Penn Quakers men's squash

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Penn Quakers men's squash
Penn Quakers logo.svg
University University of Pennsylvania
First season1935-36
Head coachGilly Lane (9th season)
League College Squash Association
Conference Ivy League
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
VenuePenn Squash Center
Rivalries Princeton, Drexel, Harvard
All-time record552412 (.573)
All-Americans25
Nickname Quakers
ColorsRed and blue [1]
   
National champions
2024, 2025
National runner-up
2020, 2022
Conference champions
1966, 1969, 1974, 2022, 2024, 2025
Website www.pennathletics.com/index.aspx?path=msquash

The Penn Quakers men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a squash team in 1935. The current is head coach is former professional squash player Gilly Lane and the director is Jack Wyant. [2]

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History

The Quakers enjoyed considerable success in the 60s and 70s, winning 3 Ivy League titles. In 2022, they finished the regular season undefeated at 16-0 and captured their first outright Ivy League championship since 1969.

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated February 2025. [3]

YearWinsLossesIvy LeagueOverall
2010–2011696th10th
2011–2012876th9th
2012–20135127th14th
2013–2014874th8th
2014–2015985th7th
2015–20161165th5th
2016–2017984th7th
2017–20181174th7th
2018–20191442nd3rd
2019-20201432nd2nd
2020-2021Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021-20221811st2nd
2022-20231632nd4th
2023-2024152T1st1st
2024-20251601st1st

Players

Current roster

Updated February 2025. [4]

No. Nat PlayerClassStartedBirthplace
2 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Spizzirri Gr.2020 Greenwich, Connecticut
6 Flag of the United States.svg Dana Santry Gr.2020 Greenwich, Connecticut
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Abdelrahman Dweek Gr.2020 Calgary, Alberta
Flag of England.svg Oliver Green Sr.2021 Hitchin, Hertfordshire
10 Flag of Egypt.svg Roger Alber Baddour Gr.2020 Alexandria, Egypt
12 Flag of the United States.svg Rehan Luthra Sr.2021 Kirkland, Washington
3 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Hafez Jr.2022 Alexandria, Egypt
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Marwan Abdelsalam Fr.2024 Alexandria, Egypt
Flag of the United States.svg Hao Cui Jr.2022 Pikesville, Maryland
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Salman Khalil So.2023 Cairo, Egypt
Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Penman So.2023 Stirling, Scotland
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Mathias So.2023 Greenwich, Connecticut
9 Flag of the United States.svg Varun Chitturi So.2023 Fremont, California
7 Flag of the United States.svg Zane Patel Fr.2024 Palo Alto, California
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jat Tse So.2023 Kowloon, Hong Kong
11 Flag of the United States.svg Shaam Gambhir Sr.2021 Wayne, Pennsylvania
5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nathan Kueh Sr.2021 Miri, Sarawak
Flag of the United States.svg Rustin Wiser Fr.2024 Bronxville, New York

Notable former players

Andrew Douglas (squash player) '22, 4x 1st team All-American, 4x 1st team All-Ivy

Ned Edwards '80, 4x All-Ivy, Individual Champion

Aly Abou Eleinen '22, 3x 1st team All-American, 3x 1st team All-Ivy, Individual Tournament Finalist

See also

References

  1. "Elements of the Penn Logo". Branding.Web-Resources.UPenn.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. "2017-18 Men's Squash Roster - University of Pennsylvania". www.pennathletics.com.
  3. "Ivy League". ivyleaguesports.com.
  4. "Roster".