Week Four Varsity Schedule: November 30 to December 7

View the full schedule – CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Matches of the Week 

Men
No. 21 Bowdoin vs. No. 22 Bates
The Bowdoin Polar Bears renew their local rivalry with visitors Bates next week on Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 in the evening. Once again, the rival neighbors also find themselves next to each other in the rankings, looking to gain early-season bragging rights and a strong start to NESCAC play.
Live Scoreboard: Bowdoin vs. Bates

Women
No. 28 Haverford vs. No. 27 Denison
The Haverford women and Denison women will travel to Dickinson College in central Pennsylvania for a match up on Sunday, December 4. The women will compete at 11:00AM in what is expected to be a close battle. Denison will look to show their progress as a second-year varsity program.

Spotlight Matches

Men
No. 11 Rochester vs. No. 13 Chatham
No. 23 Middlebury vs. No. 24 Hobart 

Women
No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 5 Yale
No. 10 Dartmouth vs. No. 12 Tufts
No. 26 Dickinson vs. No. 27 Denison

Club Teams

• University of Virginia’s club team will host Men/Co-Ed Club teams including Richmond University, George Washington University, Duke University and Washington & Lee University in a round robin this weekend at the McArthur Squash Center. 
• Many Women and Men/Co-Ed Club teams will meet in Boston for a round robin sponsored by The Jesters.
  • Men’s & Co-Ed Club: Boston University, University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University
  • Women’s Club: Northeastern University, Boston University, Washington University in St. Louis, Colgate University, Boston College

The U.S. Jesters Club, founded in 1935, is a national social and philanthropic organization. For more than a dozen years, the Jesters have supported intercollegiate club squash.  The goals are to help undergraduates learn or accelerate their squash, enabling them to become lifelong players and members of the squash community; and to sustain collegiate squash by organizing memorable round-robin events that enable teams to enter the nationals.

Please view the full Club Teams Schedule – CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Order of Play 

The order of play for week four (November 30-December 7) is: 

3-Court System
3,2,1/5,6,4/7,9,8

5-Court System
2,1/4,3/5,6/7,8/10,9

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker – Men and Women. 

Please follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for additional updates throughout the weekend. 

As teams prepare for the calendar to turn over to December and the end of the fall semester approaches, CSA has shared its first manual update to the team rankings. The club team rankings feature for the first time this season as well, with several teams logging at least three matches to open the season.

The biggest movement since the preseason rankings release came from the Columbia women, who fell four spots to No. 8 after an opening-season loss to Virginia. William Smith College also made waves in the women’s varsity rankings with two strong wins against Amherst and Williams, earning the No. 13 spot this week.

For the men, Dartmouth set the tone with a nice upset of Rochester to open the season, moving the Big Green into the Top 10. After earning a victory in the Men’s Match of Week 3, Franklin & Marshall flip-flops with Tufts into the No. 15 position.

The full set of rankings can be viewed here below, while fans should look for regular updates on the College Squash Team Rankings page all season.

An action filled weekend with several close matches occurred before the short holiday break. 

Week Three Varsity Match Results: November 17 to November 23

Varsity Teams

• The No. 16 F&M men pushed past No. 15 Tufts in the CSA Men’s Match of the Week at F&M on Saturday afternoon. Despite Tufts’s middle strength and deep ladder, the F&M Diplomats secured wins at the top of the ladder and bottom. It was a long battle with some matches reaching an hour of play, but F&M remained strong and took the 5-4 win.
• The No. 14 William Smith women upset No. 13 Amherst in the CSA Women’s Match of the Week at Amherst Saturday afternoon. This marks the William Smith Herons’ first victory over the Mammoths since 2007. The Amherst women fought hard in a close battle but the Herons came prepared and took the win 5-4.
• The No. 14 William Smith women fought hard on the second consecutive day to beat No. 15 Williams in another close 5-4 match. The Herons leave the weekend 2-0 after their toughest matches of the fall.

Club Teams

• The No. 31 Fordham varsity men’s team fell to Northeastern University men’s club team in a close 5-4 battle at the Hackley School on Sunday. 
• The Bard women’s squash team hosted Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, and Smith in a round robin this past weekend. Each team had a solid performance competing in several matches. 

View results here: CSA Women and CSA Men’s & Co-Ed

Please follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for additional updates. 

