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College Squash Rewind (June 2015)

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Northampton, MA — As the first month of summer concludes, let’s look back at the articles from June.

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Here are the articles from June 2015:

2015 NESCAC Men’s College Squash All-Conference Team Announced

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Hadley, MA — Earlier this spring, the New England Small College Athletic Conference announced its 2014-2015 All-Conference men’s squash team.

Bates junior Ahmed Abdel Khalek earned his third consecutive Player of the Year honor. He went undefeated on the season and won the Men’s College Squash Association Individual Championship (Pool Trophy). He also helped the Bobcats to a season-ending national ranking of 13th.

Will McBrian (Colby College) took home the honor of Rookie of the Year. He went 10-7 on the season. McBrian is the first Colby player to be honored as Rookie of the Year.

Seniors Kevin Chen (Williams), Vrishab Kotian (Trinity), Karan Malik (Trinity), Andrew Ward (Bowdoin), Chris Wilkinson (Williams), and Miled Zarazua (Trinity) all concluded their collegiate careers by being named to the All-NESCAC squads. Zarazua was a four-time NESCAC Team member and the 2012 NESCAC Rookie of the Year.

Colby head coach Sakhi Khan was named the Coach of the Year. He guided the Mules to a season-ending national ranking of 21st. Khan is the first Colby coach to be honored with the NESCAC men’s Coach of the Year honors.

Player of the Year

  • Ahmed Abdel Khalek (Bates)

Rookie of the Year

  • Will McBrian (Colby College)

Coach of the Year

First Team All-Conference

Second Team All-Conference

2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: Amherst and Colby #6s

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2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: Amherst and Colby #6s

Cambridge, MA — At the 2015 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships, Amherst College and Colby College met in the semifinals of the Walker Cup (C Division).

At the match at the #6 position, Taryn Clary (Amherst) faced Madeline Hunsicker (Colby). Clary came back from an 0-2 deficit to win the match in five games (6-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-2, and 11-7).

Amherst captured the team match. They defeated Bowdoin to win the Walker Cup. The remainder of Colby’s tournament was cut short due to the blizzard.

CollegeSquashAssociation.com will be bringing you many videos this offseason. We have hours upon hours of videos from the Men’s National Team Championships, Women’s National Team Championships, and the Individual Championships. Stay tuned for many more videos.

Below is video from the match.

 

Photos from the 2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: Middlebury and Bates #1s

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Photos from the 2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: Middlebury and Bates #1s

Cambridge, MA — At the 2015 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships, Middlebury College and Bates College met in the Kurtz Cup (B Division) consolation semifinals.

At the match at the #1 position, Nessrine Ariffin (Bates) and Saskia Pownall-Gray (Middlebury) played. Ariffin won the match in three games (11-6, 11-4, and 11-4). Middlebury won the team match, 7-2. Due to the blizzard, this was the final match of the tournament for both squads.

The College Squash Association will be highlighting many of the matches from the season through photos and videos during the offseason; however, we wanted to give readers a glimpse of some of the coming attractions with a photo gallery.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each photo. For additional photos from the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships, 2015 Women’s National Team Championships, and the 2015 Individual Championships, please visit mtbello.com.

2015 Women’s College Squash All-Ivy League Team Announced

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Ivy LeaguePrinceton, NJ — The Ivy League announced its 2014-2015 all conference team earlier this spring.

For the fourth year in a row, Amanda Sobhy of Harvard was named Player of the Year. The Crimson senior concluded her collegiate career with four Ramsay Cups (individual titles), three team championships, and a 62-0 career record. She also won the 2015 Women’s College Squash Association’s Richey Award.

 

Princeton’s Olivia Fiechter was named the Rookie of the Year. She went 14-5 overall and 5-2 in Ivy League play. She was Princeton’s #1 player, and she helped the Tigers to a season-ending ranking of 3rd in the nation.

