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2013-2014 Dunlop Men’s College Squash Team Rankings (11/10/2013)

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

A shakeup occurred between ranking positions 30 – 40.  Virginia defeated Denison, and MIT defeated both Boston College and Boston University.

In addition, several new teams entered the rankings: Penn State (49); Richmond (54), Chicago (55), Illinois Champaign (56), Duke (60), and Vermont (63).

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 10, 2013. Listed after each school’s name is their previous ranking.

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

2013-2014 Dunlop Women’s College Squash Team Rankings (11/10/2013)

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

Three new teams enter the rankings after playing matches: Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Notre Dame. These teams took ranking positions 38 through 40. The rest of the rankings remain unchanged from the preseason rankings.

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 10, 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. Middlebury College (12)
  13. Williams College (13)
  14. George Washington University (14)
  15. Franklin and Marshall College (15)
  16. Amherst College (16)
  17. Bowdoin College (17)
  18. Wesleyan University (18)
  19. Drexel University (19)
  20. Hamilton College (20)
  21. Mount Holyoke College (21)
  22. Colby College (22)
  23. Wellesley College (23)
  24. William Smith College (24)
  25. Connecticut College (25)
  26. St. Lawrence University (26)
  27. Virginia, University of (27)
  28. Boston College (28)
  29. Johns Hopkins University (29)
  30. Georgetown University (30)
  31. Haverford College (31)
  32. Northeastern University (32)
  33. Tufts University (33)
  34. Smith College (34)
  35. California (35)
  36. New York University (36)
  37. Rochester, University of (37)
  38. Washington University in St. Louis (NR)
  39. Minnesota, University of (NR)
  40. Notre Dame, University of (NR)

Harrow Sports College Squash Player of the Week (11/10/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — For the week ending 11/10/2013, Haverford’s Caroline Nightingale and Johns Hopkins’ Harrison Finkelstein 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.

Caroline Nightingale (Haverford): Over the weekend,  Haverford visited New York University. With the match deadlocked at 4-4, Nightingale, Haverford’s #1, faced NYU’s Michelle Yhantovsky. Six of the first eight team matches took four or more games to complete. Nightingale cemented the victory with a 3-0 victory (11-5, 11-0, and 11-3), which allowed the Fords to leave the Empire State with a 5-4 victory.

Harrison Finkelstein (Johns Hopkins): With the match between Johns Hopkins and Virginia tied at 4-4, freshman Finkelstein stepped on court against Virginia’s top player, Ned Whelan. The two battled for over an hour before Finkelstein pulled away to win in five games (10-12, 11-4, 12-10, 9-11, and 11-7). Johns Hopkins won the crucial early season match 5-4.

College Squash Reminders (11/10/2013)

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 is 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. For the first week of the honor, we will cover the period of 10/15 – 11/10.
    • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 (11/10/2013)

Michael T. Bello
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College Squash AssociationNorthampton, MA — The 2013 – 2104 college squash season is underway. Let’s review some of the matches that have already occurred.

The Bucknell men hosted the first official matches of the season on October 20th. The Bison went 2-0 on the day with victories over Lehigh and Penn State. Lehigh also defeated Penn State.

A week later, Penn State rebounded with an 9-0 victory over Siena. Ithaca also defeated Siena.

At the beginning of November, the Naval Academy traveled to California to open the season. Navy went 2-0 on the West Coast with victories over Stanford and California Berkeley.

On the weekend of November 2nd and 3rd, the Lehigh men edged Swarthmore, 5-4, in a Quaker state showdown. In another in-state matchup,  the Virginia men shutout Richmond. Northeastern’s men hosted a round robin. The Huskies went 3-0 with victories over Siena, Bryant, and Vermont. Bryant and Boston College also defeated Siena and Vermont.

Vassar hosted the first Hudson Valley College Individual Squash Tournament. At the event were representatives from Fordham, Ithaca, and Vassar. Vassar’s Vincent Mencotti won the A draw, while Fordham’s Matt Crowe won the B draw.

