Princeton Tigers men's squash

Princeton Tigers men's squash
University Princeton University
First season 1930-31
Head coach Sean Wilkinson (5th season)
League College Squash Association
Conference Ivy League
Location Princeton, New Jersey
Venue Jadwin Gymnasium
Rivalries Penn
All-time record 669–214 (.758)
All-Americans 52
Nickname Tigers
Colors Black and Orange[1]
         
National champions
1942, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1993, 2012
Conference champions
1957, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Website http://goprincetontigers.com/index.aspx?path=msquash

The Princeton Tigers men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Princeton University located in Princeton, New Jersey. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university created a squash team in 1930. The current head coach is Sean Wilkinson. [2]

History

John Conroy, who coached for three decades (1940-69), won 180 matches and the program's first Ivy League title in 1957, and he is also an inductee in the College Squash Hall of Fame.

Both a College Hall of Fame and US Squash Hall of Fame inductee, Bob Callahan,who retired following the 2013 Ivy League championship season, won the most matches (316) and Ivy League titles (11) in program history.

Princeton's most historic victory came in 2012 national team championship final over Trinity, in which the Tigers ended a sensational 13-year winning streak for Trinity. Princeton was down 4-2 in the match and rallied to win 5-4.

  • 2012 National Champion [3]

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated March 2018.[4]

YearWinsLossesIvy LeagueOverall
2010–20111232nd3rd
2011–20121511st1st
2012–20131231st (Tie)3rd
2013–2014875th9th
2014–2015885th9th
2015–20164137th12th
2016–20176106th10th
2017–2018994th8th

Players

Current roster

Updated August 2018.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
United States Grant Ackerman Sr. 2015 New York City, New York
United States Spencer Anton Sr. 2015 Winchester, Massachusetts
United States Hamza Chaudhry Sr. 2015 Boston, Massachusetts
5 United States Cody Cortes Sr. 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts
4 United States Clark Doyle Sr. 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana
Egypt Adham El Sherbiny Sr. 2015 Alexandria, Egypt
Singapore William Oon Sr. 2015 Singapore
7 United States Gabriel Morgan Jr. 2016 Menlo Park, California
United States Henry Parkhurst Jr. 2016 Greenwich, Connecticut
2 India Adhitya Raghavan Jr. 2016 Chennai, India
10 Egypt Shehab Thabet Jr. 2016 Cairo, Egypt
3 United States Cole Becker So. 2017 San Mateo, California
9 England Alexander Engstrom So. 2017 London, England
6 United States Duncan Joyce So. 2017 Haverford, Pennsylvania
1 Egypt Youssef Ibrahim So. 2017 Cairo, Egypt
United States Daelum Mawji Fr. 2018 New York City, New York
Hong Kong Hao-Chen Cheng Fr. 2018 Hong Kong

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Yasser El Halaby '06, Former world no. 40, 54-6 career record, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 4x individual national champion, widely considered to be the best ever collegiate squash player [6]
  • Todd Harrity '13, Current world no. 52, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2011 individual national champion [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Logo & Brand Assets". Princeton University Office of Communications. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://goprincetontigers.com/coaches.aspx?path=msquash
  3. ↑ http://goprincetontigers.com/schedule.aspx?path=msquash
  4. ↑ http://ivyleaguesports.com/index.aspx?path=msquash#s-standings
  5. ↑ "Roster".
  6. ↑ http://goprincetontigers.com/news/2009/12/30/204863205.aspx
  7. ↑ http://goprincetontigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1467
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