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Penn Quakers men's squash

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Penn Quakers men's squash
UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
First season1935-36
Head coachGilly Lane (8th season)
LeagueCollege Squash Association
ConferenceIvy League
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenuePenn Squash Center
RivalriesPrinceton, Drexel, Harvard
All-time record536–412 (.565)
All-Americans25
NicknameQuakers
ColorsRed and blue[1]
   
National champions
2024
National runner-up
2020, 2022
Conference champions
1966, 1969, 1974, 2022, 2024
Websitewww.pennathletics.com/index.aspx?path=msquash

The Penn Quakers men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a squash team in 1935. The current is head coach is former professional squash player Gilly Lane and the director is Jack Wyant. [2]

History

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The Quakers enjoyed considerable success in the 60s and 70s, winning 3 Ivy League titles. In 2022, they finished the regular season undefeated at 16-0 and captured their first outright Ivy League championship since 1969.

Year-by-year results

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Men's Squash

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Updated February 2024.[3]

Year Wins Losses Ivy League Overall
2010–2011 6 9 6th 10th
2011–2012 8 7 6th 9th
2012–2013 5 12 7th 14th
2013–2014 8 7 4th 8th
2014–2015 9 8 5th 7th
2015–2016 11 6 5th 5th
2016–2017 9 8 4th 7th
2017–2018 11 7 4th 7th
2018–2019 14 4 2nd 3rd
2019-2020 14 3 2nd 2nd
2020-2021 Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021-2022 18 1 1st 2nd
2022-2023 16 3 2nd 4th
2023-2024 15 2 T1st 1st

Players

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Current roster

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Updated February 2024.[4]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
1 United States Nicholas Spizzirri Sr. 2020 Greenwich, Connecticut
7 United States Dana Santry Sr. 2020 Greenwich, Connecticut
5 Canada Abdelrahman Dweek Jr. 2020 Calgary, Alberta
England Oliver Green Jr. 2021 Hitchin, Hertfordshire
8 Egypt Roger Alber Baddour Jr. 2020 Alexandria, Egypt
9 United States Rehan Luthra Jr. 2021 Kirkland, Washington
3 Egypt Omar Hafez So. 2022 Alexandria, Egypt
El Salvador Diego Narvaez So. 2022 Nuevo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
9 United States Hao Cui So. 2022 Pikesville, Maryland
2 Egypt Salman Khalil Fr. 2023 Cairo, Egypt
Scotland Kyle Penman Fr. 2023 Stirling, Scotland
United States Ben Mathias Fr. 2023 Greenwich, Connecticut
6 United States Varun Chitturi Fr. 2023 Fremont, California
Hong Kong Jat Tse Fr. 2023 Kowloon, Hong Kong
10 United States Shaam Gambhir Jr. 2021 Wayne, Pennsylvania
4 Malaysia Nathan Kueh Jr. 2021 Miri, Sarawak

Notable former players

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Andrew Douglas (squash player) '22, 4x 1st team All-American, 4x 1st team All-Ivy

Ned Edwards '80, 4x All-Ivy, Individual Champion

Aly Abou Eleinen '22, 3x 1st team All-American, 3x 1st team All-Ivy, Individual Tournament Finalist

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elements of the Penn Logo". Branding.Web-Resources.UPenn.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Men's Squash Roster - University of Pennsylvania". www.pennathletics.com.
  3. ^ "Ivy League". ivyleaguesports.com.
  4. ^ "Roster".
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