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College Squash Reminders (11/11/2012)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — On Sunday, the e-mail below was sent to CSA coaches, team contacts, and Sports Information Directors.

Coaches, Team Contacts, and SIDs,

A few reminders:

  • Eyewear Policy: As a reminder, standard eyewear (i.e. everyday prescription glasses) may not be worn in place of acceptable eyewear. For more information, please see the recent article on the CSA website.
  • Harrow Sports Player of the Week: Please nominate deserving players for Player of the Week honors by 6 PM ET Monday (11/12).
    • 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: For the first player of the week of the season, ANY team match played so far this season is eligible (except for Ivy Scrimmages). Coaches, Sports Information Directors, and Team Contacts may nominate players by using the following link: [in e-mail]
  • Recording Results: Please enter your match scores ASAP. 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 quicker 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.
  • Match Results with “Not on Roster” players: A few teams still have “Not on Roster” players in their match results. Like last season, we are prepared to remove teams from the rankings if “Not on Roster” players are not entered.
  • Instructions on the US Squash Scoring System:Detailed instructions may be found on entering matches and adding players to your roster on the CSA website. Here are the links.
  • 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.

Around the Courts: College Squash Highlights (11/11/2012)

Michael T. Bello
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College Squash AssociationNorthampton, MA — This weekend featured play in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and New York.

In women’s action, William Smith opened its season on Saturday. The Herons blanked Rochester 9-0.

Vassar earned a pair of victories by blanking NYU and Haverford. Haverford defeated NYU by a score of 6-3.

In their third match of the year, Virginia shutout UNC.

On Thursday, the MIT men visited Boston University. BU captured the match, 5-4.

This weekend, the Vassar men hosted Fordham and Haverford. The Brewers lost both matches, 1-8. Haverford also shutout Fordham to complete a 2-0 weekend.

Bard recorded its second victory of the season by defeating Siena, 8-1.

Virginia hosted Notre Dame, Charleston and UNC. The Cavaliers defeated the Cougars, 7-2, and the Fighting Irish and Tar Heels, both 9-0.

The Naval Academy hosted the Veterans’ Day Round Robin. The Midshipmen continued their undefeated run with victories over Kenyon, Johns Hopkins, Hobart, Washington St. Louis, Denison, and Georgetown. In one of the closest matches of the weekend, Johns Hopkins defeated Hobart, 5-4. The Blue Jays also defeated Washington St. Louis 6-3. George Washington defeated Hobart and Kenyon.

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 days.  The Penn women defeated Yale to win the scrimmages, while the Harvard men defeated Yale to capture the unofficial event.

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

Tufts Names McManus to Head Squash Program

Michael T. Bello
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Medford, MA — Tufts University has announced that Joe McManus will be the head squash coach for both the men’s and women’s varsity programs.

McManus’ name may be familiar to squash fans. He founded the Pro Squash Tour in 2009.  In addition to his new duties at Tufts, he will continue to serve as the commissioner of the Pro Squash Tour.

Prior to coaching at Tufts, he held prep school squash coaching positions at the Groton School (boys’ coach) and Concord Academy (girls’ coach).

McManus is the only new varsity coach this season. Several club programs have new coaches this season as well. California Berkeley men will be coached by former Dartmouth assistant Busani Xaba, Denison hired Walt Thieman, and Washington (St. Louis) will be coached by Mike Puertas.

Dartmouth Squash Celebrates

James Zug
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Hanover, NH — On a picture-perfect, warm autumn weekend this September in New Hampshire, Dartmouth celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of its men’s squash team and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the women’s team.

More than a hundred Big Green former players, parents, coaches—and their spouses and kids—came to Hanover for the gala, the first of its kind for Dartmouth squash. Joined by the current men’s and women’s teams, it made for a vibrant and memory-filled time. There were cocktail parties, lunches and a private tour of the Hood Museum, Dartmouth’s art museum; a spirited early morning golf outing at the Hanover Country Club; an afternoon of squash matches; and a fabulous dinner outside the main Dartmouth gym.

