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2014-2015 Final Dunlop Women’s College Squash Club Team Rankings

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[rankingimage]Northampton, MA — The College Squash Association is composed of varsity programs and club programs.

At the end of the 2014 – 2015 season, there were twelve club teams that participated in the Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships and were eligible for season-ending rankings.

In order to recognize club programs in relation to their peers, here is a breakdown of final team rankings of the season with only club teams listed. In parentheses after each school is their final overall ranking:

1. Virginia, University of (23)
2. Boston College (29)
2. Johns Hopkins University (29)
4. Georgetown University (31)
5. Northwestern University (34)
6. Washington University in St. Louis (35)
7. Colgate University (37)
8. Rochester, University of (39)
9. Boston University (40)
10. Northeastern University (41)
11. New York University (42)
12. Minnesota, University of (43)

2015 Men’s College Squash Team Championships: Cornell and George Washington #9s (Video)

Hartford, CT — At the 2015 Men’s College Squash National Team Championships, Cornell and George Washington played in the quarterfinals of the Hoehn Cup (B Division).

At the match at the #9 position, August Jones (Cornell) faced John Bassett (George Washington). Jones captured the three-game match (11-8, 11-5, and 11-5).

Cornell won the team match to advance. The Big Red lost to Dartmouth in the semifinals and defeated Drexel to capture 11th place overall. George Washington closed out the tournament by defeating Navy and losing to Bates. George Washington concluded the season ranked 14th, which marked the highest in program history.

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.

2015 Pioneer Valley Squash Invitational Men’s Photos

Northampton, MA — The annual Pioneer Valley Squash Invitational was held in January at Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College.

Despite the bitter cold and a little snow that swept through Western Massachusetts that weekend, the three host schools welcomed Bowdoin, Colby, Conn College, Drexel, Hamilton, Hobart, Stanford, Wesleyan, and Western Ontario to the Pioneer Valley.

The College Squash Association will be highlighting many of the matches 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.  Next week, we will feature highlights from the women’s matches at the Pioneer Valley Invitational.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each photo. For additional photos from the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships2015 Women’s National Team Championships, and the 2015 Individual Championships, please visit mtbello.com.

 

2014-2015 Men’s College Squash All-Americans

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College Squash AssociationNorthampton, MA — The Men’s College Squash Association has announced its 2014-2015 First and Second All-American teams.

Complete selection criteria can be found in the All-Americans section of the CSA rules; however, it is important to note that to be eligible for All-American status, a player must compete in the Individual Championships. Players who do not compete in Individuals can still receive a national ranking and honorable mention.

Trinity and Rochester each had four All-Americans, followed by Columbia with three, and Bates and St. Lawrence with two apiece.

Congratulations to the 2014-2015 All-Americans!

First Team (listed alphabetically):

Second Team (listed alphabetically):

2014-2015 Final Dunlop Men’s College Squash Club Team Rankings

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[rankingimage]Northampton, MA — The College Squash Association is composed of varsity programs and club programs.

At the end of the 2014 – 2015 season, there were thirty club teams that participated in the Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships and were eligible for season-ending rankings.

In order to recognize club programs in relation to their peers, here is a breakdown of final team rankings of the season with only club teams listed. In parentheses after each school is their final overall ranking:

  1. Stanford University (27)
  2. Virginia, University of (29)
  3. Bucknell University (31)
  4. Chicago, University of (32)
  5. Denison University (33)
  6. Georgetown University (34)
  7. Johns Hopkins University (35)
  8. New York University (36)
  9. Northeastern University (37)
  10. Lehigh University (39)
  11. Boston College (41)
  12. Boston University (42)
  13. Northwestern University (43)
  14. Colgate University (44)
  15. Richmond, University of (45)
  16. Bryant University (46)
  17. Washington University in St. Louis (47)
  18. Davidson College (48)
  19. Swarthmore College (49)
  20. Charleston, College of (50)
  21. Miami, University of (51)
  22. California Berkeley, University of (52)
  23. Minnesota, University of (53)
  24. Washington, University of (54)
  25. Siena College (56)
  26. Bard College (58)
  27. Vanderbilt University (59)
  28. Notre Dame, University of (60)
  29. Oregon, University of (61)^
  30. Ithaca College (62)^

2014-2015 Women’s College Squash All-Americans

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College Squash AssociationNorthampton, MA — The Women’s College Squash Association has announced its 2014-2015 First and Second All-American teams.

