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2013 Men’s College Squash Video: Brown and Western Ontario

Michael T. Bello
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Providence, RI — Over the weekend, the University of Western Ontario travelled to New England to play Brown University and Harvard University.

In the matchup between Brown and Western Ontario, there was an extraordinary rally that was captured on video and submitted by Brown coach Stuart le Gassick. The video features the two teams’ number ones, Brown’s Blake Reinson and Western Ontario’s Albert Shoihet.

http://youtu.be/UWVyVOQtE5E

Shoihet captured the individual match in four games (11-9, 6-11, 11-6, and 11-9). In the team match, Western Ontario defeated Brown. On the season, Brown is 2-4, while Western Ontario is 4-2.

If anyone has captured an outstanding rally, please feel free to submit it to the College Squash Association.

Harrow Sports College Squash Player of the Week (12/8/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — For the week ending 12/8/2013, Mount Holyoke’s’ Randima Ranaweera and Wesleyan’s John Steele have been named the women’s and men’s [hpow].

A [hpow] should have a significant impact on his or her team’s performance during the prior week and demonstrate sportsmanship. Coaches and Sports Information Directors may nominate players.

Randima Ranaweera (Mount Holyoke): At the Wesleyan Round Robin, 21st-ranked Mount Holyoke faced host and 20th-ranked Wesleyan. The match was close and the number 1 match was between each squads’ senior co-captain. Ranaweera faced Wesleyan’s Mary Foster, and after four games, the individual match was tied 2-2.  In the fifth, Ranaweera won in extra points to capture the individual match (6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, and 12-10) and the team match. Mount Holyoke prevailed 5-4. Ranaweera won her other two matches at the round robin as well.

John Steele (Wesleyan): Wesleyan had not beaten Brown since the 1967 – 1968 season, but on Saturday in Providence, the match was tied at 4-4.  Senior captain Steele faced Brown’s top player, Blake Reinson, in the deciding match.  This was a rematch from last season’s Molloy Cup quarterfinals, where Reinson won in four games. The two experienced players battled to the very end, with Steele prevailing 13-11 in the fifth (9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, and 13-11) to win the individual and team match.  Steele is 4-1 in his senior campaign.

College Squash Reminders (12/8/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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On Sunday, the e-mail below was sent to coaches and team contacts:

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Coaches, Team Contacts, and SIDs:

A few reminders…

  • Team Rankings: Rankings will be reviewed on Monday evening. If your results are not posted to the US Squash Scoring System, they will not be considered for ranking purposes. Without results in the US Squash Scoring System, your team will not be credited appropriately. At most, you have 48 hours after a match is played to submit results. In addition, the sooner results are submitted to the US Squash Scoring System, the greater the chance that your team will be mentioned in the Sunday evening “Around the Courts” article.
  • Harrow Sports Player of the Week: Please nominate deserving players for Player of the Week honors by 6 PM ET on Monday.
    • Criteria: A Player of the Week should have a significant impact on his or her team’s performance during the prior week and demonstrate sportsmanship.
    • Nominations: Coaches, Sports Information Directors, and Team Contacts may nominate players by using the following link.
  • Match Results with “Not on Roster” players: As a reminder, make sure your results include all players who participated in the match. Like last season, we are prepared to remove teams from the rankings if “Not on Roster” players are not entered. Please contact Dent Wilkens (dent.wilkens@ussquash.com) if you need assistance fixing match results with “Not on Roster” players.
    • MCSA teams that are not ranked due to “Not on Roster” players:
      • Ithaca College: Missing players in the matches with Bryant, Penn State, Siena (both), Washington
    • WCSA teams that need to fix “Not on Roster” players ASAP or they will be removed from the rankings (first warning issued last week):
      • Colgate University: Missing Players in match with William Smith
    • WCSA First Warnings for the following teams:
      • NYU: Missing Players in match with Fordham
  • Qualifications for Team Nationals: 
    • Varsity teams are required to play ten (10) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships. At minimum, each team should have at least 6 different opponents. Varsity teams should play the majority of their matches against other varsity schools.
    • Club teams are required to play eight (8) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships in a 9 player division. In addition, club teams must play at least four (4) matches between January 1st and February 10th. At minimum, each team should have at least five (5) different opponents.
  • Minimum # of Players: For a regular season match to officially count for ranking purposes, each team must have at least seven players. Except for Emerging Teams, matches with less than seven players per team will not count towards the required number of matches for entry into the National Team Championships.
  • Instructions for US Squash Scoring System: Here are links to the instructions on how to add/remove players from your rosters and enter match results. If you need to be added as the contact in the US Squash Scoring System, please contact Dent Wilkens (dent.wilkens@ussquash.com).

