Princeton Tigers men's squash

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Princeton Tigers men's squash
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
UniversityPrinceton University
First season1930-31
Head coachSean Wilkinson (7th season)
League
ConferenceIvy League
LocationPrinceton, New Jersey
VenueJadwin Gymnasium
RivalriesPenn
All-time record676–223 (.752)
All-Americans52
NicknameTigers
ColorsBlack 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
Websitehttp://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 . 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 2020.[4]

Year Wins Losses Ivy League Overall
2010–2011 12 3 2nd 3rd
2011–2012 15 1 1st 1st
2012–2013 12 3 1st (Tie) 3rd
2013–2014 8 7 5th 9th
2014–2015 8 8 5th 9th
2015–2016 4 13 7th 12th
2016–2017 6 10 6th 10th
2017–2018 9 9 4th 8th
2018–2019 7 9 3rd (Tie) 8th
2019–2020 11 6 3rd (Tie) 4th

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated March 2020.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Egypt Fr. 2021 Cairo, Egypt
6 United States Jr. 2017 Haverford, Pennsylvania
1 Egypt Youssef Ibrahim Sr. 2017 Cairo, Egypt
2 United States Cole Becker Sr. 2017 San Mateo, California
United States Jr. 2018 Westport, Connecticut
4 United States Jr. 2018 New York City, New York
8 Hong Kong Sr. 2018 Hong Kong
7 Australia Jr. 2019 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United States So. 2019 Greenwich, Connecticut
United States So. 2019 Princeton, New Jersey
United States So. 2019 Reisterstown, Maryland
Egypt Fr. 2020 Cairo, Egypt
United States Fr. 2020 Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
United States Fr. 2021 Morgan Hill, California
United States Gordon Lam Fr. 2021 Portland, Oregon

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. 59, 59–10 career record, 3 PSA titles, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2011 individual national champion, Skillman Award Winner [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

External links[]

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