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CSA Preseason Rankings Released

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CSA Preseason Rankings Released

On Wednesday, the College Squash Association (CSA) released the men’s and women’s team rankings prior to the start of the 2018-2019 season. This is the first rankings release of several that take place over the course of the season.

A poll of all varsity coaches, who each receive one vote, determines the order of the preseason rankings. Only the 31 women’s varsity teams and 35 men’s varsity teams appear in the first installment of the rankings. Club teams who have played the requisite number of matches will be added to the rankings on a rolling basis.  Preliminary rankings will be published at regular intervals during the first part of the season until January 15, 2019, when the CSA implements its ranking algorithm.  From that point forward, rankings will be published every week until the CSA Team National Championships in late February.

The women’s preseason rankings look very similar to the 2018 end-of-season rankings with two minor changes.  Stanford edges Yale by a slight margin for the 4th spot, while Virginia jumps over Williams at Number 12.  Stanford Head Coach Mark Talbott believes this might be the deepest team he has had yet in Palo Alto, and at least some of the coaches seem to believe him.  The differences at 12 come down to roster make-up. Virginia added three strong recruits to a roster that returns nine out of ten starters, while Williams graduated three of its top five players while adding four newcomers to the roster.

The men’s poll showed a bit more movement than the women’s version.  The biggest movers are: Dartmouth, who drop out of the Top 5 down to 7th; Drexel, who jumps up two spots to Number 11; and Brown, who tumbles three places down to 14th position.  Dartmouth and Brown both lost experienced seniors at the top of their respective ladders, likely accounting for their falls in the rankings.  In contrast, Drexel is slated to return two top performers who were absent in 2018 while adding a strong recruiting class to provide vital depth.

View the full women’s and men’s preseason rankings here: 2018-2019 CSA Preseason Rankings.

Hobart: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

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Hobart: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

In the last five years, Hobart’s Men’s Squash team has zeroed in on the Conroy Cup championship three times.  Like the two other times prior, the Statesmen fell short of the championship again in 2018, finishing the year ranked 26th in the country.  Predicting where Hobart will end up in 2019 is a crapshoot given the changes that their roster will undertake. The top two players – All-Liberty League team members Josh Oakley and Quinn Udy – return, but that is where the similarities end.  Six of the top nine starting players were members of the Class of 2018, leaving gaping holes in the ladder.  Enter, the freshman class. Ten (10!) first-year players appear on Hobart’s new roster, and Head Coach Tim Riskie will have no choice but to rely on at least some of them to produce results right away.  Mohamed Abdelhafez and Michael Mulholland are the two highest ranked juniors of the group and could slot in among Oakley and Udy from the start of the season.  Riskie’s squad kicks off the year with three straight round robin competitions, hoping to gain some experience and confidence for his young group. The heart of the season pits Hobart against 2018 Conroy Cup Champion Bowdoin and similarly ranked Tufts, two tough match-ups that will be reveal the extent of the team’s growth.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  13-9

Final Ranking:  26

Team Championships Result:  2nd in the Conroy Cup (D Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Tim Riskie

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Josh Oakley; 2. Quinn Udy; 6. Ilyas Khan; 10. Archie Levis

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Terrance Rose; 4. Divine Wing; 5. Jack Shannon; 7. Matthew Frantz; 8. Cameron Adams; 9. Fred Maynor

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Mohamed Abdelhafez
  • Henry Amory
  • Rodney Brent
  • Quran Davis
  • Christian Escalona
  • Eric Molina
  • Michael Mulholland
  • Joshua Pugliese
  • George Reith
  • Cameron Temoyan

Key Matches:  Colby, Bowdoin, Tufts

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Drexel: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

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Drexel: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