On Friday, the Navy Round Robin began. Johns Hopkins escaped with a 5-4 victory over Virginia. The Cavaliers rebounded by shutting out Bard and Washington, and defeating Denison, 5-4. Elsewhere, the George Washington men and women both shutout Georgetown. Wellesley defeated Northeastern 8-1 to open the season. The Blue Pride continued their success with an 9-0 victory against BC on Saturday.

Haverford visited NYU on Saturday. The Ford women defeated NYU, 5-4, while the men fell 1-8.

A number of Midwest men’s teams were in Dayton this weekend. Northwestern went 3-0 with victories over Chicago, Illinois Champaign, and Duke. Notre Dame lost to Washington in St. Louis, but defeated Illinois Springfield.

In Midwest women’s action, Minnesota defeated Notre Dame, 6-1, and defeated Washington in St. Louis, 5-4.

The Ivy League Scrimmages were held at Yale this weekend. Although the results are unofficial, CollegeSquashAssociation.com will feature photos and videos from this event in the coming weeks.

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 – 2014 College Squash Association Major Events

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — As the 2013 – 2014 college squash season gets underway, here is a list of major college squash tournaments for the upcoming season.

Please send us an e-mail if there are additional major events to add to the list.

  • October 11th – 13th: Intercollegiate Doubles Championship (Philadelphia, PA)
  • October 25th – 27th: Bucknell Round Robin (Hosted by Bucknell University)
  • October 27th: Ithaca Squash Invitational (Hosted by Ithaca, played at Cornell)
  • November 1st – 3rd: Price-Bullington Invitational (Richmond, VA)
  • November 2nd: Hudson Valley Individual Tournament (Hosted by Vassar College)
  • November 2nd – 3rd: Northeastern Invitational (Hosted by Northeastern)
  • November 8th – 10th: Navy Veterans Weekend Round Robin (Hosted by the Naval Academy)
  • November 9th – 10th: Ivy League Scrimmages (Hosted by Yale University)
  • November 15th -17th: Navy Round Robin (Hosted by the Naval Academy)
  • November 15th -17th: Boston Round Robin (Hosted by MIT)
  • November 15th – 17th: Jester Event (Hosted by University of Minnesota)
  • November 16th – 17th: BU Round Robin (Hosted by Boston University)
  • November 16th – 17th: Bard Round Robin (Hosted by Bard College)
  • November 23rd – 24th: Bucknell Round Robin (Hosted by Bucknell University)
  • November 23rd – 24th: Liberty League Championships (Hosted by St. Lawrence University)
  • December 6th – 8th: Wesleyan Invitational (Hosted by Wesleyan University)
  • December 6th-8th: Middlebury Round Robin (Hosted by Middlebury College)
  • January 9th – 12th: Stanford Round Robin (Hosted by Stanford University)
  • January 17th – 19th: Maine Event (Hosted by Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College)
  • January 17th – 19th: Pioneer Valley Invitational (Hosted by Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College)
  • January 24th – 26th: PL Round Robin (Hosted by Bucknell University)
  • January 24th – 26th: UVA Round Robin (Hosted by the University of Virginia)
  • January 24th – 26th: Smith College Invitational (Hosted by Smith College)
  • January 24th – 26th: Yale Round Robin (Hosted by Yale University)
  • January 25th – 26th: Hamilton Invitational (Hosted by Hamilton College)
  • January 25th: Little Three Championships (Hosted by Amherst College)
  • January 31st – February 2nd: NESCAC Championships (Hosted by Hamilton College)
  • January 31st – February 2nd: West Coast Round Robin (Hosted by Stanford University)
  • January 31st – February 2nd: Washington in St. Louis Round Robin (Hosted by the University of Washington in St. Louis)
  • January 31st – February 2nd: JHU Round Robin at Meadow Mills (Hosted by Johns Hopkins University)
  • February 1st: Seven Sisters Championships (Hosted by Smith College)
  • February 7th – 9th: DIII Individual Tournament (Hosted by Bowdoin College)
  • February 8th: Hudson Valley Team Tournament (Hosted by Vassar College)
  • February 8th – 9th: George Washington Round Robin (Hosted by George Washington University)
  • February 14th – 16th: Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships (Hosted by Harvard University)
  • February 21st– 23rd: Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships (Hosted by Princeton University)
  • February 28th – March 2nd: College Squash Association Individual Championships (Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania)

