The final full weekend of regular season play will bring the rankings into focus as teams prepare to travel to Boston February 16-18 for the women’s team nationals, and to Hartford February 23-25 for the men’s team nationals.

A full slate of Ivy play highlights the scheduled matches. The No. 1-ranked Harvard women will look to wrap up the Ivy crown alongside their bid for an undefeated regular season against rival Yale and Brown.

On the men’s side, No. 2-ranked Columbia is in the driver’s seat with no losses in the Ivy League; the Lions will face challenges this weekend from No. 7 Princeton and No. 6 Penn. Should Columbia stumble in either or both matches, the door would open to the Harvard men to share or claim the title; Harvard’s only loss in the league was to Columbia, and also will face Yale and Brown over the weekend.

The No. 17 and 19 Dickinson men and women, respectively, will aim to fend off upset bids from No. 19 and 22 F&M as the teams jockey for position in the C divisions for team nationals. Drexel will host three matches over the weekend as their teams take on George Washington, St. Lawrence and Middlebury—the men’s match between No. 12 Drexel and No. 11 George Washington promises to tight.

The final women’s regular season rankings, which determine team draw placement for nationals, will be released after this weekend, while the men’s league will play several more regular season matches over next weekend before its nationals draws are set.

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

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker.

The College Squash Association (CSA) has released the newest set of team rankings, reflecting results through this past weekend.

Harvard takes over as the new women’s No. 1 after defeating previous No. 1 Princeton and No. 7 Penn each 8-1. Harvard will aim to consolidate an undefeated regular season in its final matches against Yale and Brown.

Despite an active weekend of competition, the top 12 of the men’s rankings remain unchanged. Brown makes the most significant jump, moving from No. 16 to No. 13 after upsetting Cornell.

The Williams women move up one position to no. 12 after a strong second place performance at the NESCAC championships. Bates also continues their rise after a difficult start to the season, overtaking Dickinson as the new No. 18.

The upcoming matches on February 9-11 will be the final ones counting towards regular season rankings leading into the women’s team nationals the following weekend, while the men have one extra weekend of regular season play February 16-18. Teams will be actively jockeying for position over the coming week to put themselves in the best possible position for championship season.

To view all rankings, visit the CSA rankings page.

College squash action this past weekend was highlighted by league rivalries, including the NESCAC women’s and men’s championships, the Liberty League men’s championship, and a large slate of Ivy League play.

The Harvard women staged two dominant home performances that will likely see them reclaim the No. 1 position in the upcoming rankings. On Saturday they defeated current No. 1 Princeton 8-1 and then beat Penn on Sunday by the same scoreline. With only two regular season matches remaining, Harvard is likely to hold the top seed in the Howe Cup division at the women’s team nationals in two weeks—which will be held on Harvard’s home courts in Cambridge.

On week after the St. Lawrence women’s team claimed the Liberty League title, the men’s team did the same with a three-match sweep of their tournament matches, including a 6-3 win on Saturday over rival Rochester. St. Lawrence has now won five straight league championships.

The NESCAC championships played to seed as Trinity captured the twelfth straight title for both its women’s and men’s teams.  In the finals, the Trinity men defeated Bates 8-1 while the women topped Williams 7-2.

The No. 6-ranked Penn men faced closely contested matches on a New England away weekend, scraping by No. 5 Dartmouth 5-4 on Saturday before narrowly falling 5-4 to No. 3 Harvard on Sunday.

An active weekend of college competition will be highlighted by several league championships. The NESCAC will host its men’s and women’s championships at Hamilton, and the Liberty League will host its men’s championship at Vassar.

At the NESCAC Championships, the Trinity men and women enter as top seeds, with both squads aiming to win their 12^th straight division crown. The No. 2 seeds are Bates on the men’s side and Williams on the women’s.

St. Lawrence—ranked No. 4 nationally—enters as the top seed in the Liberty League Men’s Championship. Second seed Rochester will aim to capture an upset, while St. Lawrence looks to make it a double after its women’s team won the women’s Liberty League title last weekend.

On Saturday, the final unbeaten women’s teams will clash as No. 2 Harvard hosts No. 1 Princeton. The match will determine the top team in the country for next week’s Dunlop CSA rankings, and potentially the No. 1 seed for women’s nationals at Harvard February 16-18. Defending national champions Harvard have lost only two individual matches across eight team contests this season and defeated No. 3 Trinity 8-1 Monday night. The Princeton women defeated rival Penn 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Cornell will be on the road for Ivy league matches against Yale and Brown. On Wednesday, the No. 15 Cornell men earned an upset over No. 14 Navy while the No. 8 Cornell women’s team narrowly beat No. 9 Drexel 5-4. In other Ivy League action, the No. 5 Dartmouth men will defend their new ranking against No. 6 Penn and No. 7 Princeton.

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

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker.

The College Squash Association (CSA) has released the newest set of team rankings, reflecting results through this past weekend.

The top three of the women’s rankings remain unchanged, with Princeton holding the No. 1 position followed by Harvard and Trinity. After defeating Trinity 7-2 on Monday evening, Harvard will face Princeton this Saturday in a showdown between the only two remaining undefeated teams. Stanford replaces Yale as the new No. 4 following a 6-3 win against the Bulldogs over the weekend.