Around the Courts: College Squash Highlights (12/8/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — Teams returned from the Thanksgiving break for the final college squash week of the first semester.

On Tuesday, Dartmouth hosted Harvard. Both Crimson squads earned victories over the Big Green. The Princeton men visited Drexel and shutout the Dragons. Also on Tuesday, the Northeastern men beat Boston College, but the BC women defeated the Huskies.

In the sole match on Wednesday, the Princeton women shutout Drexel.

On Thursday, 14th-ranked Navy hosted 13th-ranked Penn. As expected between these two squads, the match was incredibly close, and the Quakers prevailed, 5-4. Dartmouth traveled to Lancaster, PA, to face F&M. In the men’s match, the Diplomats won, 7-2, while the Big Green prevailed in the women’s match, 8-1.

Friday featured many matches. The Yale men and women swung through Western Mass and defeated Amherst and Williams. Brown hosted and was shutout by Western Ontario. Bates visited Bowdoin and both Bobcat squads earned a 7-2 victory. Navy was edged by Dartmouth, 4-5.  The Hamilton men defeated Hobart, 8-1. Both Harvard squads were victorious over Drexel and Boston College.

On Saturday, Bates defeated Tufts. MIT and the Boston College men shutout Bard and defeated Bryant. Harvard shutout Western Ontario.

The Princeton women travelled to Washington, D.C., to defeat the George Washington. The Conn College women defeated Rochester, 7-2.

Rochester hosted the Princeton men. The 5th-ranked Yellowjackets defeated the 7th-ranked Tigers, 7-2. Conn College travelled to Hobart and escaped with a 5-4 victory. Hamilton defeated both Conn College squads. The Continentals also defeated Colgate. The Conn women defeated Rochester and Colgate.

Also in New York state, Cornell and Columbia faced off. In the women’s match, the Big Red won, 7-2. The men’s match was much tighter with Cornell earning a 5-4 victory.

A number of teams were at Brown on Saturday. The Wesleyan men defeated Brown, 5-4, which is the Cardinals’ first victory over the Bears since the 1967-1968 season. The Drexel men also defeated Brown, 5-4, but the Drexel women lost, 2-7. Brown, Drexel, and Wesleyan all defeated Northeastern.

Several teams hosted round robin events this weekend. At the Wesleyan Round Robin, Mount Holyoke defeated William Smith and Wellesley. Wesleyan also defeated Smith. On Sunday, 21st-ranked Mount Holyoke defeated 20th-ranked Wesleyan, 5-4. Also on Sunday, the Wesleyan men defeated Ithaca and Vassar.

There was also a round robin at Middlebury. The host Panthers defeated Bowdoin and Colby. The St. Lawrence men defeated Williams, while the Ephs’ women defeated the Saints. Both Williams teams defeated Colby. On Sunday, the St. Lawrence men blanked Bowdoin, while the St. Lawrence women upset the Polar Bears, 5-4. The Middlebury women escaped with a 5-4 victory over St. Lawrence, while the men lost to the Saints.

Coaches and Team Contacts, please remember to enter your team’s results in the US Squash Scoring System on the day of each match. Each player must be named in the results (“Not on Roster” entries will not be tolerated) or penalties may be applied.

Schools are reminded that to qualify for the National Team Championships, a minimum number of matches must be played at specific periods of the season:

  • Varsity teams are required to play ten (10) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships. At minimum, each team should have at least 6 different opponents. Varsity teams should play the majority of their matches against other varsity schools.
  • Club teams are required to play eight (8) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships. In addition, club teams must play at least four (4) matches between January 1st and February 10th. At minimum, each team should have at least five (5) different opponents.

For a regular season match to officially count for ranking purposes, each team must have at least seven players. Except for Emerging Teams, matches with less than seven players per team will not count towards the required number of matches for entry into the National Team Championships.

For complete results from all of this weekend’s action, see Women’s Results and Men’s Results.

2013 Women’s Ivy League College Squash Scrimmages: Princeton and Brown (Video)

Michael T. Bello
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New Haven, CT — At the 2013 Ivy League Scrimmages, Princeton and Brown played in the opening round of the event. Although the Ivy League Scrimmage results are unofficial, the players use the event to gauge their Ivy League competition. Yale University hosted the event.