The Drexel University Women’s Squash team has made a gradual march up the rankings reaching Number 10 for two straight years in 2016 and 2017.  That all changed last year when Drexel broke through with a win in the Kurtz Cup championship final, clinching their highest end-of-season ranking in program history.  Now with their sights set on a berth in the A Division bracket, they have a tall task that they seem primed and ready for. Losing Number 2 and 3 players Hayley Hughes and Ryan Morgan, the two women with the most career wins in program history, will certainly be a challenging obstacle.  With that difficulty in mind, Head Coach John White did his best to reload with an incoming class of four student-athletes who hope to contribute as soon as they step on court for practice.  The eight returning starters should be battle-tested and ready for Howe Cup competition. A repeat of the last three Kurtz Cup finals will take place between Dartmouth and Drexel early in the regular season, and then Drexel will take on Cornell and Columbia for a shot at a Top-8 spot.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  11-8

Final Ranking:  9

Team Championships Result:  Winner of the Kurtz Cup (B Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  John White

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Anna Hughes; 4. Hannah Blatt; 5. Ona Prokes; 6. Fiona Power; 7. Stephanie Ryan; 8. Apoorva Addepalli; 9. Emma Macgillivray; 10. Rebecca Low

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Hayley Hughes; 3. Ryan Morgan

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Catie Castelli
  • Hanna Chaudhry
  • Brooke Herring
  • Rose Lawrence

Key Matches:  Dartmouth, Williams, Cornell, Columbia

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Haverford: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

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Haverford: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

Things are looking up for the Haverford College Men’s Squash program, as the team continues to reach levels it has not seen in some time. By finishing ranked 28th in the country, the Fords matched the best year-end ranking since the end of the 2005 season.  Haverford reached the 10-win plateau for the third time in four seasons, and their two graduating seniors amassed more than 40 career victories, joining only Skillman Award winner Tim Saint ’02 at that level.  But now career wins leader Peter Dudley (46) and Zach Cole (40) have moved on, leaving the eight returners and three new first-years to keep the momentum going.  Head Coach Niki Clement’s goals for the team are well developed for the squad at her disposal: “To play to our full potential, physically and mentally.  For our returning players to build on their game and play strong roles in the culture of our program, and for the first years to make a significant and positive impact to the overall team experience.” Haverford will not have the opportunity to meet the teams direct adjacent to them in the rankings, but they will need to defend their turf against all challengers.  A mid-season stretch of match-ups with Stanford, Colby, and Wesleyan will go a long way toward defining Haverford’s season.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  10-7

Final Ranking:  28

Team Championships Result:  4th in the Conroy Cup (D Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Niki Clement

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Tate Miller; 3. Davis Chase; 4. Fitz Dougherty; 5. Andre Giglio; 7. Thomas Kaye; 8. Yash Singh; 9. Alex Liu; 10. Ryan Dukarm

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Peter Dudley; 6. Zachary Cole

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Keil Reedich
  • Alden Weinberg
  • Aaron Witkin

Team Goal:  “To play to our full potential, physically and mentally.  For our returning players to build on their game and play strong roles in the culture of our program, and for the first years to make a significant and positive impact to the overall team experience.”

Key Matches:  Stanford, Wesleyan, Colby

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Franklin & Marshall: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

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Franklin & Marshall: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

The Franklin & Marshall Women’s Squash team got off to a bit of a slow start in the 2017-2018 season, losing their first 12 matches to some of the best teams in the country.  The Diplomats were able to turn it around, however, winning four of their last seven matches, including two of three to earn a ranking of 21 in the final list. In order to carry over the momentum from the end of last season, Head Coach Gavin Jones will have to rely on some untested talent at the top of his ladder. With the top three starters from last year’s roster graduating, including Sherilyn Yang and her 39 career wins, there is an open competition for those critical positions.  Supplementing the six players returning to the starting lineup will be five incoming recruits, who must be ready to play at a high level from Day 1.  The 2018-2019 schedule does not present as much of a gauntlet as last year’s schedule, which should offer an opportunity to build confidence among the newly formed roster.  F&M suffered two tough 5-4 losses to conference rival Dickinson last season, and they will renew their rivalry again this year. Other tough match-ups include the three teams that F&M met in last year’s CSA Team National Championships: Wesleyan, Colby, and Hamilton.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  4-15