Week 4 will begin after the holiday, November 30 to Dec 7. 

Week Three Varsity Schedule: November 17 to November 23

View the full schedule – CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

The College Squash Association sends heartfelt wishes and healing thoughts to the University of Virginia community this week in the aftermath of the terrible tragedy that occurred on campus. CSA supports Virginia’s decision to cancel their teams’ matches this weekend and hopes the team members, coaches, and loved ones find strength through this challenging time.

Matches of the Week 

Men
No. 16 Franklin & Marshall vs. No. 15 Tufts at Franklin & Marshall
The F&M Diplomats will host Tufts on Saturday afternoon in what is expected to be a competitive battle. Tufts is a team on the rise, but their upward trajectory will be put to the test early this season against Top-16 mainstays F&M.
Live Scoreboard: F&M vs. Tufts

Women
No. 13 Amherst vs. No. 14 William Smith at Amherst
The William Smith Herons will travel to Amherst to open their 2022-2023 season. William Smith will look to back up their Top-16 preseason ranking and continue their winning streak after capturing the Walker Cup in February.
Live Scoreboard: Amherst vs. William Smith

Spotlight Matches

Men
The No. 10 Rochester men begin a big week of matches this evening against No. 11 Western. They will conclude Week 3 for CSA with a competitive match against No. 8 Cornell on Tuesday. 

Women
The No. 14 William Smith women are starting off their 2022-2023 season with two challenging matches. They will take on No. 13 Amherst in the CSA Women’s Match of the Week followed by another close match-up against No. 15 Williams on Sunday at home. 

Club Team

• The Hackley School will host several varsity and co-ed club team match-ups including Fordham, Cal-Berkeley, George Washington, Northeastern, and Washington University in St. Louis. 
• Women club teams Wellesley and Smith will be joined by Mount Holyoke and Bard in a round of match-ups at Bard.

Please view the full Club Teams Schedule – CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Order of Play 

The order of play for week three (November 17-23) is: 

3-Court System
2,1,3/6,5,4/9,8,7

5-Court System
1,2/4,3/6,5/7,8/10,9

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker – Men and Women. 

Please follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for additional updates throughout the weekend. 

Many teams competed in their first match of the season this weekend. The competition was tight and teams began to make their mark on the 2022-2023 season.

Week Two Varsity Match Results: November 10 to November 16 

Varsity Teams

• The No. 4 Yale men beat No. 5 Virginia in the CSA Men’s Match of the Week at UVA this weekend. While Virginia took an early 2-0 lead, Yale won the next 5 matches to secure the win. The Yale men dug deep to pull off their first win of the season ultimately defeating Virginia 6-3. 
• The No. 8 Virginia women upset No. 4 Columbia in the CSA Women’s Match of the Week at UVA on Sunday afternoon. Columbia’s ladder has good depth and strength at the top making it a close battle but Virginia’s middle of the ladder secured the 5-4 win. 
• Congrats to the No. 3 Drexel Women and No. 2 Penn Men on winning the PA State Cup this weekend in Philadelphia at the Arlen Specter Center. The Drexel women took home their second consecutive Pennsylvania State Squash Championship defeating the No. 9 Penn women 7-2. While the No. 7 Drexel men took the lead after the first wave, the Quaker men beat the Dragons 7-2 in several close matches. The victory secured the Penn men’s fifth straight Pennsylvania State Squash Championship. 

Club Teams

• The Penn Co-Ed Club defeated Dartmouth, Princeton and Lehigh 9-0 at their home courts in Philadelphia this past weekend. The team continues its 5-0 undefeated season and will pick up some of their toughest matches after the Thanksgiving break. 
• Stanford hosted four west coast Co-Ed Club teams – UCLA, Cal, ASU and Stanford. Each team played several matches and fun was had by all. 
• Navy Men and Georgetown Women sweep competition in Navy’s annual Veterans Weekend tournament held in Annapolis. The No. 25 Navy men opened the weekend with a victory over No. 31 Fordham. The men went on to win against Boston University, Denison, Bucknell and Georgetown. No. 22 Georgetown women swept Denison and Boston U.
• In an exciting first, the new women’s club team at University of Chicago hosted a round robin with stalwart club programs from Northeastern University and Washington University in St. Louis and University of North Carolina’s budding team. Hosts Chicago went 3-0 on the weekend.

