Williams College Ephs

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• In a way, the 2021-2022 season was one to forget for head coach Zafi Levy and his Williams Ephs squash teams. Although they pulled things together in the end to finish 13th (men) and 14th (women), the middle of the season brought several unforeseen challenges which were not welcome.
• With a clean slate in 2022-2023, Williams will be back competing for NESCAC supremacy and two high-end B Division finishes.
• The women’s team remains strong in the top three places of the lineup, but new players will need to deliver in the bottom two-thirds in order to find success.
• The Williams men welcome a recruit in each of the three portions of the standard ladder who should fill in nicely for last year’s departed players.

Head Coach: Zafi Levy
Assistant Coach: Blair Dils

Women’s Team Captains: Nikita Srivastava and Quan Ng
Men’s Team Captains: Udai Pal and Will Evans

Women’s Team Roster
Nora Brant
Giselle Ciriaco
Deena Iqbal
Haley Jefferson
Mira Kamat
Theresa Kay
Isabel Kelly
Yu Quan Ng
Roshni Pal
Amanda Solecki
Nikita Srivastava

Women’s Team Goal: Top 11 finish
Women’s Key Matches: William Smith, Franklin & Marshall, Tufts, Amherst

Men’s Team Roster
Alex Akbari
Will Comyns
Cameron Darnell
William Evans
Pierce Henderson
Asher Leavy
Andrew Lee
Jack Lee
Leonard Lee
Charles Merrill
Andrew Minnis
Jon Nicholson
Udai Pal
Gabriel Ramirez
Rafay Syed

Men’s Team Goal: Top 10 finish
Men’s Key Matches: MIT, Franklin & Marshall, Tufts, Dartmouth

Western University (Ontario) Mustangs

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• The Western University Mustangs finished 12th in the rankings last season, but head coach Chris Hanebury is confident that his squad can improve on that result this year.
• Part of that confidence comes from the make-up of his roster and the returning starters. Only the No. 4 player from last year’s starters has moved on, and Western has also added at least three impact recruits to add to their depth.

Head Coach: Chris Hanebury
Assistant Coach: Adam Van Wyngaarden 

Men’s Team Captains: Elliot Hunt 

Men’s Team Roster
Sachin Ahuja
Jagroop Bhangoo
Ben Boulanger
Taylor Carrick
Dylan Deverill
Nour El Adly
Salaheldin Eltorgman
Elliott Hunt
Eesa Huq
Mitchell Kahnert
Josh Kay
Amin Khan
Arin Khot
Douglas Kosciukiewicz
William Kuhn
Morven Liu
Griffin Manley
Antonio Mendes
Robert Mill
Vivek Mody
Rio Schafer
Sujai Shah
Nathan Smith
Kyle Spackman
Liam Watson

Men’s Team Goal: Be tougher opponents against the top ranked teams and to move up from out 12th place finish last season
Men’s Key Matches: Cornell, Rochester, MIT, Chatham

Quote from Coach: “The team is excited about the depth and talent of our roster and our ability to challenge the top teams in the nation”.

Wesleyan University Cardinals

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• The Wesleyan Women’s team enters the 2022-2023 season with a new-look roster and high hopes for a successful season. After graduating five seniors from a team with no junior members, the women’s team will be young and ambitious this year.
• The men’s team will have a much more familiar look to it with all nine starters from the team championships returning for another season. Matching that experience with a few talented recruits will result in a deeper squad that will push for NESCAC and divisional success.

