Cup (Women’s A Draw): Sunday, 12:30 PM
  • Pool Trophy (Men’s A Draw): Sunday, 1:30
  • Women’s B Draw Finals: Sunday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Men’s B Draw Finals: Sunday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Location: Chelsea Piers (One Blachley Road, Stamford, CT 06902)

Tickets: Chelsea Piers will be selling tickets to the Individual Championships.

Each school’s coaches have been given information on providing complimentary passes to players, parents, and those associated with the team. If players have family members planning to attend, please inform your coach.

In addition, individuals connected with National Urban Squash Education Association (NUSEA) programs — players, coaches, families, and employees — will also have complimentary passes to the event. Information has been provided to NUSEA programs about complimentary passes to the Individual Championships.

Live Scoring: Real-time match results will be available throughout the weekend using Live Scores on ClubLocker.com.

Withdrawals: If any players plan to withdraw, coaches should send that information to the tournament director, Dent Wilkens, immediately. There are waitlists for both women and men, and timely withdrawals of players give these players the opportunity to travel and compete.

Match Times: Matches will begin at 12 PM on Friday morning, and go until 3pm Sunday afternoon.

# of Players Per School: For the Men’s and Women’s Individual Championships, each varsity school is guaranteed one (1) entry.

Draw Types: The A flights of the men’s (Pool Trophy) and women’s (Ramsay Cup) individual championships will be 16-person draws.

For both the men’s and women’s individual championships, players seeded 17th – 80th will be divided into four draws.

Players will be guaranteed a minimum of two matches.

Refereeing: Winners and losers of matches will be required to referee a match during the next scheduled match time.

Dunlop Men’s College Squash Individual Rankings (3/1/2016)

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage]Hatfield, MA — This weekend, the 2015 – 2016 Men’s College Squash Association Individual Championships will be played at Chelsea Piers (Stamford, CT).

The event will feature the Pool Trophy (A Division, top 16) and four B Draws (players seeded 33 – 80). Below are the individual rankings that will be used for the tournament. For the MCSA, each varsity team is guaranteed one entry into the tournament, with the remaining positions based on individual rankings.

Please note that individual rankings are extremely complex and labor intensive to compile.  For this reason, only players entering the tournament have been ranked.

Listed after each player’s name is their school.

