Princeton Tigers men's squash | |
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University | Princeton University |
First season | 1930-31 |
Head coach | Sean Wilkinson (11th season) |
League | College Squash Association |
Conference | Ivy League |
Location | Princeton, New Jersey |
Venue | Jadwin Gymnasium |
Rivalries | Penn |
All-time record | 715–242 (.747) |
All-Americans | 59 |
Nickname | Tigers |
Colors | Black and orange [1] |
National champions | |
1942, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1993, 2012 | |
National runner-up | |
1956, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | |
Conference champions | |
1957, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2024 | |
Website | http://goprincetontigers.com/index.aspx?path=msquash |
The Princeton Tigers men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Princeton University located in Princeton, New Jersey. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university created a squash team in 1930. The current head coach is Sean Wilkinson. [2]
John Conroy, who coached for three decades (1940-69), won 180 matches and the program's first Ivy League title in 1957, and he is also an inductee in the College Squash Hall of Fame.
Both a College Hall of Fame and US Squash Hall of Fame inductee, Bob Callahan, who retired following the 2013 Ivy League championship season, won the most matches (316) and Ivy League titles (11) in program history.
Princeton's most historic victory came in 2012 national team championship final over Trinity, in which the Tigers ended a sensational 13-year winning streak for Trinity. Princeton was down 4–2 in the match and rallied to win 5–4.
Updated February 2024. [4]
Year | Wins | Losses | Ivy League | Overall |
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2010–2011 | 12 | 3 | 2nd | 3rd |
2011–2012 | 15 | 1 | 1st | 1st |
2012–2013 | 12 | 3 | 1st (Tie) | 3rd |
2013–2014 | 8 | 7 | 5th | 9th |
2014–2015 | 8 | 8 | 5th | 9th |
2015–2016 | 4 | 13 | 7th | 12th |
2016–2017 | 6 | 10 | 6th | 10th |
2017–2018 | 9 | 9 | 4th | 8th |
2018–2019 | 7 | 9 | 3rd (Tie) | 8th |
2019–2020 | 11 | 6 | 3rd (Tie) | 4th |
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021–2022 | 8 | 6 | 4th | 6th |
2022–2023 | 11 | 4 | 3rd | 7th |
2023–2024 | 10 | 3 | 1st (Tie) | 3rd |
Updated February 2024. [5]
No. | Nat | Player | Class | Started | Birthplace |
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4 | Ahmed Wael Aly Hussein | Jr. | 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | |
Federico Sosa | So. | 2022 | Quertaro, Mexico | ||
David Beeson | So. | 2022 | Riverside, Connecticut | ||
Justin Rosini | Fr. | 2023 | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania | ||
6 | Avi Agarwal | So. | 2022 | Monroe, New Jersey | |
James Kontulis | Jr. | 2021 | New Canaan, Connecticut | ||
2 | Hollis Robertson | Fr. | 2023 | New York City, New York | |
Samuel Chiang | Jr. | 2022 | New York, New York | ||
Mason Menin | Fr. | 2023 | New York, New York | ||
7 | Alhassan Khalil | So. | 2022 | Solihull, England | |
William Ezratty | Gr. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut | ||
10 | Arin Mukherjee | Gr. | 2019 | Princeton, New Jersey | |
5 | Alastair Cho | Gr. | 2019 | Reisterstown, Maryland | |
1 | Karim Elbarbary | Sr. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | |
3 | Thomas Rosini | Sr. | 2020 | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania | |
8 | Zain Ahmed | Jr. | 2021 | Morgan Hill, California | |
9 | Gordon Lam | Jr. | 2021 | Portland, Oregon |
Notable alumni include:
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