Trinity Bantams men's squash

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Trinity Bantams Men's Squash
UniversityTrinity College
First season1941-42
Head coachPaul Assaiante (26th season)
League
ConferenceNESCAC
LocationHartford, Connecticut
VenueFerris Athletic Center
RivalriesHarvard, Yale
All-time record819–313 (.723)
All-Americans58
NicknameBantams
ColorsBlue and yellow[1]
   
National champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
National runner-up
2012, 2014, 2019
Conference champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Websiteathletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/index=

The Trinity Bantams Men's Squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Trinity College located in Hartford, Connecticut. The team competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference within the . The college first fielded a team in 1941, making it one of the oldest college squash teams in the United States. Paul Assaiante is the current head coach. The assistant coach is Alister Walker. [2]

History[]

The Trinity Bantams men's squash team holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak in any intercollegiate sport in the nation's history. On January 18, 2012, Trinity's 252-game unbeaten streak ended in a 5–4 loss to the Yale Bulldogs. The Bantams have won 13 consecutive national titles since 1999, when they first took home the Potter Trophy. They have also garnered attention and praise from major media outlets such as ESPN, Sports Illustrated and USA Today, among others. They were recently ranked by ESPN as one of the top ten sports dynasties of all time.[3]

More recently, they are the 2017 and 2018 national champions.[4]

Year-by-year results[]

Men's Squash[]

Updated February 2020.[5]

Year Wins Losses NESCAC Overall
2010–2011 20 0 1st 1st
2011–2012 18 2 1st 2nd
2012–2013 19 0 1st 1st
2013–2014 18 2 1st 2nd
2014–2015 20 1 1st 1st
2015–2016 21 2 1st 3rd
2016–2017 19 1 1st 1st
2017–2018 20 0 1st 1st
2018–2019 16 3 1st 2nd
2019–2020 19 2 1st 3rd

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated December 2021.[6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Egypt Fr. 2021 Cairo, Egypt
United States Fr. 2021 Dedham, Massachusetts
United States Robert Sawyers Fr. 2021 New York, New York
Colombia Mateo Restrepo Fr. 2021 Medellin, Colombia
Egypt Fr. 2021 Cairo, Egypt
Egypt Mohammed Sharaf So. 2020 Cairo, Egypt
Egypt So. 2020 Cairo, Egypt
India So. 2020 Mumbai, India
Barbados So. 2020 St. James, Barbados
United States So. 2020 Brooklyn, New York
Australia William Curtis Jr. 2018 Joondalup, Australia
Hong Kong Sr. 2018 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
United States Sr. 2018 Glen Cove, New York
Colombia Sr. 2018 Medellin, Colombia
Egypt Sr. 2018 Alexandria, Egypt
Finland Miko Äijänen Jr. 2019 Järvenpää, Finland
Egypt Jr. 2019 Cairo, Egypt
Germany Jr. 2019 Norderstedt, Germany
United States Jr. 2019 Wayne, Pennsylvania
India Jr. 2019 Jaipur, India
South Korea Jr. 2019 Seoul, South Korea
United States Jr. 2019 New York, New York
United States So. 2019 Greenwich, Connecticut
United States Jr. 2019 Greenwich, Connecticut

Notable former players[]

Notable alumni include:

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.bantamsports.com/sports/msquash/coaches/index
  3. ^ "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ^ "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. ^ http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf
  6. ^ "Roster".

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