  1. Ahmed Khalek (Bates College)
  2. Amr Khalifa (St. Lawrence University)
  3. Mario Yanez (Rochester, University of)
  4. Rick Penders (Trinity College)
  5. Omar El Atmas (Drexel University)
  6. Osama Khalifa (Columbia University)
  7. Ryosei Kobayashi (Rochester, University of)
  8. Rishi Tandon (Columbia University)
  9. Moustafa Bayoumy (St. Lawrence University)
  10. Michael Craig (Trinity College)
  11. Ahmed Hatata (Bates College)
  12. Ahmed Bayoumy (St. Lawrence University)
  13. TJ Dembinski (Yale University)
  14. Bryan Koh (Harvard University)
  15. Neil Cordell (Rochester, University of)
  16. Marwan Mahmoud (Pennsylvania, University of)
  17. Kah Wah Cheong (Yale University)
  18. Lenard Puski (St. Lawrence University)
  19. Endo Tomotaka (Rochester, University of)
  20. Tom De Mulder (Trinity College)
  21. Atticus Kelly (Drexel University)
  22. Mahmoud Abdel-Maksoud (George Washington University)
  23. Sam Fenwick (Yale University)
  24. Hayes Murphy (Pennsylvania, University of)
  25. Harry Freeman (Cornell University)
  26. Zach Leman (Yale University)
  27. Cole Osborne (Franklin & Marshall College)
  28. Noah Browne (Amherst College)
  29. Jack Herold (Naval Academy, United States)
  30. Jamie Ruggiero (Williams College)
  31. Karim Tarek (Pennsylvania, University of)
  32. Bransten Ming (Drexel University)
  33. Anders Larson (Pennsylvania, University of)
  34. Lawrence Kuhn (Rochester, University of)
  35. Oisin Logan (George Washington University)
  36. Sean Kenny (Franklin & Marshall College)
  37. Senen Ubina (Naval Academy, United States)
  38. Ibrahim Bakir (Drexel University)
  39. Gustav Runersjo (Cornell University)
  40. Pedro Almeida (Franklin & Marshall College)
  41. Ismail Afeeq (Trinity College)
  42. Cody Cortes (Princeton University)
  43. Josh Oakley (Hobart College)
  44. Luke Willemse (Drexel University)
  45. Mason Blake (Virginia, University of)
  46. Michael Thompson (Drexel University)
  47. George Willis (St. Lawrence University)
  48. Omar Allaudin (Trinity College)
  49. Derek Hsue (Pennsylvania, University of)
  50. Kyle Martino (Dartmouth College)
  51. Pierson Broadwater (Yale University)
  52. Darrius Campbell (Bates College)
  53. James Watson (Pennsylvania, University of)
  54. Nicholas Valderrama (George Washington University)
  55. David Cromwell (Middlebury College)
  56. Wyatt French (Middlebury College)
  57. Justin Restivo (MIT)
  58. Jack Blasberg (Brown University)
  59. Youseff Hindy (Stanford University)
  60. Ziad Elmandouh (Denison University)
  61. John Fitzgerald (Williams College)
  62. Abhimanyu Shah (Princeton University)
  63. Lockie Munro (St. Lawrence University)
  64. Jarrett Odrich (Virginia, University of)
  65. Galen Squiers (Williams College)
  66. Harith Khawaja (Amherst College)
  67. Arjun Kochar (Yale University)
  68. Tim Lasusa (St. Lawrence University)
  69. Nku Patrick (Trinity College)
  70. Graham Dietz (Cornell University)
  71. Ness Billimoria (St. Lawrence University)
  72. Mudit Pant (Trinity College)
  73. Jonathan Gill (Columbia University)
  74. Ian Squiers (Bowdoin College)
  75. CJ Smith (Colby College)
  76. Brian Hamilton (Dickinson College)
  77. Raheem Logan (Wesleyan University)
  78. Kincade Webster (Fordham University)
  79. Nathan Vestrich (Haverford College)
  80. Aidan Porges (Tufts University)

Waitlist:

  1. Elliot Gross (Colby College)
  2. Max McCafferty (New York University)
  3. Cameron Bahadori (Amherst College)
  4. Hal Holappa (Dickinson College)
  5. David Merkel (Amherst College)
  6. Andrew Krayacich (Denison University)
  7. Henry Ortmeyer (Swarthmore College)
  8. Faizan Rahim (Siena College)
  9. Tor Christoferrson (Trinity College)
  10. Pehlaaj Bajwa (Yale University)
  11. Matt Roberts (Harvard University)
  12. Peter Dewire (Yale University)
  13. Yohan Pandole (Yale University)

Statement from the Men’s College Squash Association

Michael T. Bello
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Hatfield, MA — The following is a statement from the Men’s College Squash Association.

The Men’s College Squash Association Executive Committee has withdrawn both players involved in the unsportsmanlike incident during the national team championship final from the CSA individual championships, scheduled for this weekend at Chelsea Piers (Stamford, CT). There will be discussion to see if further disciplinary measures need to be taken.

The CSA wants to make clear that while there is an understanding of the emotions and competitive behavior involved in playing for a national title, especially in a team context, sporting and ethical conduct is required of all players at all times. The behavior of the two players failed to live up to the rules and the values of the CSA.

These types of incidents are not typical of CSA matches, though the fact they exist will provide an impetus to see if we can take appropriate action to eliminate this type of behavior completely from the college game.

College Squash Rewind (February 2016)

Michael T. Bello
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Hatfield, MA — Before March concludes the college squash season with the Individual Championships, lets look back at February and the exciting Team Championships.