Most of the 115 years of combined Dartmouth squash was visible in the former head coaches who attended. Aggie Bixler Kurtz had founded the women’s team in 1972 and coached it until 1989. Despite suffering from giaradia and the rigors of more halls of fame inductions (she has her sixth this fall), Kurtz played a great round of golf and attended the many functions with her husband Tom. Kirk Randall (assistant 1974-77, head 1977-80) came up from Massachusetts where he has retired after a post-Dartmouth career at the University Club of Boston and Exeter. Two other locals came: Chuck Kinyon (1980-89), who came over Queechee where he still coaches tennis, and Jim McCracken (1989-93), the first coach to be in charge of both the men’s and women’s teams. Chris Brownell ’87 (1993-98) naturally attended, as she is one of the co-chairs of the Friends of Dartmouth Squash. Former assistants Taylor Thomas ‘88, Lex Miron ‘93 and Ken Cucuel were present, as was Dick Hoehn ’59, who was Dartmouth’s first three-time All American and the son of the Big Green legend, coach Red Hoehn (1938-63).

The Friends of Dartmouth Squash was started in 1980 (it had informally existed before then as an adjunct to the tennis program). For seventeen years in the 1980s and 90s, Jack Herrick chaired the Friends, leading the effort in 1986-87 to build Dartmouth’s first new courts since the 1930s and then the retrofitting of the courts to softball in 1994-95. Herrick, just inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame, was in Hanover as well, even though he was missing the dedication of a 52,000 square-foot academic building that he helped build at the University School in Cleveland.

Some of the most-watched matches on the Saturday afternoon were amongst some of the former All Americans, often joined by Dartmouth’s current #1 star, Chris Hanson. They included Beau River ‘00, Lex Miron, Hamed Anvari ‘02 and Sasha Greatreaux Proudlove ‘95

At the gala dinner, Brownell and Jim Zug, the other co-chair, hosted an illustrious group of speakers. Steve Mandell ’78, the chair of Dartmouth’s board of trustees, spoke about how playing squash at Dartmouth had positively impacted his life. Hansi Wiens, who is entering his fourth season as the Dartmouth squash coach, discussed the present and future of the program. Harry Sheehy, the Dartmouth athletic director, went over the various initiatives aimed at supporting Dartmouth’s athletes. Digger Donahue ’73 talked about Dartmouth squash and how he loves to play so much that he has sent racquets to all Brown Brothers Harriman offices around the world (he’s the managing partner of the financial services giant), so that he doesn’t have to bring racquets wherever he goes.

The spectacular news topped off a wonderful weekend of fellowship and renewed friendship.

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Editor’s Note: James Zug, Squash Magazine’s senior writer, is also well known to squash fans. He played collegiate squash at Dartmouth College, and in 2003 he wrote Squash: A History of the Game. He also teamed up with Trinity coach Paul Assaiante to write Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear.

Photos courtesy of Stephanie Bambury and Dartmouth College.

2012 Jesters Mid America Collegiate Cup

Geoff McCuen
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Notre Dame coach Geoff McCuen reports the 2011 Jesters Mid America Collegiate Cup.

All of the teams at the awards ceremony
All of the teams at the awards ceremony

Chicago, IL — The 2012 Jester’s Collegiate Cup wrapped up early on the afternoon of Sunday, October 28th, with the University of Illinois – Champaign just barely defending their title in a very close match with Northwestern University. Other teams participating (finishing position) in this year’s event were University of Notre Dame (3rd), Duke University (4th), University of Minnesota (5th), and the University of Illinois – Springfield (6th). The University of Chicago also participated as a 5-man “emerging team” in their first ever CSA event. The event was rounded out with an eighth team comprised of Chicago area junior players and members of MetroSquash, who played some very competitive squash against the older teams.

Two nearby teams opened up the event with a match between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Chicago Maroons. Despite having to start the match already down 0-4 because of defaults (they only brought a 5-man team), the Maroons put on a great display of squash and won all five of their played matches, taking the final 5-4. The Maroons only gave up 3 games in the match.

Next up was the Springfield Prairie Stars against the Chicago Juniors/MetroSquash combined team. The youngsters caught the Prairie Stars off guard winning at least one game in every match but one, and won one match outright.

The third and most closely paired match of the night pitted the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Notre Dame started strong, winning the early matches. Minnesota closed the gap, winning three of the top five spots. But this wasn’t enough to dig out of the hole and the Irish took the match 6-3.

Saturday morning opened up with three early matches that also proved to be some of the closest. In the first match involving the Duke Blue Devils, who were playing as a 9-man team, but several players short, Illinois-Springfield put up a good fight. Of the six matches that were non-defaulted, all but one took more than three games to settle, including the match Duke’s John Kemmerer won over UIS’s Jon Cunningham in five games and even extra points.

Minnesota took the match over U of Chicago, but removing the default matches would have given the Maroons a very close win at 3-2.