Head Coach: Shona Kerr

Women’s Team Captains: Leadership committee of the returners
Men’s Team Captains: John Sutherby and Shanay Sanghavi

Women’s Team Roster
Aanya Anand
Mira Bakshi
Jaclyn Ditcher
Marangela James
Anika Kewalramani
Laila Kewalramani
Julissa Mota
Avika Pande
Celia Penny
Portia Pliam
Sydney Smith
Leandra Sze

Women’s Team Goal: To play as the most competitive and cohesive team as possible
Women’s Key Matches: Georgetown, Colby, Conn College, Haverford

Men’s Team Roster
Kevin Angulo Lezama
Josiah Bennett
Preston Crawford
Toby Goldston
Abhinav Gupta
Mikail Haroon
Zachary Idinopulos
Nimai Kini
Sebastian Kulkarni
Jack Lungstrum
Shanay Sanghavi
Morgan Shatzman
Milo Supasorn
John Sutherby
Ethan Yan
Cole Zetterquist

Men’s Team Goal: To play as the most competitive and cohesive team as possible
Men’s Key Matches: Navy, Haverford, Denison, Fordham

Quote from Coach: “I expect this group will work very hard to be the best players they can be and to push others to do the same”.

University of Virginia Cavaliers

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• For the first time in program history, both Virginia teams competed in the A Division at the national team championships last season. The goal, without question, is to make that feat a trend rather than a one-of occurrence.
• The top of the men’s lineup will be a formidable force to overcome with talented Egyptian players likely occupying the first four positions. That leaves only one additional win needed to clinch dual match victories, and the Cavalier men’s ladder will be poised to provide what is needed.
• The top six starters return for head coach Mark Allen’s women’s team, which should bode well for another difficult start to the season. Virginia’s women’s experience early last season of outlasting their opponents in close victories should be valuable as they approach the new year.

Head Coach: Mark Allen
Assistant Coach: Grant White and Rodrigo Porras 

Women’s Team Captains: Julia Curran and Sydney Maxwell
Men’s Team Captains: Teddy Durfee and Tyler Mackesy 

Women’s Team Roster
Meagan Best
Julia Curran
Griffin Dewey
Maureen Foley
Nasreen Hashmi
Emma Jinks
Annabelle Mactaggart
Sydney Maxwell
Eliza Mills
Maria Moya
Erin O’Connor
Caroline Pellegrino
Lina Tammam
Nicolina Tessitore
Olivia Walsh

Women’s Team Goal: Our goal for the ‘22-’23 season is to return to the A Division at Team Nationals and compete as well as we possibly can all season long
Women’s Key Matches: 

Men’s Team Roster
CJ Baldini
Andrew Barr
Charles Braff
Taha Dinana
Teddy Durfee
Kareem El Torkey
Omar El Torkey
Francis Hajek
Aly Hussein
Patrick Keller
Cullen Little
Tyler Mackesy
Myles McIntyre
John Paul Tew
Maxwell Velazquez

Men’s Team Goal: Our goal for the ‘22-’23 season is to return to the A Division at Team Nationals and compete as well as we possibly can all season long
Men’s Key Matches: 

Quote from Coach: “We are looking forward to another competitive season with our CSA opponents. Last season marked the first in which both of our teams qualified for the A Division at Team Nationals. And we are hopeful that we can repeat that feat for a second consecutive time during the ’22-’23 edition. We are especially excited to host a number of excellent opponents here at home, with our fans cheering us on at McArthur Squash Center. In addition to key matches against Yale, Columbia, and Drexel, we will also be serving as hosts for the MASC Championships for the first time since 2018”.

Vassar College Brewers

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• Vassar Head Coach David Ames is eager to get the season started and to show the improvement that he knows his young teams are capable of.
• The teams feature only three seniors between the two squads, meaning leadership and contributions will be spread throughout the team.
• As a boost, seven first-years – four women and three men – will infuse the teams with energy and skill to help set squads on a path to success this season.

