Trinity Bantams men's squash

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Trinity Bantams Men's Squash
University Trinity College
First season1941-42
Head coach Moustafa Hamada (1st season)
League College Squash Association
Conference NESCAC
Location Hartford, Connecticut
VenueFerris Athletic Center
Rivalries Harvard, Yale
All-time record831317 (.724)
All-Americans64
Nickname Bantams
ColorsBlue 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, 2023, 2024
Conference champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Website athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/index=

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 College Squash Association. The college first fielded a team in 1941, making it one of the oldest college squash teams in the United States. Moustafa Hamada is the current head coach. [2]

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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 won 13 consecutive national titles from 1999, when they first took home the Potter Trophy, through 2011.

More recently, they are the 2017 and 2018 national champions. [3]

The Bantams entered the 2023 championships seeded 6th, they went on to upset #3 Princeton and #2 Penn Before falling to Harvard in the final 5-4. For the second time in four Years, the Bantams made it to the National Championships Final under Coach Paul Assaiante.

The program has 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. [4]


Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated February 2024. [5]

YearWinsLossesNESCACOverall
2010–20112001st1st
2011–20121821st2nd
2012–20131901st1st
2013–20141821st2nd
2014–20152011st1st
2015–20162121st3rd
2016–20171911st1st
2017–20182001st1st
2018–20191631st2nd
2019–20201921st3rd
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–20221631st5th
2022–20231751st2nd
2023–20241911st2nd

Players

Current roster

Updated February 2024. [6]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplace
Flag of Malaysia.svg Danial Izham So.2022 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Joachim Chuah Han Wen So.2022 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Ismael Jr.2021 Cairo, Egypt
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Ali El Toukhy Sr.2020 Cairo, Egypt
Flag of the United States.svg Dougie Conigliaro Jr.2021 Vero Beach, Florida
Flag of Colombia.svg Mateo Restrepo Jr.2021 Medellin, Colombia
6 Flag of Egypt.svg Marwan Elborollosy Jr.2021 Cairo, Egypt
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohammed Sharaf Sr.2020 Cairo, Egypt
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Nassar Sr.2020 Cairo, Egypt
Flag of India.svg Advait Adik Sr.2020 Mumbai, India
9 Flag of Germany.svg Julius Benthin Sr.2020 Norderstedt, Germany
8 Flag of Barbados.svg Khamal Cumberbatch Sr.2020 St. James, Barbados
Flag of the United States.svg Henry Culhane Jr.2020 Brooklyn, New York
5 Flag of Hungary.svg Benedek Takacs So.2022 Szatymaz, Hungary
7 Flag of Hungary.svg Daniel Simon So.2022 Budapest, Hungary
Flag of the United States.svg Will Jones Sr.2019 Greenwich, Connecticut

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

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