Vassar College Brewers

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• Vassar College returns to play this season with David Ames again at the helm as head coach.
• Both teams will be focused on improving their play and translating strong team culture into success on the court.
• Vassar players who are new to college competition will play a big role early in the season with several matches for each team starting this coming weekend.

Head Coach:  David Ames

Women’s Team Captains:  Claire Coss, Caitlin Lewis
Men’s Team Captains:  Reese Collins, Alex Wisneski

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Claire Coss, Claire Weiss, Nicole Pihlstrom, Odie Berkson, Caitlin Lewis
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Sydney Nemphos, Samantha Henderson, Amanda Watson, Isabel Bronson, Alexa Elias
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Emma Adams, Sophia Choudri, Sehar Dey-Kohli, Liv Kane, Remi Kauderer, Dariana Kulaha, Anna Lee

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Sameer Mustafa, Henry Mitchell, Alex Wisneski, Reese Collins, Max Swan, Liam Condon, Josh Finkelstein
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Milind Joshi, Matthew Hein, Jonah Miles, Andrew Solender
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Jarid Haslinger, Rithik Jalali, Patrick Looby, Azaan Malik

Teams’ Goal:  To move up in the college rankings.

Women’s Key Matches: Northeastern, Conn College, Haverford, Mount Holyoke
Men’s Key Matches: Fordham, Georgetown, Boston University, Haverford

Coach’s Quote: “Play hard, get better, and have fun.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

Tufts University Jumbos

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• Head Coach Joe Raho and his team have high hopes for the 2021-2022 season, and the influx of new talent on the teams could be a big reason why.
• The Tufts women will rely on those new players right away after graduating five starters from the 2020 postseason lineup. With 10 new teammates on the roster for this season, the competition for spots on the ladder will be regular and fierce.
• The men’s team really could meet the team’s goal of being the best Tufts team in the last 30 years with the mix of nine experienced returners and seven promising newcomers on the roster.

Head Coach:  Joe Raho
Assistant Coach:  Gary Gargan

Women’s Team Captains:  Megan Chen, Diya Sanghi
Men’s Team Captains:  Vivaan Jaikishan, Marco Rodriguez

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Isabella Schneider, Megan Chen, Diya Sanghi, Natalie Bartlett, Beverly Vo
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Claire Davidson, Catherine Shanahan, Rachel Windreich, Chloe Kantor, Radhika Joshi, Abhilasha Bhasin
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Ellie Ackerman, Aleezah Burhan, Kate Chang, Caroline Chin, Anushka Gupta, Riddhi Joshi, Nieve Monderer, Ami Sao, Sanjana Vissapragada, Ellyn Xu

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Kunal Valia, Sanjeev Jeyabalan, Konrad LaDow, Vivaan Jaikishan, Marco Rodriguez, Dillon O’Shea, Aryaman Pandya, Shloke Sahay, Vaughan Siker
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Raghav Kumar, William Dewire, Salik Awan, Connor Wind
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Harry Charlton, Sam Charlton, Oliver Eielson, Javier Hurtado, Siddharth Nandakumar, Krish Shah, Kerwin Teh

Women’s Team Goal:  Work Hard, get better, crack the Top 15 in the country
Men’s Team Goal:  Work hard, get better, crack the top 20 in the country

Women’s Key Matches: Bates, Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin
Men’s Key Matches: Williams, MIT, Navy, Amherst, Bowdoin

Coach’s Quote: “We’re trying to be the best Tufts squash team in the last 30 years.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

Trinity College Bantams

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• Hall of Fame coaches Wendy Bartlett and Paul Assaiante lead their extremely talented teams into battle this season after a full year off from competition.
• Both teams have a formidable mix of strong returning players and experienced incoming recruits who should have them right in the mix for a top spot in the rankings throughout the season.
• While the women’s team has lost four All-America selections to recent graduations, they return several starters from 2020 to lead the championship-level effort.
• The Trinity men also graduated some high octane players, but top player Miko Aijanen will anchor a young, talented, and hungry unit.