As a reminder, teams are required to compete in a certain number of matches with a certain number of players in each match to be eligible for the nine player divisions at the National Team Championships:

  • 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 planning to enter 9 player divisions 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.

Dunlop 2013-2014 Men’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage]Northampton, MA — Today, the 2013 – 2014 Dunlop Men’s College Squash Preseason Team rankings were released.

After regaining the National Championship last season, Trinity College begins the season as the top team in the nation. This season it appears that many teams will be in the mix for the championship, so this will be an extremely interesting season for team rankings.

The following schools improved in the rankings from last season: Boston College, Charleston, Dartmouth, Denison, Drexel, Hobart, Johns Hopkins, Northeastern, and Siena.

The following schools dropped spots in the rankings: Amherst, Boston University, Fordham, Georgetown, Haverford, Lehigh, Minnesota, Tufts, and Williams.

Preseason rankings were based heavily on the team questionnaires returned for the 2013 – 2014 Season Previews, which included information on graduating and incoming players, and offseason training opportunities. Select schools have already commenced their seasons.  The results of these early matches were not factored into the preseason rankings. Teams that did not compete in the 2012 – 2013 Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships were not ranked.

Below are the 2013 – 2014 Men’s College Squash Association preseason team rankings.  Listed after each school’s name is their final ranking from last season.

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

Dunlop 2013-2014 Women’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage] Northampton, MA — Today, the Dunlop 2013 – 2014 Women’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings were released.

Harvard starts the season as the top-ranked squad. The Crimson are aiming for their fourth national championship in five years. Trinity, Penn, Princeton, and Yale have their own plans and will attempt to dethrone Harvard.

The following  schools improved in the rankings from last season: California, Dartmouth, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Rochester, Smith, St. Lawrence, Tufts, and William Smith.

The following schools dropped spots in the rankings: Amherst, Brown, Conn College, Georgetown, Hamilton, and Virginia.

Preseason rankings were based heavily on the team questionnaires returned for the 2013 – 2014 Season Previews, which included information on graduating and incoming players, and offseason training opportunities. Select schools have already commenced their seasons.  The results of these early matches were not factored into the preseason rankings. Teams that did not compete in the 2012 – 2013 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships or that competed in the 5-player Emerging Teams Division were not ranked.

Below are the 2013 – 2014 Dunlop Women’s College Squash Association preseason team rankings.  Listed after each school’s name is their final ranking from last season.

  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 (9)
  9. Brown University (8)
  10. Bates College (10)
  11. Columbia University (11)
  12. Middlebury College (12)
  13. Williams College (13)
  14. George Washington University (14)
  15. Franklin and Marshall College (16)
  16. Amherst College (15)
  17. Bowdoin College (17)
  18. Wesleyan University (18)
  19. Drexel University (20)
  20. Hamilton College (19)
  21. Mount Holyoke College (21)
  22. Colby College (22)
  23. Wellesley College (23)
  24. William Smith College (25)
  25. Connecticut College (24)
  26. St. Lawrence University (27)
  27. Virginia, University of (26)
  28. Boston College (28)
  29. Johns Hopkins University (30)
  30. Georgetown University (29)
  31. Haverford College (33)
  32. Northeastern University (32)
  33. Tufts University (34)
  34. Smith College (35)
  35. California (36)
  36. New York University (37)
  37. Rochester, University of (38)

College Squash Rewind (October 2013)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — The 2013 – 2014 college squash preseason rankings are right around the corner. Let’s look at the team previews from October.

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.

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Here are the articles from October 2013:

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