Trinity Bantams men's squash
Trinity Bantams Men's Squash | |
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University | Trinity College |
First season | 1941-42 |
Head coach | Paul Assaiante (26th season) |
League | |
Conference | NESCAC |
Location | Hartford, Connecticut |
Venue | Ferris Athletic Center |
Rivalries | Harvard, Yale |
All-time record | 819–313 (.723) |
All-Americans | 58 |
Nickname | Bantams |
Colors | Blue 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 | |
Website | athletics |
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 |
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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 |
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Fr. | 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | ||||
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Fr. | 2021 | Dedham, Massachusetts | ||||
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Robert Sawyers | Fr. | 2021 | New York, New York | |||
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Mateo Restrepo | Fr. | 2021 | Medellin, Colombia | |||
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Fr. | 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | ||||
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Mohammed Sharaf | So. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | |||
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So. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | ||||
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So. | 2020 | Mumbai, India | ||||
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So. | 2020 | St. James, Barbados | ||||
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So. | 2020 | Brooklyn, New York | ||||
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William Curtis | Jr. | 2018 | Joondalup, Australia | |||
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Sr. | 2018 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | ||||
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Sr. | 2018 | Glen Cove, New York | ||||
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Sr. | 2018 | Medellin, Colombia | ||||
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Sr. | 2018 | Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
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Miko Äijänen | Jr. | 2019 | Järvenpää, Finland | |||
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Jr. | 2019 | Cairo, Egypt | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | Norderstedt, Germany | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | Wayne, Pennsylvania | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | Jaipur, India | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | Seoul, South Korea | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | New York, New York | ||||
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So. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut | ||||
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Jr. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Notable former players[]
Notable alumni include:
- Basit Ashfaq '10 Former world #61, 3x 1st team All-American, 58-2 career record, 2008 and 2009 Individual Champion, 4x National Team Champion
- Christopher Binnie
- Vikram Malhotra
- Juan Camilo Vargas
- Kush Kumar
- Thoboki Mohohlo
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ http://www.bantamsports.com/sports/msquash/coaches/index
- ^ "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf
- ^ "Roster".
External links[]
- Trinity Bantams men's squash
- College men's squash teams in the United States
- Squash in Connecticut
- Sports clubs established in 1941
- 1941 establishments in Connecticut