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Yale Wins 2016 Men’s National Team Championship

Michael T. Bello
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Yale Wins 2016 Men’s National Team Championship

New Haven, CT — Yale University defeated the University of Rochester 5-4 to win the Potter Cup and the 2016 Men’s National Team Championship.

Yale’s presence in the final wasn’t much of a surprise. After all, the Bulldogs were seeded second in the tournament, they had home court advantage, and they had won the Ivy League title, going undefeated in league play.

They didn’t, however, have a perfect record. In January, the Bulldogs lost to Rochester, 4-5, and then lost Trinity, 1-8, a few days later. With those two teams on the opposite side of the draw, it seemed likely Yale would likely have to face one or the other to win the national title. Indeed, both Rochester and Trinity advanced to the semifinals; Rochester defeated Penn 8-1 in the opening round, and Trinity won 8-1 over Columbia.

The smart money would have been on Trinity, the defending national champions who had appeared in the Potter Cup finals every year for almost two decades. Sure, Rochester had beaten Yale, but the Yellowjackets had never made it out of semifinals.

Yale advanced to the finals with an 8-1 win over Dartmouth in the opening round and a 6-3 win over St. Lawrence in the semis. It looked like the stage was set for a rematch of the 2011 Potter Cup final, when Trinity defeated Yale, 5-4, at Harvard, or the 2010 final, when the two teams faced off at Yale, with Trinity again taking the win.

Then Rochester did something they’d done only twice before in program history: they beat Trinity. And they did it in the most dramatic fashion possible, with Tomotaka Endo winning 12-10 in the fifth with the overall match tied 4-all. For the first time ever, Rochester would have a shot at the national title.

The final opened with an a cappella rendition of the national anthem. Yale captain Sam Fenwick and Rochester co-captains Neil Cordell and Ryosei Kobayashi introduced their line-ups.

The final was played using the three-court system, with the numbers 3, 6, and 9 matches going first. The first round match-ups were Arjun Kocchar (Yale) versus Meng Xiaomin (Rochester) at number 9; Max Martin (Yale) versus Aria Fazelimanesh (Rochester) at number 6; and Fenwick (Yale) versus Cordell (Rochester) at number 3.

The first two games of day were split between Rochester and Yale. Kochhar took game one at number 9, and Cordell claimed game one at number 3. Fazelimanesh also won his first game at number 6.

Cordell ticked off the next two games to win a contest of senior captains, 3-0, giving Rochester the first point. Minutes later, Martin came back from being down 0-1 to win the number 6 match 3-1. Martin raised his fists above his head and roared when he won the match; Fazelimanesh’s teammates consoled him on the court after Martin exited.

The match score was now tied 1-all.

As Kochhar stepped back onto court for game three, the crowd greeted him with cheers. Xiaomin had been closer in the second game, but Kochhar had still prevailed 11-8. Xiaomin went out to a quick lead, but Kochhar closed the gap, and the match stayed close through 10-all. With match ball to Kochhar, the two players dueled through a seemingly endless point. Kochhar went short, and Xiaomin’s lob went out of the court. Kochhar clenched his fists and yelled in triumph; Xiaomin bent over, his head down, his hands on his knees. The crowd chanted, “Arjun! Arjun!” Yale now had a 2-1 lead.

In the second round, Kobayashi (Rochester) took on TJ Dembinski (Yale) at number 2; Lawrence Kuhn (Rochester) played Thomas Kingshott (Yale) at number 5; and Benjamin Pitfield (Rochester) faced Liam McClintock (Yale) at number 8.

Kuhn outlasted Kingshott 12-10 in a tight game one at number  5. Dembinski and Kobayaski were locked in a close, physical game one of their own. At 10-all, Dembinski’s follow-through hit Kobayashi in the face. A few points later, Kobayashi dove for a point, recovered it, but missed Dembinski’s next shot. At 12-all, Dembinski bumped into Kobayashi, sending him to the ground. Kobayashi won the point and pumped his fists from his seat on the ground. After a brief stoppage of play at 13-12 to Kobayashi, Dembinski tied it 13-all. Kobayashi took the next two points to win the game 15-13.