View results here: CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Please follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for additional updates. 

Week 3 will begin tomorrow, November 17 to November 23.  

Week Two Varsity Schedule: November 10 to November 16

View the full schedule here: CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Matches of the Week

Men
#5 Virginia vs. #4 Yale
A huge Top-5 match-up headlines the men’s competition this weekend and should give fans a glimpse of two teams looking to break through this season. The result may come down to the contrast between Virginia’s strength at the top of their lineup and Yale’s seasoned depth.

Women
#8 Virginia vs. #4 Columbia 
The Virginia women will look to replicate their hot start from last season, which included an upset of Columbia in New York City. This season, the Cavaliers are again ranked lower but hope to use home court advantage and another year of experience to support their upset bids.

Spotlight Matches

Men
#8 Cornell vs. #11 Western
#12 Dartmouth vs. #10 Rochester

Women
#26 Dickinson vs. #23 Chatham
#8 UVA vs. #6 Yale
#22 Georgetown vs. #27 Denison (2nd-year varsity programs)

Club Team

• Navy hosts its annual round robin with varsity teams from Denison, Fordham, and Georgetown joining club teams from Bucknell, Georgetown, and Boston University.
• Men’s and co-ed club team representatives from Dartmouth, Drexel, Penn, and Princeton will be joined by Lehigh at Penn Squash Center.
• New women’s club team Chicago will host Northeastern, Washington University in St. Louis, and North Carolina in a big set of interregional match-ups.
• Varsity member Bard welcomes Swarthmore and UConn along with Liberty League foe Vassar.
• The battle for Tobacco Road bragging rights goes down on Saturday with Duke, North Carolina, and NC State playing a tri-match.

Please view the full Club Teams Schedule – CSA Women and CSA Men’s&Co-Ed

Order of Play 

The order of play for week two (November 10-16) is: 

3-Court System
1,3,2/6,5,4/8,7,9

5-Court System
1,2/3,4/5,6/8,7/10,9

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker – Women and Men.

Please follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for additional updates throughout the weekend.

The College Squash Association (CSA) published the preseason rankings for all women’s and men’s varsity teams on Thursday, setting the stage for the season to begin in earnest this weekend.

One main noticeable change right from the jump is that seven-time defending women’s team champion, Harvard, is not at the top of the standings as the season gets underway. Trinity College takes the top women’s spot thanks to a strong set of returning players coupled with an impressive incoming class.

On the men’s side, three-time defending team champion Harvard picks up where it left off last year, grabbing the No. 1 spot just ahead of University of Pennsylvania. Harvard may be the team to beat again this season, but the logjam of talented teams behind them will make for some very interesting matches along the road to the championship.

The full list of the preseason rankings can be found below and will be updated throughout the season on CSA’s College Squash Rankings page. This year’s preseason rankings were decided based on an algorithm which evaluates the Club Locker player ratings of the top players on each team and were confirmed by the CSA Rankings Committee.

With a full slate of matches scheduled for this weekend, including the first varsity match of the season between the men’s teams from Vassar College and Fordham University, the CSA also released the randomized order of play for the upcoming week:

Order of Play
The order of play for this week, Thursday Nov. 3 through Wednesday Nov. 9, is:

• 3-court system: 2,3,1 / 5,6,4 / 9,8,7
• 5-court system: 2,1 / 4,3 / 5,6 / 7,8 / 10,9

Schedules
View the full college schedules here:
College Squash Women’s Schedule
College Squash Men’s Schedule

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker – Men and Women. Please make sure you check schools’ spectator policies and live streaming options if you plan to tune in to a specific match in the coming days.

Please also follow the CSA on Twitter (@CollegeSquash) and Instagram (@college_squash) for social media updates throughout the weekend.

The 2022-2023 varsity squash season of competition commences at the beginning of November – only a couple short weeks to go!

To check out how all of our teams are looking heading into the season, please visit our Season Previews page:
2022-2023 Season Previews by School

Throughout the season, searchable schedules and results can be found on the following pages:
Women’s Schedule
Men’s Schedule

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for our 100th anniversary celebration on March 4, 2023! Learn more here: https://csasquash.com/csa100/