Complete selection criteria can be found in the All-Americans section of the CSA rules; however, it is important to note that to be eligible for All-American status, a player must compete in the Individual Championships. Players who do not compete in Individuals can still receive a national ranking and honorable mention.

Princeton had the most All-Americans, 5, followed by Harvard, Penn, Trinity, and Yale with 3.

Wesleyan’s Laila Samy is the first player from her school to be named a WCSA All-American.

The 2015 Richey Award winner Amanda Soby (Harvard) and Richey Award finalist Danielle Letourneau were both named to the First Team.

Congratulations to the 2014-2015 All-Americans!

First Team (listed alphabetically):

Second Team (listed alphabetically):

 Honorable Mention:

2015 Women’s College Squash Team Championships: Amherst and Wellesley #2s (Video)

Cambridge, MA — At the 2015 Women’s College Squash National Team Championships, Amherst and Wellesley played in the quarterfinals of the Walker Cup (C Division).

At the match at the #2 position, Arielle Lehman (Amherst) faced Phyllis Lin (Wellesley). Lehman captured the four-game match (11-7, 11-5, 9-11, and 11-8).

Amherst won the team match to advance. The Jeffs defeated Colby in the semifinals and Bowdoin in the final to claim their second consecutive Walker Cup crown. Wellesley closed out the tournament with matches against St. Lawrence and Virginia.

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.

Dunlop Women’s College Squash Final Individual Rankings for the 2014 – 2015 Season

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[rankingimage]Northampton, MA — Today, the final [wir] of the 2014 – 2015 season were released.

Please note that individual rankings are extremely complex and labor intensive to compile. The final individual rankings of the regular season and the results from the 2015 Individual Championships were blended to compile the top-100 ranked players.

In the coming days, the 2014 – 2015 Women’s College Squash Association All-American teams will be released.

Listed after each player’s name is their school.