McClintock won the first game at number 8, and Kingshott rallied to win game two at number 5, tying the score 1-all.  Kingshott followed that up with an 11-8 win in game three. Meanwhile, Dembinski won game 2 against Kobayashi, tying the score 1-all.

In the number 8 match, McClintock and Pitfield split the first two games. The next two were all McClintock, and his four-game win gave Yale a 3-1 lead.

Kobayashi won game three decisively, and he won game four by almost as wide a margin. His 3-1 victory at number 2 kept Rochester within a match of the Bulldogs. The score was now Yale 3, Rochester 2.

Kuhn forced a fifth game against Kingshott. The Yale sophomore held a slight lead throughout the game. Kuhn was a tireless retriever, making some great gets, but Kingshott, buoyed by the crowd, had the edge. One of Kuhn’s shots popped out of front corner, coming straight to the middle of the court, setting up Kingshott and ultimately giving him match ball. Kuhn won the next point rolling a shot out of the nick, bringing the score to 9-10. Kingshott moved him around the court. Kuhn dove to get a short ball, but he missed. Kingshott tossed his racquet and screamed. Yale now was within a match of the national title.

The third and final flight featured match-ups between Pierson Broadwater (Yale) and Michelangelo Bertocchi (Rochester) at number 7; Endo (Rochester) and Kah Wah Cheong (Yale) at number 4; and Zachary Leman (Yale) and Mario Yanez (Rochester) at number 1.

Early in the final wave, Yanez won his first two games at number 1, and Bertocchi won game one 13-11 and game two 11-7 at number 7. With the outcome of Yanez’s match against Leman seemingly a foregone conclusion, the crowd shifted to the other two courts, leaving the number 1 match sparsely attended. Yanez did, indeed, win in three.

In game three of the number 7 match, Broadwater opened up a lead over Bertocchi, but the Rochester sophomore caught him at 9-all. The next two points were Bertocchi’s, as was the game.

The match was tied 4-all going into the number 4 match.

With no more matches left on court, the crowd pressed in around the glass court where Cheong faced Endo. Between rallies the crowd alternated between chants of “Let’s go, Endo!” and “Let’s go, Kah Wah!” depending on who had won the last point. Cheong won the first game at number 4 by a score of 11-9. He went out to a lead in game two, but Endo caught him by 7 all. Cheong tinned three points in a row to give Endo game ball, but the Yale junior saved it and brought the score to 9-10.  Endo rolled a volley kill to win the game. The crowded erupted with “Let’s go, Endo!”

The drama intensified in game 3. Cheong again built an early lead, which Endo again erased by 7-all. At 9-7, Endo backed into Cheong and hit a corner, giving him game ball. Cheong caught Endo at 10-all, and he thought he had the game at 12-10. Endo called Cheong’s shot not up, and the referee agreed. Cheong, who had left the court thinking he had won, came back on and play continued. At 13-12 to Endo, the Rochester sophomore lunged into a split, missing Cheong’s drop. Cheong got to game ball when Endo’s shot to the front corner popped back at him. Cheong took the next point and the game, 15-13.

Game four was close through 5-all, then Cheong started to build a small lead. He reached match ball at 10-8 on a crisp forehand drive that had proved reliable — and unreturnable — throughout the match. Endo prolonged the match through three let balls, holding off Cheong as long as he could. Then Cheong rolled a hard forehand volley. Endo lunged for it, but the ball skittered across the court, unreturnable. The Yale team rushed onto the court, surrounding Cheong. With his 11-8 win, Yale had won the national title.

Yale is led by head coach Dave Talbott, associate head coach Pam Saunders, and assistant coach Lewis Walters. This is the Bulldogs’ first national title since 1990 and their third title in the nine-player team championship tournament era.

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