Final Ranking:  21

Team Championships Result:  5th in the Walker Cup (C Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Gavin Jones

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Ellen Verry; 5. Katherine Galambos; 6. Grace Smith; 8. Liana Zranchev; 9. Katherine Anderson; 10. Kendyl Kratzer

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Sherilyn Yang; 2. Lauren Johnston; 3. Andreina Benedith; 7. Clare Tompkins

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Emily Bartos
  • Meredith Fairbanks
  • Emily Knapp
  • Pratiksha Mishra
  • Adina Rubenstein

Team Goal:  “We are looking to continue on our journey in strengthening our team culture while representing Franklin & Marshall College with Pride and Passion, while upholding our high standard of academic excellence.”

Key Matches:  Wesleyan, Hamilton, Colby, Dickinson

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Hamilton: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Preview

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Hamilton: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Preview

In 2018 Walker Cup competition at the CSA Team National Championships, Hamilton played to their seed, finishing in sixth position and 22nd overall. 2018-2019 is a new season, however, and with new seasons come new challenges and opportunities. The biggest challenge Head Coach Jamie King faces results from roster turnover.  The Class of 2018 had seven team members in it, including five of the top nine players in the starting lineup from last year’s championships.  That senior class accounted for 48 of the team’s 86 wins overall and leaves several gaps in the ladder for this season.  Those vacancies are also opportunities for players like rising seniors Charlotte Zonis and Megan Grip to step up and perform.  Additionally, as five starters leave the program, five first-years join the roster with the opportunity to earn playing time immediately.  The new-look Continentals will get an early test at home against St. Lawrence and will also face rankings neighbors F&M, Colby, and Wesleyan in January.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  10-11

Final Ranking:  22

Team Championships Result:  6th in the Walker Cup (C Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Jamie King

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Charlotte Zonis; 3. Megan Grip; 5. Caitlin Stern; 7. Liesl Guenther; 10. Lindsay Jadow

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Rafiatou Ouro-Aguy; 4. Grace Munschauer; 6. Katherine Bauer; 8. Marina Hartnick; 9. Danielle Reisley

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Madison Sakheim
  • Sydney Soloway
  • Ellie Struthers
  • Lily Williams
  • Eleonor Wolf

Team Goal:  Play hard within the spirit of the game, displaying the highest degree of sportsmanship: respectful of our opponents/coaches/officials/fans.  Achieve the best individually and collectively that we are capable of.

Key Matches:  St. Lawrence, Franklin & Marshall, Colby, Wesleyan

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Harvard: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

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Harvard: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

According to Head Coach Mike Way, Harvard’s goal each year is to contend for the Ivy League Championship, the CSA National Championship, and the CSA Individual Championship.  The succeeded in meeting the goal, being in the top two in each competition, but the actual results may have surprised some people.  The only championship the Crimson Men won came from a Cinderella run in the Individual Championship from now-graduated senior David Ryan. Harvard already avenged their regular season loss to Columbia with a resounding victory in the semifinals of the 2018 Team National Championship, but it’s the Ivy League title that Harvard will want to claim back this year. They are lined up for another run at the National Championship this year too, although they will need top-level performances from their three incoming first-years to fill the shoes of those who have moved on. Ryan and fellow seniors Madhav Dhingra and Bradley Smith were mainstays in the Harvard lineup for four years, and it will be challenging to maintain that level of consistency.  Team leadership now falls to super junior trio Saadeldin Abouaish, Timmy Brownell, and Sean Hughes, the top three players in last year’s lineup.  The usual suspects come calling, including defending national champion Trinity and all of Harvard’s Ivy League peers.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  13-3

Final Ranking:  2

Team Championships Result:  2nd in the Potter Cup (A Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Mike Way

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Saadeldin Abouaish; 2. Timmy Brownell; 3. Sean Hughes; 5. Samuel Scherl; 7. Adam Corcoran; 8. Julien Gosset; 10. Alexi Gosset

