Columbia Lions men's squash

Columbia Lions men's squash
University Columbia University
First season 2010–11
Head coach Jacques Swanepoel (8th season)
League College Squash Association
Conference Ivy League
Location New York City, New York
Venue SL Green StreetSquash
Rivalries Harvard
All-time record 84–51 (.622)
All-Americans 3
Nickname Lions
Colors Columbia Blue and White[1]
         
Conference champions
2018
Website website

The Columbia Lions men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Columbia University located in New York City, New York. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a varsity team in 2010, under the leadership of head coach Jacques Swanepoel. [2]

History

The Lions beat Harvard in the 2017–2018 regular season for the first time in program history with a nail-biting 5–4 victory, with the deciding match won by Osama Khalifa. They went on undefeated in Ivy League play in the regular season, earning them their very first Ivy League title.

  • 2018 Ivy League Champion [3]

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated March 2018.[4]

YearWinsLossesIvy LeagueOverall
2010–20111358th21st
2011–20127117th10th
2012–20138106th12th
2013–2014876th10th
2014–20151342nd4th
2015–2016782nd (Tie)8th
2016–20171242nd4th
2017–20181621st3rd

Players

Current roster

Updated October 2018.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
6 Egypt Adham Madi Sr. 2015 Alexandria, Egypt
4 Canada Carter Robitaille Sr. 2015 Toronto, Ontario
United States Salmaan Amin Sr. 2015 Charlotte, North Carolina
United States Matthew Rebello Sr. 2015 Plano, Texas
7 India Robin Mann Jr. 2016 New Delhi, India
Canada Rahul Sehrawat So. 2016 Toronto, Ontario
1 India Velavan Senthilkumar So. 2017 Salem, India
8 India Krish Kapur So. 2017 Kolkata, India
9 United States McClain Awalt So. 2017 Baltimore, Maryland
Germany Zain Athar So. 2017 Hamburg, Germany
South Africa Callan Hall Fr. 2018 Pretoria, South Africa
India Arman Jindal Fr. 2018 Los Angeles, California
United States Aditya Kankariya Fr. 2018 Cupertino, California
United States Vishan Patel Fr. 2018 Atlanta, Georgia
England James Wyatt Fr. 2018 London, England

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Ramit Tandon '15, Current world no. 65, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2 PSA titles [6]
  • Osama Khalifa '18, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2017 College Individual National Champion, Winner of Skillman Award, for best 4-year career in college squash [7]

References

  1. ↑ Columbia University Brand Guide (PDF). December 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Men's Squash – Coaches – Columbia University Lions". www.gocolumbialions.com.
  3. ↑ "No. 2 Columbia Clinches Share of First-Ever Ivy League Crown".
  4. ↑ http://ivyleaguesports.com/index.aspx?path=msquash#s-standings
  5. ↑ "Roster".
  6. ↑ "Ramit Tandon". January 18, 2018 – via Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ "Osama Khalifa". March 4, 2018 – via Wikipedia.
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