Columbia Lions men's squash | |
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University | Columbia University |
First season | 2010–11 |
Head coach | Chris Sachvie (2nd season) |
League | College Squash Association |
Conference | Ivy League |
Location | New York City, New York |
Venue | SL Green StreetSquash |
Rivalries | Cornell |
All-time record | 103–66 (.609) |
All-Americans | 7 |
Nickname | Lions |
Colors | Columbia blue and white [1] |
Conference champions | |
2018 | |
Website | www |
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]
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.
Updated February 2024. [4]
Year | Wins | Losses | Ivy League | Overall |
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2010–2011 | 13 | 5 | 8th | 21st |
2011–2012 | 7 | 11 | 7th | 10th |
2012–2013 | 8 | 10 | 6th | 12th |
2013–2014 | 8 | 7 | 6th | 10th |
2014–2015 | 13 | 4 | 2nd | 4th |
2015–2016 | 7 | 8 | 2nd (Tie) | 8th |
2016–2017 | 12 | 4 | 2nd | 4th |
2017–2018 | 16 | 2 | 1st | 3rd |
2018–2019 | 9 | 7 | 3rd (Tie) | 6th |
2019–2020 | 10 | 8 | 3rd (Tie) | 9th |
2020–2021 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021–2022 | 9 | 8 | 4th | 6th |
2022–2023 | 7 | 8 | 6th | 9th |
2023–2024 | 5 | 5 | 6th | 7th |
Updated February 2024. [5]
No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
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3 | Shaurya Bawa | Fr. | 2023 | New Delhi, India | |||
1 | Franklyn Smith | So. | 2022 | Brighton, England | |||
Andrew Jung | Jr. | 2021 | Seongnam, South Korea | ||||
4 | Laszlo Godde | Fr. | 2023 | La Rochelle, France | |||
Adam Morkel | So. | 2022 | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||
7 | Paarth Ambani | Fr. | 2023 | Mumbai, India | |||
9 | Adam Goad | Jr. | 2021 | Carlisle, England | |||
5 | Jacob Bulbulia | Jr. | 2021 | Short Hills, New Jersey | |||
Alexander Yuzpe | So. | 2022 | Toronto, Ontario | ||||
Tommy Soltanian | Fr. | 2023 | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
Gonzalo de la Mora | Jr. | 2021 | New Haven, Connecticut | ||||
2 | Harold Castiaux | Sr. | 2020 | Brussels, Belgium | |||
8 | Rutvik Rau | Sr. | 2020 | Singapore, Singapore | |||
6 | Zach Nam | Sr. | 2020 | Seoul, South Korea | |||
Ryan Chen | Jr. | 2021 | Bedford, New York | ||||
Sameer Saxena | Sr. | 2020 | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania |
Notable alumni include:
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