The final season rankings have been published. Wash U made tremendous strides from last year, finishing at 37th and 10th in the nation. Next year, with the return of players from study abroad and new recruits, the team will only be better. Thanks to everyone for a great season!
Click here to check out the CSA article: http://collegesquashassociation.com/2012/03/29/dunlop-mens-college-squash-final-2011-2012-team-rankings-by-division/
Play started on Friday night at the University of Pennsylvania against the Bucknell Bisons. For a while, we thought we were going to win by default, but Bucknell eventually arrived. After many close matches, Bucknell ended up sweeping.
The next day was the battle of the Washingtons: Wash U in St. Louis vs. University of Washington. WashU swept U-dub in the first round of matches and clinched the victory in the second round, winning by a score of 6-3.
The final day was the battle for the E-Division Consolation bracket, which would result in a national ranking of 37. Wash U started up 2-0 because Kenyon only had 7 players. Kenyon swept the first round and then split the second, making the score 3 all. In order to win, Wash U would need to win 2 of the last 3 matches. Hunter and Luke ended up winning their matches, making Wash U the winners.
It was a great weekend overall. There was lots of great food, including sushi at Pod, homemade chicken parm at the Kurtz’s and some famous Philly cheese steaks from Jims. A big thank you to all the family and friends, especially the Kurtz’s for allowing the team to stay at their home. Now, to start training for next year!
Wash U’s first match will be against Bucknell at 6 PM at the University of Pennsylvania. Wash U is the 7th seed while Bucknell is the 2nd seed.
Check out the whole bracket here: http://collegesquashassociation.com/2012/02/14/2012-mens-college-squash-association-national-team-championships-brackets/
Playing in the E-Division is also:
Boston College, Bucknell University, Denison University, Kenyon College,University of California Berkeley, University of Washington, Vassar College
Follow @WashUSquash for updates throughout the tournament. #GoBears!
The Wash U Women’s team will be making entering the Emerging Teams Division at the Women’s College Squash Association’s Nationals held at Harvard University. This is the first time in the history of Wash U that a women’s team will be competing in the tournament. They enter nationals with a 0-1, suffering a close 3-2 loss to the University of Minnesota. Under the guidance of the captain Alexa, they hope to capture the division title.
With less than a month left in the squash season, Wash U will be doing quite some traveling.
The first match of 2012 is a scrimmage against MICDS this Friday (1/27) afternoon.
February 10-12 is the Northwestern Round Robin. Specific teams and the schedule will be posted later.
February 17-19 is the College Squash Nationals.
Wash U officially now has a women’s team!
Check out the new team here:
http://www.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/leagues/Team_Information.asp?id=7382
The team will be captained by Alexa. She started playing squash at a very young age. Previous to Wash U, she played for Vassar.
They will be making their debut this weekend (January 28) against the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University. The tournament will be taking place at Squash Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin
Here is a map of all current Midwest squash teams. Some squash organizations are included too. 
Here are some pictures from the Navy RR. Happy Holidays everyone!
The College Squash Association has just announced that Nationals will be held in two different locations. The top 32 will play at Princeton while the bottom 32 will play in Philadelphia. As of now, Wash U will be playing in Philadelphia.
Click here for the CSA article
According to the latest Dunlop CSA Men’s Rankings, Wash U is now #40, after beating Fordham at the Navy RR. The team hopes to move up, especially after only having lost to Johns Hopkins 6-3 (who is ranked #28).