Head Coach: David Ames

Women’s Team Captains: Anna Lee and Odie Berkson
Men’s Team Captains: Sameer Mustafa and Rithik Jalali 

Women’s Team Roster
Emma Adams
Charlotte Banigan-White
Olivia Berkson
Sophia Choudhri
Sehar Dey-Kohli
Luna Kang
Anna Lee
Mariya Novosad
Kelsey O’Connell
Adriana Ordaya
Chloe Vaiman

Women’s Team Goal: To have a successful, productive and fun season
Women’s Key Matches: Conn College, Haverford, Bard, Mount Holyoke

Men’s Team Roster
Kyle Benson
Luke Chen
Josh Finkelstein
Jarid Haslinger
Rithik Jalali
Wyatt Kern
Will Knauss
Razzan Lalji
Patrick Looby
Azaan Malik
Sameer Mustafa

Men’s Team Goal: To have a successful, productive and fun season
Men’s Key Matches: Fordham, Bard, Conn College, Haverford

Quote from Coach: “I am expecting massive improvement this season”.

Tufts University Jumbos

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• Tufts head coach Joe Raho is feeling confident coming into this season on the back of impressive performances to finish out the 2022 championship season. 
• The women’s team finished 12th in the country and second in the NESCAC, setting program bests in both areas, and they don’t appear to be stopping their push for better results this season.
• Not to be outdone, the Tufts men took their fifth seed in the Summers (C) Division all the way to the final and finished in 18th as the third highest ranked NESCAC men’s team. Look out for the men to push for a B Division berth this season.

Head Coach: Joseph Raho
Assistant Coach: Alex Grayson 

Women’s Team Captains: Caroline Chin and Sanjana Vissapragada
Men’s Team Captains: Kunal Valia ,Vivaan Jaikishan and Sanjeev Jeyabalan 

Women’s Team Roster
Aleezah Burhan
Kate Chang
Caroline Chin
Vharshamithraa Dinesh
Riddhi Joshi
Nieve Monderer
Maria Fernanda Pinot
Ami Sao
Isabella Schneider
Sanjana Vissapragada
Ellyn Xu

Women’s Team Goal: Finish in the top 10 CSA Rankings and finish in the top 3 for NESCAC
Women’s Key Matches: Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams, Bates

Men’s Team Roster
Mustafa Ayaz
Harry Charlton
Samuel Charlton
Jared Chin
Oliver Eielson
Youssef Ezzo
Javier Hurtado
Vivaan Jaikishan
Sanjeev Jeyabalan
Shivin Kumar
Siddharth Nandakumar
Shloke Sahay
Krish Shah
Kerwin Teh
Kunal Valia
Rohan Valia

Men’s Team Goal: Finish in the top 15 CSA Rankings and finish in the top 3 for NESCAC
Men’s Key Matches: Franklin & Marshall, St. Lawrence, MIT, Amherst, Williams

Quote from Coach: “We are just trying to get better every year. We are trying to help each player reach their fullest potential and to enjoy the process. In terms of expectations, I think we have a fantastic group of men and women and I think we’re going to have an excellent season”.

Trinity College Bantams

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• Much like their traditional rivals Princeton, the Trinity teams had a string of bad luck at the wrong time last season which impacted their performances at the team championships.
• After losing only two starters to graduation and gaining a few high-level recruits, the Bantam women will be very strong contenders for a national championship this season. The difficult loss to upstart Drexel in last season’s national semifinals will surely weigh on their minds as they prepare for this season.
• Trinity’s men are a deep squad and interchangeable talent throughout the top half of the ladder. Losing All-American Miko Aijanen to graduation is a tough blow, but the team will know that their five wins can come from anywhere in the lineup on any day.

Women Head Coach: Wendy Bartlett
Women Assistant Coach: Oscar Lopez-Hidalgo

Men Head Coach: Paul Assaiante
Men Assistant Coach: Moustafa Hamada

Women’s Team Captains: Joyce Chan and Nouran Youssef
Men’s Team Captains: Julius Benthin and William Curtis 

Women’s Team Roster
Janna Ashmawy
Zeinab Bakayoko
Fabiola Cabello Gomez
Nanna Carleke
Joyce Lynh Chan
Jena Gregory
Hannah Chukwu
Madeleine Hylland
Malak Ashraf Kamal
Zaynab Khan
Lujan Palacios
Jana Safy
Lily Taylor-French
Nouran Youssef

Women’s Team Goal: Be a contender for the National Championships
Women’s Key Matches: Harvard, Drexel, Columbia, Princeton, Yale

Coach Bartlett’s Quote: “With a mixture of talented returning and new players, our fitness level and discipline on court will determine our success.”