Women’s Head Coach:  Wendy Bartlett
Women’s Assistant Coach:  Rodrigo Porras

Men’s Head Coach:  Paul Assaiante
Assistant Coach:  Rick Penders, Alister Walker

Women’s Team Captains:  Farran Brown, Ashita Bhengra, Amina Taher, Nadiia Usenko
Men’s Team Captains:  Miko Aijanen, Julius Benthin, Martin Rios

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Sarahi Lopez (First Team All-America), Nadiia Usenko, Nanna Carleke, Ashita Bhengra, Amina Taher, Lily Taylor-French, Zeinab Bakayoko, Farran Brown, Habiba Dawood, Mimi Brown, Joyce Chan
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Min Jie Teh (First Team All-America), Akanksha Salunkhe (Second Team All-America), Vanessa Raj (First Team All-America), Lakeesha Rarere (Second Team All-America), Josie Fitzgerald, Campbell Brown
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Janna Ashmawy, Madeleine Hylland, Malak Moustafa, Lujan Palacios, Jana Safy, Nouran Youssef

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Miko Aijanen (First Team All-America), Aly Eltokhy (Second Team All-America), Aly Tolba, Utkarsh Baheti, Julius Benthin, Felipe De La Cruz, Walker Hopkins, Peter Keigher, Ishaan Madhok, Teddy McLanahan, Dillon Park, Martin Rios,  
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Kush Kumar (First Team All-America), Michael Craig (First Team All-America), Thoboki Mohohlo (First Team All-America), Andrew Lee (Second Team All-America), Ziad Sakr, Aryaman Adik, Patrick O’Sullivan
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Advait Adik, Henry Culhane, Khamal Cumberbatch, Marwan El Borolossy, Ahmed Ismaeel, Abdelrahman Nassar, Chris Neill, Mateo Restrepo, Mohamed Sharaf, Danial Sharul Izham

Women’s Team Goal:  To be one of the top teams.
Men’s Team Goal:  To try to improve every day.

Women’s Key Matches: Drexel, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Yale
Men’s Key Matches: Drexel, Columbia, Penn, Princeton, Harvard

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

Stanford University Cardinal

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• The Stanford women will be playing this season with an extra level of joy after the Stanford administration reinstated the program’s varsity future before it expired this summer.
• Despite that relief, Head Coach Mark Talbott’s team will be challenged this season, mainly due to low numbers on his roster. Some key recruits went elsewhere after the University’s initial announcement, so the team will be short on depth.
• The Cardinal do return five starters from the team that finished ranked 6th in 2020, including All-America selection Elena Wagenmans, meaning they will be battle tested and a tough out all season long.

Head Coach:  Mark Talbott
Assistant Coach:  Nick Talbott

Team Captains:  Amita Gondi, Elena Wagenmans

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Elena Wagenmans, Cassandra Ong, Amita Gondi, Samantha Moadel, Haley Aube, Avery McCall
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Casey Wong, Caroline Neave, Chloe Chemtob, Juliette Love, Julia Gillette, Sun Woo Lee
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Lucia Bicknell, Si Yi Ma, Sumrin Mudgil, Chloe Pae

Team Goal:  Top 8 in the rankings

Key Matches:  Cornell, Penn, Yale, Dartmouth, Williams

Quote: “Very excited to compete! We are so happy to be reinstated to varsity status.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

St. Lawrence University Saints

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• There is perhaps no other team that is looking forward to getting back on court for regular training and competition more than Scott Denne’s St. Lawrence Saints teams. The last two years has presented immense challenges, but Coach Denne has the teams back on the rise and ready to compete.
• The teams will dedicate this season to their fallen teammate, Enzo Corigliano, who tragically passed away in late 2020.
• The women’s team will make a strong push to be the best team in the Liberty League this year, which they also hope will mean that they are firmly placed in the national Top 24. Eight newcomers will join five returning starters in that pursuit.
• The men’s team are on the Barnaby Award watch, looking to make the biggest jump in rankings from one year to the next. They will be young and light on match experience, but their large crop of incoming talent will be eager to make waves against unwitting opponents from the outset of the season.

Head Coach:  Scott Denne
Assistant Coach:  Jamie Oakley

Women’s Team Captains:  Makyla Kelley, Sanna Koivumäki
Men’s Team Captains:  James Barrow, Jack Turvey

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Sanna Koivumaki, Makyla Kelley, Katherine Leiva, Starnisha Ramsey, Xitlali Zuniga
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Gabrielle Ahrens, Katie Walsh, Alexandra Limas, Lindsay Whipple, Arelis Arellano, Samantha Sambrook
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Promise Butler, Petra Derose, Margaret Fleischner, Tita Hicks, Anannya Morey, Margaret Pruett, Ulrikke Ribesen, Ellie Wyckoff

