Celebrating Dartmouth Squash

This September in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of its men’s squash team and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the women’s team. More than a hundred Big Green former...

2012-2013 College Squash Season Recap

By Anne Bello Certain names appear again and again in the College Squash Association’s championship history. By the time the 2012-2013 season was in the books, both the Harvard women and the Trinity men had recorded their...

Not Yet, Not Now: The Story of Trinity’s Luck 13th Title

By James Zug Photos by Michael T. Bello The night before the finals of the 2009 national intercollegiate team tournament, Paul Assaiante pulled Chris Binnie out of the No. 9 spot. The sophomore from Kingston, Jamaica, had some...

College Wrap Up

By Anne Bello Photos by Michael T. Bello A TENNIS coach approached the tournament desk on the last morning of the 2011 Men’s National Team Championships. Harvard’s Murr Center, the tournament’s main site, is a dual squash-and-tennis facility,...

College Squash Recruiting

By Nell Schwed Squash is many things, but what it first brings to mind—besides its elitist roots, genteel style and winter vegetable connotation—is the competitive edge it can provide a college applicant. Typically, those schools who fall...

Squash Showcase and College Expo

The first ever squash college recruiting event took place at Fairmount Athletic Club at the end of August. The event brought together over 100 high school seniors and juniors, college coaches and parents. Coaches...

College Preview

By Anne P. Bello and Michael T. Bello Photos by Michael T. Bello The final match of the 2009-2010 college squash season may have been its best. Trinity junior Pamela Hathway took Harvard first-year Laura Gemmell...

College Bound

Squash players have always been noticed for their amazing agility, speed, racket skills, and fitness. It’s no wonder Forbes Magazine ranked it number one in their article, “Ten Healthiest Sports.” However, increasing numbers of...

Penn Coach Steps Down

After eleven seasons at the University of Pennsylvania, Craig Thorpe-Clark is stepping down as the men’s squash coach.   Over this period, he guided the Quakers to a 95 – 75 record. This past...

Women in Squash

By Jennifer Gabler The explosion in the number of college squash programs across the nation is quite well known. This proliferation of squash opportunities has helped attract more new players, especially women to the sport....