Men’s Team Roster
Advait Adik
Julius Benthin
Douglas Conigliaro
Henry Culhane
Khamal Cumberbatch
Will Curtis
Marawan ElBorolossy
Aly Eltokhy
Walker Hopkins
Ahmed Ismail
Will Jones
Peter Keigher
Reed Kovas
Teddy McLanahan
Abdelrahman Nassar
Christopher Neill
Dillon Park
Mateo Restrepo
Martin Rios
Danial Nurhaqiem Shahrul Izham
Mohamed Sharaf

Men’s Team Goal: To bring joy to the program
Men’s Key Matches: Harvard, Drexel, Princeton, Penn, Yale

Coach Assaiante’s Quote: “Focus on day to day and not worry about the outcome.”

Stanford University Cardinal

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• Stanford’s team has had a lot to deal with since the University reconfirmed its varsity status just over a year ago, and it seems that that status may continue into the beginning of this season.
• With some key players taking some time away from campus, head coach Mark Talbott will be eager to get the most out of his younger players, including four or five first-year student-athletes.
• Second Team All-America selection Si Ma remains in the lineup and will be relied upon to set the example at the top of the ladder.

Head Coach: Mark Talbott
Assistant Coach: Nick Talbott

Women’s Team Captains: Lucia Bicknell

Women’s Team Roster
Abigail Alemayeho
Lucia Bicknell
Miriam Cheng
Mary Duffy
Khushi Kukadia
Si Ma
Leah McGillicuddy
Isabella Rolfe
Riya Saran
Cathy Zhou

Women’s Team Goal: Finish high in the B rankings
Women’s Key Matches: Bates, Bowdoin, Tufts, Brown

Quote from Coach: “Continue to improve every day”.

St. Lawrence University Saints

2022-2023 Season Preview 

• David Morrish is the new head coach in charge of the St. Lawrence teams, and he will need to hit the ground running as soon as possible with his new teams with the first matches right around the corner.
• Both teams will be eager to hit the reset button after a challenging and tumultuous 2021-2022 season which saw them fade in the results at the end of the year.
• The core of a talented group is still together, however, and with a few key additions, the Saints could be a surprise team in 2023.

Head Coach: David Morrish

Women’s Team Captains: Annanya Morey and Petra DeRose
Men’s Team Captains: Jack Turvey and Aaron Levy

Women’s Team Roster
Ulrikke Bore Ribesen
Promise Butler
Abhisheka David
Petra DeRose
Margaret Fleischner
Laura Franz
Tita Hicks
Sanna Koivumaki
Madeleine Martin
Ksenia Merkulova
Anannya Morey
Margaret Pruett
Xitlali Zuniga

Women’s Team Goal: To finish the season near the top 10 (ranked 22 Oct 22) and win the Liberty league
Women’s Key Matches: Bates, Bowdoin, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, William Smith

Men’s Team Roster
Lewis Anderson
Oliver Bikhazi-Green
Dean Brooker
Harrison Callaway
Trey Denman
Alix DuPlessis
Ewan Farr
Vladimir Iglesias
Inwoo Lee
Aaron Levy
Hassan Madkour
William Martinez
Alejandro Luis Moncada Gonzalez
Harry Robson
Daniel Rosas
Alexander Scott
Jack Turvey
Patrick Walford
Henry Worden

Men’s Team Goal: To finish the season near the top 10 (ranked 22 Oct 22) and win the Liberty league
Men’s Key Matches: Tufts, Bates, Bowdoin, Hobart, MIT

Quote from Coach: “Train hard, let the racket do the talking and the sky is our limit”.