  1. Amanda Sobhy (Harvard University)
  2. Kanzy El Defrawy (Trinity College)
  3. Olivia Fiechter (Princeton University)
  4. Maria Elena Ubina (Princeton University)
  5. Nicole Bunyan (Princeton University)
  6. Danielle LeTourneau (Cornell University)
  7. Anaka Alankamony (University of Pennsylvania)
  8. Marie Stephan (University of Pennsylvania)
  9. Laila Samy (Wesleyan University)
  10. Raneem Sharaf (Trinity College)
  11. Yan Xin Tan (University of Pennsylvania)
  12. Alyssa Mehta (Harvard University)
  13. Anna Porras (George Washington University)
  14. Jenny Scherl (Yale University)
  15. Shihui Mao (Yale University)
  16. Alexandra Lunt (Princeton University)
  17. Julia Le Coq (Trinity College)
  18. Rachel Leizman (Princeton University)
  19. Michelle Gemmell (Harvard University)
  20. Issy Norman-Ross (Yale University)
  21. Anna Kimberly (Trinity College)*
  22. Melissa Alves (University of Pennsylvania)*
  23. Katie Tutrone (Harvard University)*
  24. Sue Ann Yong (Harvard University)*
  25. Ashley Tidman (Trinity College)*
  26. Shiyuan Mao (Yale University)
  27. Michele Garceau (Cornell University)*
  28. Rachel Scherman (Cornell University)
  29. Nessrin Arrifin (Bates College)
  30. Michelle Wong (University of Pennsylvania)
  31. Margaux Losty (Cornell University)*
  32. Jennifer Davis (Yale University)
  33. Zandra Ho (Stanford University)
  34. haley hughes (Drexel University)
  35. Sherilyn Yang (Franklin & Marshall College)
  36. Colette Sultana (Columbia University)*
  37. Quincy Beck (Brown University)*
  38. Jacqueline Barnes (Dartmouth College)
  39. Breanne Flynn (George Washington University)
  40. Sarah Bell (Stanford University)
  41. Alexandra Toth (Princeton University)
  42. Saumya Karki (Harvard University)*
  43. Dileas MacGowan (Harvard University)*
  44. Natalie Babjukova (Trinity College)
  45. Georgia Blatchford (Yale University)
  46. Sachika Balvani (Trinity College)
  47. Isabelle Dowling (Harvard University)*
  48. Anna Ballaine (Yale University)
  49. Lala Heidi (University of Pennsylvania)*
  50. Salma El Defrawy (Trinity College)
  51. Camille Lanier (University of Pennsylvania)*
  52. Hallie Dewey (Princeton University)*
  53. Anne Harrison (Yale University)*
  54. Karolina Holinkova (Trinity College)
  55. Alison Richmond (University of Pennsylvania)
  56. Leslie Gill (University of Pennsylvania)*
  57. Emma Uible (Cornell University)
  58. Kira Keating (Princeton University)
  59. Jillian Baker (St. Lawrence University)*
  60. Nicole Friedman (Williams College)
  61. Christina Huchro (Stanford University)
  62. Haley Parsons (Williams College)*
  63. Reyna Pacheco (Columbia University)
  64. Catherine Jenkins (Columbia University)
  65. Julianne Chu (Harvard University)*
  66. Chanel Erasmus (Trinity College)
  67. Hannah Hay-Smith (Brown University)
  68. Carey Danforth (University of Virginia)
  69. Maria Alejandra Porras (George Washington University)
  70. Gabriella Garr (Princeton University)
  71. Lydie McKenzie (Dartmouth College)
  72. Devin Mullaney (Colby College)*
  73. Jocelyn Lehman (Yale University)
  74. Grace Van Arkle (University of Pennsylvania)*
  75. Tara Harrington (Princeton University)
  76. Myriam Kelly (Bates College)
  77. Ryan Morgan (Drexel University)
  78. Fiona Murphy (Franklin & Marshall College)
  79. Maya Patel (Columbia University)*
  80. Saskia Pownall-Gray (Middlebury College)
  81. Anne Wymard (Middlebury College)*
  82. Victoria Dewey (Dartmouth College)
  83. Charlotte Dewey (Middlebury College)
  84. Selena Maity (Yale University)
  85. Lauren Johnston (Franklin & Marshall College)
  86. Lindsey Seginson (Cornell University)
  87. Emily Richmond (Brown University)*
  88. Sarah Nelson (Bowdoin College)*
  89. Kim Krayacich (Amherst College)*
  90. Emily Terry (St. Lawrence University)*
  91. Mina Shakarshy (Brown University)
  92. Madeline Tomlinson (Yale University)
  93. Mary Fung-A-Fat (Drexel University)
  94. Alisha Maity (Columbia University)*
  95. Elisabeth Money (Drexel University)*
  96. Emily Caldwell (Franklin & Marshall College)*
  97. Hilary Gray (Hamilton College)*
  98. Alexandra Huchro (Stanford University)*
  99. Helena Darling (Dartmouth College)*
  100. Rachel Newman (Hamilton College)

Note: Players with “*” did not compete in the individual championships and are not eligible for All-American recognition.

2015 Women’s College Squash National Team Championships Photos

Princeton, NJ — Each of the six divisions of the 2015 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships were closely contested. Congratulations to all the teams:

  • Howe Cup (A Division): Harvard defeats Trinity, 7-2
  • Kurtz Cup (B Division): Stanford defeats Dartmouth, 6-3
  • Walker Cup (C Division): Amherst defeats Bowdoin, 6-3
  • Epps Cup (D Division): Tufts defeats William Smith, 7-2
  • E Division: Dickinson defeats Northwestern, 6-3
  • F Division: Boston University wins the round robin

The College Squash Association will be highlighting many of the matches 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 that shows different teams from the three-day tournament.  Last week, we published a highlight gallery from the men’s team championships.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each photo. For additional photos from the 2015 Men’s National Team Championships2015 Women’s National Team Championships, and the 2015 Individual Championships, please visit mtbello.com.