Princeton, who last season finished the season ranked 4th in the nation, won the event. They beat to Harvard in the finals. The Tigers opened this season with victories over Franklin & Marshall and Williams.

Brown concluded the 2012 – 2013 season ranked 8th. Like Princeton, the Bears are 2-0 on the season, earning victories over Mount Holyoke and Tufts.

Here is video from the match between Rachel Leizman (Princeton) and Hannah Hay-Smith (Brown).

2013-2014 Dunlop Men’s College Squash Team Rankings (11/24/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage] Northampton, MA — Today, the fourth [mtr] of the season were released.

The race for seedings at the 2013 – 2014 Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships has only just begun. During this ranking cycle, F&M defeated Princeton and St. Lawrence defeated Rochester, which readjusted positions in the A Division. With virtually all teams in the top 8 scheduled to play one another, movement at the top of the rankings may be the only constant as the season progresses.

Thanks to a number of upsets, the positions 11 – 21 received a bit of a shakeup this week. Penn’s and Drexel’s victories over Williams rearranged these positions. Columbia, Bates, and Penn each move up a position, while Drexel slides up five spots to take over 16th.

The 31 – 46 range of the rankings has been the most active to date this season. MIT, Northeastern, and Bryant defeated Tufts for this ranking cycle. MIT previously defeated Northeastern, and Northeastern defeated Boston University. BC shutout Beantown rival BU. All these matches resulted in upward moves by Virginia, Denison, MIT, Northeastern, and Bryant.

Vassar’s victory over Bard at the Liberty League Championships moved the Brewers up in the rankings as well.

Ithaca was removed from the rankings due to “Not on Roster” players in their match results. They received multiple warnings. They will reenter the rankings in the ranking cycle after they enter the players in the US Squash scoring system for the matches with “Not on Roster” players.

Team are reminded that to qualify for the National Team Championships, they must meet minimum match requirements:

  • Varsity teams are required to play ten (10) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships. At minimum, each team should have at least 6 different opponents. Varsity teams should play the majority of their matches against other varsity schools.
  • Club teams are required to play eight (8) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships in a 9 player division. In addition, club teams must play at least four (4) matches between January 1st and February 10th. At minimum, each team should have at least five (5) different opponents.

For a regular season match to officially count for ranking purposes, each team must have at least seven players. Except for Emerging Teams, matches with less than seven players per team will not count towards the required number of matches for entry into the National Team Championships.

Below are the [mtr] as of November 24, 2013. Listed after each school’s name is their previous ranking.

  1. Trinity College (1)
  2. Harvard University (2)
  3. Yale University (4)
  4. St. Lawrence University (6)
  5. Rochester, University of (5)
  6. Franklin and Marshall College (7)
  7. Princeton University (3)
  8. Cornell University (8)
  9. Western Ontario, University of (9)
  10. Dartmouth College (10)
  11. Columbia University (12)
  12. Bates College (13)
  13. Pennsylvania, University of (Penn) (14)
  14. Naval Academy (15)
  15. Brown University (16)
  16. Drexel University (21)
  17. Williams College (11)
  18. Middlebury College (17)
  19. Wesleyan University (18)
  20. George Washington University (19)
  21. Bowdoin College (20)
  22. Amherst College (22)
  23. Connecticut College (23)
  24. Hamilton College (24)
  25. Stanford University (25)
  26. Colby College (26)
  27. Bucknell University (27)
  28. Johns Hopkins University (28)
  29. Hobart College (29)
  30. Georgetown University (30)
  31. Virginia, University of (32)
  32. Denison University (33)
  33. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (34)
  34. Northeastern University (42)
  35. Bryant University (46)
  36. Tufts University (31)
  37. Boston College (36)
  38. Boston University (35)
  39. Washington University (St. Louis) (37)
  40. Colgate University (38)
  41. New York University (39)
  42. Lehigh University (40)
  43. Haverford College (41)
  44. Northwestern University (43)
  45. Swarthmore College (44)
  46. Southern California (USC), University of (45)
  47. Charleston, College of (47)
  48. Pennsylvania State University (48)
  49. Fordham University (49)
  50. California Berkeley, University of (50)
  51. Vermont, University of (51)
  52. Washington, University of (52)
  53. Vassar College (59)
  54. Siena College (53)
  55. Bard College (54)
  56. Richmond, University of (56)
  57. Chicago, University of (57)
  58. Illinois (Champaign), University of (58)
  59. Minnesota, University of (60)
  60. Notre Dame, University of (61)
  61. Duke University (62)
  62. Illinois (Springfield), University of (63)

2013-2014 Dunlop Women’s College Squash Team Rankings (11/24/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage] Northampton, MA — Today, the fourth [wtr] of the season were released.