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  James Barrow, Aaron Levy, Logan Thomas, Daniel Rosas
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Enzo Corigliano (RIP; Second Team All-America), Inwoo Lee, Aran Thawani, Tyler Schmalz
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Lewis Anderson, Oliver Bikhazi-Green, Dean Brooker, Sebi De La Vega, Trey Denman, Alix DuPlessis, Ewan Farr, Vladimir Iglesias, Hassan Madkour, William Martinez, Nathan Mead, Luis Alejandro Moncada Gonzalez, Harry Robson, John Tobin, Jack Turvey

Women’s Team Goal:  Win Liberty League Championships and play in Walker Cup (C Division) at Nationals
Men’s Team Goal:  Win Liberty League Championships and play in Hoehn Cup (B Division) at Nationals

Women’s Key Matches: William Smith, Hamilton, Franklin & Marshall, Dickinson
Men’s Key Matches: Hobart, Middlebury, Amherst, Bowdoin, Bates

Coach’s Quote: “We have all been working hard to strengthen the women’s team and rebuild the men’s team to be back in the top 10.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

University of Rochester Yellowjackets

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• First-year head coach Mario Yanez leads his alma mater into competition for the first time next month after serving as an assistant coach with the Yellowjackets right after graduation.
• A tall task lies ahead of him, however, with only four starters returning from Rochester’s No. 6-ranked finish two years ago.
• Much will be asked of a diverse and talented group of recruits who step on campus with big shoes to fill and high hopes of another finish in the Potter Cup (A) Division.

Head Coach: Mario Yanez
Director of Squash Elite Performance: Martin Heath

Team Captains:  Emilio Carrillo, Abdel Lasheen

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Abdelrahman Lasheen, Cesar Segundo Corona, Emilio Carrillo, Quinlan Jeudy
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Ashely Davies (First Team All-America), Matthew Toth (Second Team All-America), Marcus Sim Wei Jie, Thijs van der Pluijm, Sergio Martin, Alexander Riedelsheimer, Siddhant Iyer
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Yash Fadte, Nicholas Gill, Jake Koeppel, Varun Kumar, Arnav Mandhana, Alejandro Porras, Tom Whiteley, Omar Zakaria

Team Goal:  Consistency and discipline

Key Matches:  Dartmouth, Western Ontario, Cornell, Yale

Coach’s Quote: “We want to achieve a full season of major improvements both on and off the court, without any major injuries or setbacks.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

Princeton University Tigers

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• If things fall into place in the ways that Women’s Head Coach Gail Ramsay and Men’s Head Coach Sean Wilkinson want, 2022 could be a historic year for the Princeton squash programs.
• After finishing as national finalist in 2020, the women’s team returns the vast majority of their starting lineup. The returning squad will be bolstered by an impressive group of new players who should add the critical depth needed to make a run back to the finals.
• The Princeton men also return almost their entire starting roster from 18 months ago and have since added some top-line talent to solidify the team. The final two matches of the regular season against Penn and Drexel could have a monumental effect on the final standings heading into the Team Championship event.

Women’s Head Coach:  Gail Ramsay
Women’s Assistant Coach:  Hesham Aly

Men’s Head Coach:  Sean Wilkinson
Men’s Assistant Coach:  Moustafa Hamada

Women’s Team Captains:  Raneem El Torky, Emme Leonard, Emily Rose, Elle Ruggiero
Men’s Team Captains:  Cole Becker, Youssef Ibrahim, Duncan Joyce

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Elle Ruggiero, Raneem El Torky, Emme Leonard, Caroline Spahr, Andrea Toth, Emily Rose, India Stephenson, Lucy Stephenson, Anna Goodman
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  M. Grace Doyle, Morgan Steelman, Madison Soukup
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Molly Chadwick, Katherine Glaser, Josey Klein, Connie Nelson, Isabel Paine, Olivia Robinson, Katherine Sapinski, Saachi Singh, Kristen Weil

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Youssef Ibrahim, Cole Becker, Daelum Mawji, Duncan Joyce, Maaz Khatri, Hao-Chen Cheng, William Ezratty, Alastair Cho, Kion Bruno
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Adhitya Raghavan, Gabriel Morgan, Henry Parkhurst
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Zain Ahmed, Karim Elbarbary, James Kontulis, Gordon Lam, Arin Mukherjee, Thomas Rosini, Ahmed Wael

Women’s Team Goal:  As always train hard and play to our potential.
Men’s Team Goals:  Win Ivies and Nationals.