The top four men’s teams remain the same, with undefeated Trinity maintaining the top position. Dartmouth claims the team’s highest ranking in several years—No. 5—after a strong set of wins over Rochester and Drexel.

Also making gains on the men’s side are the Naval Academy (No. 13), the University of Virginia (No. 14), Bates (No. 19), Bowdoin (No. 27), and Fordham (No. 34). In the women’s league, Brown climbs into the top 10 and the University of Virginia to No. 12. Bates and Franklin & Marshall made the greatest gains on the women’s side, moving to No. 19 and 23, respectively.

To view all rankings, visit the CSA rankings page.

The final weekend of January competition proved to be the most closely-contested yet for college squash teams across the country, as sixteen matches ended with a 5-4 scoreline.

The Dartmouth men, who moved up to No. 7 in last week’s Dunlop College Squash Rankings, captured home victories over No. 8 Rochester 5-4—where all nine matches went more than three games—and No. 12 Drexel 8-1. While Dartmouth was favored by ranking in each match, both opponents finished last season in the top six of the team rankings. The two wins are a major step towards Dartmouth’s goal of returning to the top division of nationals after dropping to the second division last season.

The University of Virginia found success during a packed road tip where its women’s and men’s team each faced four opponents. The No. 16-ranked women went 3-1—losing only to No. 12 Brown—and defeating No. 11 Williams on Sunday 5-4. The No. 16-ranked Virginia men went 4-0 on the weekend, including 5-4 wins over No. 13 Brown and No. 21 Middlebury.

The No. 1 Trinity men and No. 3 Trinity women each captured key victories. The women took out No. 5 Stanford 5-4, relying on top of lineup strength by winning the first four positions on the ladder. The men continued their unbeaten season by defeating No. 4 St. Lawrence 5-4, but were aided instead by their depth as they won the bottom four positions.

In other women’s action, a series of upsets were narrowly averted in 5-4 matches on Saturday, as No. 17 nudged out No. 22 Colby, No. 19 St. Lawrence beat No. 23 William Smith, and No. 25 Connecticut College bested No. 29 Vassar. On the men’s side, No. 22 MIT beat No. 21 Middlebury 5-4.

The busiest part of the college squash season continues this weekend as teams aim to secure—or improve—their positions in the newly released Dunlop CSA Rankings.

The No. 5-ranked Stanford women’s team embark on a road trip where they will play their final three matches of the regular season. The Cardinals will face the two teams ranked immediately above them—Trinity and Yale—as well as No. 6 Columbia over the course of three days. The Yale-Stanford match on Sunday determines brotherly bragging rights between head coaches David and Mark Talbott; prior to coaching Stanford, Mark Talbott served as the head coach of the Yale women’s team.  Stanford beat Yale for the first time in program history last season at team nationals.

No. 1 Trinity will visit No. 4 St. Lawrence in the highest-ranking showdown from the men’s. St. Lawrence has been plagued by several injuries this season, and will look to use the Trinity match to bounce back from an 8-1 loss to No. 2 Columbia last weekend.

In one of the great rivalries of college squash and DIII athletics in general, Williams will face Amherst on Saturday at a neutral site—Wesleyan University. Williams won the sole women’s match and two men’s matches from last season in convincing fashion. Both Amherst teams enter the match ranked four positions below Williams and gunning for the upset.

Dartmouth will host Drexel in what has become a tightly contested match over the past several seasons. The teams have faced each other multiple times in recent team championships with each capturing significant wins for their respective programs. The Drexel men have dropped to No. 13 in the most recent rankings (Dartmouth sits at No. 7), but while the Dragons have six losses on their record, those have only come against teams currently in the top eight of the rankings. On the women’s side, the match promises to be close with Dartmouth entering at No. 10 and Drexel at No. 9.

The University of Virginia travels north for four matches each for the men’s and women’s teams, also the final regular season fixtures for both. They will face Brown, Middlebury, and Williams, with the men also playing MIT and the women playing Wesleyan. Both Virginia teams are currently ranked No. 16, and will look for a few solid results to ensconce their position in the second divisions of team nationals.

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

Live Scoring will be available for many matches during the weekend on Club Locker.

The College Squash Association (CSA) has released the first Dunlop College Team Rankings from the second half of the season. These rankings are now based off the CSA’s team ranking algorithm, which considers only team wins, losses, and strength of schedule from the current season. Moving forward, rankings will be released weekly through the college nationals in February.

The Trinity men’s team maintains the No. 1 position, which they have held since the beginning of the season. Trinity is the only undefeated varsity team remaining in the men’s league. Columbia makes the most significant jump at the top of the rankings, moving from No. 4 to No. 2, based on a series of strong wins in January including Dartmouth, Harvard, Rochester and St. Lawrence.

In the women’s rankings, Princeton overtakes Harvard at the No. 1 position based on strength of schedule through this portion of the season. The two teams are the only undefeated programs left in the women’s league, and are scheduled to play on February 3 in Cambridge in a match that may determine the top seed at team nationals.

Significant movement in the rankings is to be expected in the coming several weeks, as teams contest numerous league rivalry matches as well as those against opponents in close ranking proximity.

To view all rankings, visit the CSA rankings page.