UI-Springfield at dinner

Two teams with a long history of matches put Notre Dame and Northwestern on the court together. The match was extremely close throughout the morning. As match scores were being reported the scores were tracking even the whole way. Three of the matches were extremely close and needed five games to be decided. At #8, the Wildcat’s Saumya Didwania traded games with the Irish’s Justin Campbell before winning the match. At #5, the Wildcat’s Spencer Powell fought back from an 0-2 deficit to Notre Dame’s Mike Todisco to tie the match. In equally dramatic fashion, Todisco jumped out to a 7-0 lead before Powell went on a run of his own and was serving 9-10 when Todisco finished the match. At #3, the Wildcat’s Karan Viadya took the first game 11-9. Mike O’Neill, of the Fighting Irish, took the next games 11-6, 11-2. The two then traded games, giving O’Neill the match. The team results came down to the final game, but wrapped up quickly with Northwestern taking both the individual and team matches.

Duke and Illinois-Springfield started off the afternoon matches. The Blue Devils’ #1 Mike Koh needed four games to take his match against the Illini’s Anthony Chau to provide Duke with their only win in the match.

Minnesota and Northwestern faced off next in what was mostly a lopsided affair with the Wildcats winning 7-2. Minnesota’s #1 Tarun Nambiar, one of the top players in the event, took his match against Eitezaz Mahmood in three straight games. The most competitive match was at #3 between Minnesota’s Sam Lindsay and Northwestern’s Karan Vaidya that took five games to settle, and gave the Golden Gophers their only other win.

Notre Dame went into their match with University of Chicago up 4-0 by default, and looking for at least one player win to take the match. In one of most hard-fought matches of the weekend, Irish #5 Mike Todisco battled with Maroon #5 Lavine Hemlani through five games. The players were so evenly matched, that the first game was the only one decided in eleven points. In the end it was Todisco who prevailed and with his win, gave Notre Dame the match.

The Illinois teams were up next: UI-Champaign vs UI-Springfield. Unlike the similarity of their namesakes, the teams were not similarly matched. The Fighting Illini gave up only one game and took the match 9-0.

In the final match of pool play on Saturday night, the Duke Blue Devils took on the Chicago Juniors/MetroSquash team. Despite the wide differences in age, there was much less difference in squash ability. Chicago players #2 Regan Allen and #4 Robert Garner both won their matches. But it wasn’t enough to get their team the win. Duke won the match 4-2.

Sunday morning brought the finals with the first, second and third place teams from each pool playing their opposite number from the other pool.

In the match for 5th/6th place, UI-Springfield took on Minnesota. The Prairie Stars started the match up 1-0 by default, but watched their lead slip away quickly as the only played match they won was at #6 when John Tienken (playing on a recently repaired ACL) won over Minnesota’s Max Cowger.

In the match for 3rd/4th place, Notre Dame took on the short-handed Duke team up 3-0 by default. The default matches turned out not to be necessary, as the Irish won five of the six played matches. The two closest matches came at #3 between Irish player Mike O’Neill and #2 Paul Mickan (Irish team captain) both winning in five games over their respective opponents Fred and Nick Grace (identical twins).

The teams all had a great weekend together at the host facility, The University Club of Chicago. In addition to the great squash, everyone enjoyed a delicious dinner of Chicago pizza, overlooking Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, courtesy of The Jesters.

Reminder that College Squash Requires Proper Eyewear

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — As the season gets underway, teams and players are reminded that proper eyewear is required for all college squash matches, including warmups and match play.

Standard eyewear (i.e. everyday prescription glasses) may not be worn in place of acceptable eyewear. The CSA has detailed Eyewear Rules, which includes the following language:

Approved eyewear must be worn for the entirety of a match, from the beginning of the warm-up until the match’s conclusion. Standard eyeglasses may not be worn in lieu of approved eyewear, even if the eyeglasses have plastic lenses. In the event of a player not having approved eyewear for their match, the rules for a self-inflicted injury apply. In the event that a player’s eyewear breaks during a match, the injury rule may be required to determine the result. This would only be needed in the case of prescription glasses that can not be immediately replaced. In the event of a player not having approved eyewear and a suitable replacement not being found, the player may forfeit the match.

The CSA believes it is so critical to wear proper eyewear that a match will be forfeited if proper eyewear is not worn.

Even talented squash players can injure their eyes playing squash. In 2002, Amy Boytz wrote a powerful article for Squash Magazine entitled “For Your Eyes Only?” Every squash player needs to read this article. Yale alum and multi-time CSA All-American Will Carlin, a frequent contributor to Squash Magazine, was hit in the eye with a squash ball. He required multiple surgeries and lost two years of his prime squash career.