The 12 – 20 ranking positions had a bit of a shakeup this week. With Hamilton upsetting Middlebury and Drexel edging Williams, the Continentals and the Dragons moved up the rankings.

In addition, Wellesley’s 5-4 victory over Colby earned the Blue the 22nd ranking position. St. Lawrence’s shutout of Williams Smith moved the Saints to 24th. Tufts took over the 32nd position with their victory over Northeastern.

Fordham makes their debut in the rankings this week and the Rams are ranked 39th.

Team are reminded that to qualify for the National Team Championships, they must meet minimum match requirements:

  • Varsity teams are required to play ten (10) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships. At minimum, each team should have at least 6 different opponents. Varsity teams should play the majority of their matches against other varsity schools.
  • Club teams are required to play eight (8) matches against other CSA teams to enter team championships in a 9 player division. In addition, club teams must play at least four (4) matches between January 1st and February 10th. At minimum, each team should have at least five (5) different opponents.

For a regular season match to officially count for ranking purposes, each team must have at least seven players. Except for Emerging Teams, matches with less than seven players per team will not count towards the required number of matches for entry into the National Team Championships.

Below are the [wtr] as of November 24, 2013. Listed after each school’s name is their previous ranking.

  1. Harvard University (1)
  2. Trinity College (2)
  3. Pennsylvania, University of (Penn) (3)
  4. Princeton University (4)
  5. Yale University (5)
  6. Cornell University (6)
  7. Stanford University (7)
  8. Dartmouth College (8)
  9. Brown University (9)
  10. Bates College (10)
  11. Columbia University (11)
  12. George Washington University (14)
  13. Franklin and Marshall College (15)
  14. Drexel University (19)
  15. Williams College (13)
  16. Hamilton College (20)
  17. Middlebury College (12)
  18. Amherst College (16)
  19. Bowdoin College (17)
  20. Wesleyan University (18)
  21. Mount Holyoke College (21)
  22. Wellesley College (23)
  23. Colby College (22)
  24. St. Lawrence University (26)
  25. William Smith College (24)
  26. Connecticut College (25)
  27. Virginia, University of (27)
  28. Boston College (28)
  29. Georgetown University (29)
  30. Johns Hopkins University (30)
  31. Haverford College (31)
  32. Tufts University (33)
  33. Northeastern University (32)
  34. Smith College (34)
  35. California (35)
  36. New York University (36)
  37. Rochester, University of (37)
  38. Northwestern University (38)
  39. Fordham University (NR)
  40. Minnesota, University of (39)
  41. Washington University in St. Louis (40)
  42. Notre Dame, University of (41)
  43. Colgate University (42)

2013 Ivy League Scrimmages Women’s Photos

Michael T. Bello
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New Haven, CT —  During the weekend of November 9th and 10th, Yale University hosted the annual Ivy League Scrimmages. Although the Ivy League Scrimmage results are unofficial, the players use the event to gauge their Ivy League competition.

All eight Ivy League women’s teams participated in the scrimmages: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.

The tournament had many hard fought matches, including the finals, which featured reigning Ivy League Champions, Princeton. The Tigers faced Harvard for the preseason event crown.  Princeton recorded a 5-4 victory.

Click on the thumbnails to view a larger version of each photo. For additional photos from the 2013 Ivy League Scrimmages, please visit mtbello.com.

College Squash Rewind (November 2013)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — As the college squash world returns from the Thanksgiving break, let’s look back at the month of November.

Don’t forget to follow the College Squash Association on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube for more great coverage of college squash.

The editorial staff is always looking for story ideas, articles, photos, or videos, and we encourage coaches and players to submit content. Our goal is to provide coverage of all levels of college squash throughout the United States. Please feel free to contact the editorial staff.

Many thanks go to the College Squash Association’s sponsors and partners:

  • Harrow Sports (Official Equipment Supplier) – Harrow provides custom school equipment;
  • Dunlop Sports (Official Ball Supplier) – Dunlop balls are used in all team and individual matches;
  • US Squash (Partner)  – US Squash provides dual match tracking software and organizes the CSA’s three national championships; and
  • mtbello.com (Partner) – mtbello.com provides squash photography to the CSA.

If companies are interested in sponsoring or advertising on the College Squash Association website, please visit the Advertise/Sponsor page.

Here are the articles from November 2013:

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