Women’s Key Matches: Ivy League Schedule, Trinity, Drexel
Men’s Key Matches: Ivy League Schedule, Virginia, Trinity, Drexel

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

University of Pennsylvania Quakers

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• The last time a large group of CSA players were competing against each others was at Penn’s new facility for the 2020 National Collegiate Individual Championships, and the men’s teams will reconvene at that beautiful venue for the Team Championships in mid-February.
• 2020 was a banner year for Penn Men’s Squash, finishing as runner-up to national champion Harvard and winning the Sloane Award for team sportsmanship along the way. Despite the pandemic, or perhaps because of it, momentum has flowed into this season when the men’s team will be one of the favorites to clinch the overall title.
• The Penn women will be a youthful squad this year with no seniors on the roster and only five returning starters from two seasons ago. They will rely on a deep lineup of new players to maintain their standing as a Top-8 program in a challenging women’s league.

Director of Squash/Women’s Head Coach:  Jack Wyant
Men’s Head Coach:  Gilly Lane
Assistant Coach:  Stuart Crawford

Women’s Team Captains:  To be announced
Men’s Team Captains:  Aly Abou EleInen, Yash Bhargava, Andrew Douglas, James Flynn

Women’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Jamila Tamer, Ashley Manning, Amina Tamer, Navmi Sharma, Eujung Park
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Jessica Davis (First Team All-America), Julia Buchholz, Lindsay Stanley, Haley Scott, Nicole Windreich, Meg Brody, Margaret Frantz
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Kelsey Abbrecht, Avni Anand, Dhivya Arasappan, Emma Carter, Alisa Chokshi, Ella Cohen, Grace Lavin, Penny Oh, Abbie Rorke, Yoshna Singh, Elizabeth Weise, Emma Wolf

Men’s Team Roster Updates
Returning Players:  Andrew Douglas (First Team All-America), Aly Abou El Einen (National Finalist), James Flynn (First Team All-America), Dillon Huang, Yash Bhargava, Saksham Choudhary, Tushar Shahani, Krish Bhavnani, Zach Bradlow, Brian Cowhey, Alexander Trauber
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  David Yacobucci, Wil Hagen, Ryan Murray
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Roger Baddour, Abdelrahman Dweek, Shaam Gambhir, Oliver Green, Nathan Kueh, Dana Santry, Nick Spizzirri

Women’s Team Goal:  The team will be quite young, without a senior on the roster. Only 5 returners have played a college match. The goal is to get better, create a positive team environment and enjoy competing!
Men’s Team Goal:  Compete hard while representing the university, alumni, and fellow teammates with the highest degree of sportsmanship and honor.

Women’s Key Matches: Ivy League Schedule, Drexel, Virginia, Stanford
Men’s Key Matches: Ivy League Schedule, Drexel, Virginia, Trinity

Jack Wyant’s Quote: “With no seniors on our roster, we hope to establish a solid foundation with our returning juniors and a strong class of Freshman and Sophomore recruits who add depth to our line up.”
Gilly Lane’s Quote: “The 2019-2020 season was an incredible season for our program. After having a season off due to Covid, we are looking to try and continue our momentum from that season. We have a tough schedule ahead this year and I am excited to see how the team progresses after a year off.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen

2021-2022 SEASON PREVIEW

• Navy was one of the very few teams that competed in a match during last season, but despite that, their thirst for competition remains at an extremely high level.
• One of head coach Tyler Osborne’s main tasks in preparation for this season was filling the leadership and talent void left by a strong graduating senior class and the loss of Skillman Award winner Jack Lentz.
• While Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference foes are always a priority, Navy also has a key set of matches against NESCAC opponents which will greatly impact the success of their season.

Head Coach:  Tyler Osborne
Assistant Coach:  Andres Gutierrez

Team Captain:  Ryan York

Men’s Team Roster Update
Returning Players:  Millen Randell, Ryan York, Ben Korn, Gus Prager, Thomas Rankin, Joe Kacergis, William Hyer
Graduated/Non-Returning Starting Players:  Jack Lentz, Owen Davis, Michael Kacergis, Thomas Prim
Additions to 2021-2022 Roster:  Ben Balser, Henry Sparkman, Lucas Spiro, Matthew Wang

Team Goal:  Top 4 in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference

Key Matches:  Amherst, MIT, Tufts, Williams, Middlebury

Coach’s Quote: “We are just really looking forward to traveling and competing this upcoming season. Last season was hard with a lot of practices, but very little competition. The team was resilient, but the lack of competition was certainly draining mentally. It will be interesting to see how this year shapes up. A lot of teams will look different with 2 full new classes and some returning seniors, which will present a lot of tough competition. We couldn’t be more excited to dig in and compete once again.”

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2021-2022 College Squash Season Previews page.