Four seniors earned All-Ivy honors: Nicole Bunyan  (Princeton University), Danielle Letourneau (Cornell University), Shihui Mao (Yale University), and Sobhy (Harvard University).

Mike Way, the Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, was named coach of the year.

Player of the Year

  • Amanda Sobhy (Harvard)

Rookie of the Year

  • Olivia Fiechter (Princeton University)

Coach of the Year

2015 All-Ivy League Team

2015 Men’s College Squash Team Championships: Trinity and St. Lawrence #2s

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2015 Men’s College Squash Team Championships: Trinity and St. Lawrence #2s

Hartford, CT — At the 2015 Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships, St. Lawrence University  faced Trinity College in the National Championship final (Potter Cup – A Division).

At the match at the #2 position, Edgar Zayas (St. Lawrence) faced Miled Zarazua (Trinity). The pair played a back-and-forth match, which Zayas captured in five games (9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, and 11-8. Trinity went on to capture the National Championship with a 7-2 victory.

CollegeSquashAssociation.com will be bringing you many videos this offseason. We have hours upon hours of videos from the Men’s National Team Championships, Women’s National Team Championships, and the Individual Championships. Stay tuned for many more videos.

Below is video from the match.

Photos from the 2015 Men’s College Squash Team Championships: Drexel and Princeton #9s

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Photos from the 2015 Men’s College Squash Team Championships: Drexel and Princeton #9s

Hartford, CT — At the 2015 Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships, Princeton University and Drexel University met in the Hoehn Cup (B Division) semifinals.

At the match at the #9 position, Joseph Gingold (Drexel) and Ben Leizman (Princeton) played. Gingold won the match in four games (11-9, 6-11, 11-5, and 15-13). Princeton won the team match, 5-4, and advanced to the final where they defeated Dartmouth.

The College Squash Association will be highlighting many of the matches from the season through photos and videos during the offseason; however, we wanted to give readers a glimpse of some of the coming attractions with a photo gallery.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each photo. For additional photos from the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships, 2015 Women’s National Team Championships, and the 2015 Individual Championships, please visit mtbello.com.

2015 Men’s College Squash All-Ivy League Team Announced

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Ivy LeaguePrinceton, NJ — The Ivy League announced its 2014-2015 all-conference team earlier this spring.

Columbia senior Ramit Tandon put a bookend on his Ivy League career. As a freshman, he won Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. As a senior, he became the first Columbia player to garner Player of the Year honors. Tandon also was presented with the 2015 Skillman Award.

Osama Khalifa, a Columbia freshman, was named the 2015 Rookie of the Year. He finished as the runner up in the Pool Trophy, the A Draw of the Men’s College Squash Association Individual Championship.

Columbia coach Jacques Swanepoel helped Columbia complete the Ivy League trifecta by being named Coach of the Year. He led the Lions to a final ranking of 4th in the nation, the program’s best finish ever.

In addition to Tandon, three other seniors were named to the All-Ivy team: Aditya Jagtap of Cornell, Samuel Kang of Princeton, and Tyler Osborne of Princeton.

Players of the Year

  • Ramit Tandon (Columbia University)

Rookie of the Year

  • Osama Khalifa (Columbia University)

Coach of the Year

2015 All-Ivy League Team

2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: William Smith and Boston College #2s

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2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: William Smith and Boston College #2s

Cambridge, MA — At the 2015 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships, William Smith and Boston College met in the quarterfinals of the Epps Cup (D Division).

At the match at the #2 position, Allison Rubin (William Smith) faced Alexis Ditomassi (Boston College). Rubin won the match in four games (8-11, 11-9, 11-5, and 11-9).

William Smith captured the team match. They defeated Mount Holyoke in the semifinals, before losing to Tufts in the final. Boston College defeated Georgetown before their tournament was cut short due to the blizzard.

CollegeSquashAssociation.com will be bringing you many videos this offseason. We have hours upon hours of videos from the Men’s National Team Championships, Women’s National Team Championships, and the Individual Championships. Stay tuned for many more videos.

Below is video from the match.

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