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. David Ryan; 6. Madhav Dhingra; 9. Bradley Smith

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Victor Crouin
  • George Crowne
  • Marwan Tarek

Team Goal:  To be in contention for the Ivy League and National titles

Key Matches:  Ivy League schools, St. Lawrence, Trinity, Rochester

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

George Washington: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

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George Washington: 2018-2019 Women’s College Squash Season Preview

In 2018, the George Washington Women’s program was seeded to compete for a finish in the top half of the Kurtz Cup results.  Unfortunately, it was not meant to be, as they sustained two close upset losses in the CSA Women’s Team Championships, falling to Number 14.  This fall, the Colonials eagerly return to the court looking to climb back into the position they earned after the regular season last year.  According to Head Coach Wendy Lawrence, they are a young, but talented bunch, who are hungry for some upsets.  Leading the young talent is Second Team All-American Zoe Foo Yuk Han, who earned the award after winning the Holleran East draw at Individual Nationals.  Number 2 player Engy Elmandouh also returns along with five other starters.  In the offseason, Lawrence added two promising recruits to the mix, who will likely be called upon early on to fill some critical holes in the lineup.  To reach that Top-12 goal that they are striving for, they will have to unseat Brown, Virginia, and Williams, all teams ahead of them in the CSA Preseason Rankings.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  9-10

Final Ranking:  14

Team Championships Result:  6th in the Kurtz Cup (B Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Wendy Lawrence

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Zoe Foo Yuk Han; 2. Engy Elmandouh; 5. Emma Tryon; 6. Zuha Nazir; 7. Brooke Feldman; 9. Arunachlam Vedikiammeyamai; 10. Haley Hunt

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Abigail Shonrock; 4. Mary Jo Mahfood; 8. Ginger Sands

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Zoe Eberstadt-Beattie
  • Anna Moscovici

Team Goal:  To move into top 12 this year.  We are a young team with talent and want to have some upsets.

Key Matches:  Brown, Middlebury, Williams, Virginia

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

Hamilton: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

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Hamilton: 2018-2019 Men’s College Squash Season Preview

In an impressive display of consistency in a growing sport, the Hamilton College Men’s Squash team finished the year ranked 29th for the third consecutive year.  With much of last year’s roster intact again in 2018-2019 – eight of the ten starters including the top 6 players – this could be the year that they break the mold and jump above that 29th spot.  In a development that bodes well for team competition and added depth, the Continentals add five first-years to their roster while only losing two players to graduation. While on-court success is always on the players’ minds, Head Coach Jamie King, a bastion of classic squash values, will consistently remind his players of the importance of sportsmanship, respect for others, and playing within the spirit of the game.  NESCAC foes Conn College and Wesleyan were just behind Hamilton in the rankings last season, so King’s squad will be eager to hold them at bay during their regular season matches.

2017-2018 SEASON RECAP

Season Record:  10-12

Final Ranking:  29

Team Championships Result:  5th in the Conroy Cup (D Division)

2018-2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Jamie King

Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Colin O’Dowd; 2. Callum Sondhi; 3. John Sawyers; 4. Nicholas Conzelman; 5. Tristan Chaix; 6. Atticus Jones; 9. Will Jordan; 10. Jarrod Gerstein

Graduated/Non-Returning Players from Team Championships:

  1. Jonathan Ruth; 8. Ward Urban

Additions to 2018-2019 Roster:

  • Oliver Constable
  • Graham Nielsen
  • Kyle O’Connor
  • Hector Rivera
  • Rufus Somerby

Team Goal:  Play hard within the spirit of the game, displaying the highest degree of sportsmanship: respectful of our opponents/coaches/officials/fans.  Achieve the best individually and collectively that we are capable of.

Key Matches:  Conn College, Stanford, Wesleyan, Hobart

To read season previews for other CSA teams, please visit the 2018-2019 College Squash Season Previews page.

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