Columbia Lions Women's squash | |
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University | Columbia University |
Head coach | Jacques Swanepoel |
League | College Squash Association |
Conference | Ivy League |
Location | New York City, New York |
Venue | SL Green StreetSquash |
Nickname | Lions |
Colors | Columbia blue and white [1] |
Website | gocolumbialions |
The Columbia Lions women's squash team is the intercollegiate women's squash team for Columbia University located in New York City, New York. The team competes in the Ivy League under the aegis of the College Squash Association. The team is coached by Jacques Swanepoel, Joanne Schickerling and Chris Sachvie. [2]
Updated December 2019. [3] [4]
Season | Wins | Losses | National Rank |
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2010–2011 | 11 | 4 | 16th |
2011–2012 | 6 | 11 | 13th |
2012–2013 | 5 | 11 | 11th |
2013–2014 | 8 | 7 | 10th |
2014–2015 | 7 | 9 | 7th |
2015–2016 | 6 | 9 | 8th |
2016–2017 | 6 | 10 | 8th |
2017–2018 | 10 | 7 | 7th |
2018–2019 | 8 | 8 | 6th |
Lineup | Player | Year | Hometown | High School |
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7 | Cao, Cindy | Fr. | Richmond, British Columbia | Magee Secondary School |
9 | Chen, Doria | Jr. | Wellesley, Massachusetts | Wellesley High School |
Dugel, Brenna | Fr. | Paradise Valley, Arizona | Phoenix Country Day School | |
Dugel, Tara | Sr. | Paradise Valley, Arizona | Paradise Valley High School | |
6 | Fox, Bunny | Fr. | Wellesley, Massachusetts | Wellesley High School |
4 | Kalgutkar, Jui | Sr. | Mumbai, Maharashtra | |
2 | Kendall, Nicole | Jr. | Richmond Hill, Ontario | JM Denison Secondary School |
Lentz, Elizabeth | Fr. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Germantown Friends School | |
10 | Masch, Julia | Jr. | Warren, New Jersey | The Pingry School |
3 | McGillicuddy, Erica | Fr. | Toronto, Ontario | Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute |
5 | McVeigh, Ellie | Fr. | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Methodist College Belfast |
1 | Mohamed, Habiba | Jr. | Alexandria, Egypt | Riada International School |
8 | Pincus, Jane | Jr. | Brooklyn, New York | Packer Collegiate Institute |
Sharma, Pranjali | So. | Pune, Maharashtra | St. Mary's School (Pune) | |
Soper, Caroline | Jr. | New Haven, Connecticut | Choate Rosemary Hall |
Updated December 2019. [5]
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