Harrow Sports, the CSA’s official equipment supplier, has eyewear available to CSA players.

For players with glasses, prescription eyewear, such as Rec Specs, are available. An iMask fits over standard eyewear. Often, contacts and a pair of protective eyewear is an inexpensive solution.

Remember, teams and players must abide by the CSA’s eyewear policy to participate in CSA sanctioned events.

Dunlop 2012-2013 Women’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage] Northampton, MA — Today, the Dunlop 2012 – 2013 Women’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings were released.

Harvard begins the season at the top of the rankings for the third consecutive year. The Crimson will be attempting to win their third championship in four years. Yale, Trinity, and Princeton will be looking to stop Harvard and regain the National Championship and Howe Cup.

Nine schools improved in the rankings from last season: Conn College, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, George Washington, Hamilton, Haverford, Virginia, Wellesley, and William Smith.

The following schools dropped spots in the rankings: Boston College, Colgate, Georgetown, Mount Holyoke, Smith College, and Tufts.

Preseason rankings were based heavily on the team questionnaires returned for the 2012 – 2013 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 2011 – 2012 Women’s College Squash Association National Team Championships or that competed in the 5-player Emerging Teams division were not ranked.

Below are the 2012 – 2013 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. Yale University (2)
  3. Trinity College (3)
  4. Princeton University (4)
  5. Pennsylvania, University of (Penn) (5)
  6. Cornell University (6)
  7. Stanford University (7)
  8. Dartmouth College (8)
  9. Brown University (9)
  10. Williams College (10)
  11. Middlebury College (11)
  12. Bates College (12)
  13. Columbia University (13)
  14. Franklin and Marshall College (15)
  15. Hamilton College (16)
  16. George Washington University (17)
  17. Mount Holyoke College (14)
  18. Wesleyan University (18)
  19. Amherst College (19)
  20. Bowdoin College (20)
  21. Colby College (21)
  22. Wellesley College (23)
  23. Connecticut College (24)
  24. Tufts University (22)
  25. William Smith College (26)
  26. Smith College (25)
  27. Vassar College (27)
  28. St. Lawrence University (28)
  29. Haverford College (31)
  30. Virginia, University of (32)
  31. Boston College (29)
  32. Drexel University (35)
  33. Georgetown University (30)
  34. Johns Hopkins University (34)
  35. Colgate University (33)
  36. Northeastern University (36)
  37. Vanderbilt University (37)
  38. Rochester, University of (38)

College Squash Reminders (11/4/2012)

Michael T. Bello
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Northampton, MA — On Sunday, the e-mail below was sent to CSA coaches, team contacts, and Sports Information Directors.

Coaches, Team Contacts, and SIDs,

As the season gets underway, a few reminders:

  • Recording Results: Please enter your match scores ASAP. 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.
  • Match Results with “Not on Roster” players: A few teams still have “Not on Roster” players in their match results. Like last season, we are prepared to remove teams from the rankings if “Not on Roster” players are not entered.
  • Instructions on the US Squash Scoring System: Detailed instructions may be found on entering matches and adding players to your roster on the CSA website. Here are the links.
    • Recording or adding a Match: http://csasquash.com/wp-content/uploads/Score-Entry-Documentation1.pdf
    • Entering or Removing Players: http://csasquash.com/wp-content/uploads/Coach-player-add-delete-documentation.pdf
  • 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.

Dunlop 2012-2013 Men’s College Squash Preseason Team Rankings

Michael T. Bello
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[rankingimage]Northampton, MA — Today, the 2012 – 2013 Dunlop Men’s College Squash Preseason Team rankings were released.

Princeton begins its national championship and Potter Cup defense as the top team in the nation. Trinity and Harvard, the 2nd- and 3rd-ranked teams, as well as the other teams in the A Division, will be looking to take over the top spot by the end of the season.

Twelve schools improved in the rankings from last season: BU, Charleston, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, Fordham, George Washington, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Kenyon, Swarthmore, Vermont, and Washington (St. Louis).

The following schools dropped spots in the rankings: Brown, Bryant, California Berkeley, Dartmouth, Denison, Tufts, Georgetown, Illinois (Champaign), Northeastern, Northwestern, NYU, Sewanee, Washington, and Vanderbilt 

Preseason rankings were based heavily on the team questionnaires returned for the 2012 – 2013 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 2011 – 2012 Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championships or that competed in the 5-player Emerging Teams division were not ranked.

Below are the 2012 – 2013 Men’s College Squash Association preseason team rankings.  Listed after each school’s name is their final ranking from last season.

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