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]
| Trinity Bantams Men's Squash | |
|---|---|
| University | Trinity College |
| First season | 1941-42 |
| Head coach | Moustafa Hamada (1st season) |
| League | College Squash Association |
| Conference | NESCAC |
| Location | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Venue | Ferris Athletic Center |
| Rivalries | Harvard, Yale |
| All-time record | 831–317 (.724) |
| All-Americans | 64 |
| Nickname | Bantams |
| Colors | Blue 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 |
History edit
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 edit
Men's Squash edit
Updated February 2024.[5]
| Year | Wins | Losses | NESCAC | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | 20 | 0 | 1st | 1st |
| 2011–2012 | 18 | 2 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2012–2013 | 19 | 0 | 1st | 1st |
| 2013–2014 | 18 | 2 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2014–2015 | 20 | 1 | 1st | 1st |
| 2015–2016 | 21 | 2 | 1st | 3rd |
| 2016–2017 | 19 | 1 | 1st | 1st |
| 2017–2018 | 20 | 0 | 1st | 1st |
| 2018–2019 | 16 | 3 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2019–2020 | 19 | 2 | 1st | 3rd |
| Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021–2022 | 16 | 3 | 1st | 5th |
| 2022–2023 | 17 | 5 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2023–2024 | 19 | 1 | 1st | 2nd |
Players edit
Current roster edit
Updated February 2024.[6]
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Danial Izham | So. | 2022 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
| 3 |
|
Joachim Chuah Han Wen | So. | 2022 | Shah Alam, Malaysia | ||
|
Ahmed Ismael | Jr. | 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | |||
| 2 |
|
Ali El Toukhy | Sr. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
|
Dougie Conigliaro | Jr. | 2021 | Vero Beach, Florida | |||
|
Mateo Restrepo | Jr. | 2021 | Medellin, Colombia | |||
| 6 |
|
Marwan Elborollosy | Jr. | 2021 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 1 |
|
Mohammed Sharaf | Sr. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 4 |
|
Abdelrahman Nassar | Sr. | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
|
Advait Adik | Sr. | 2020 | Mumbai, India | |||
| 9 | 
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Julius Benthin | Sr. | 2020 | Norderstedt, Germany | ||
| 8 | 
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Khamal Cumberbatch | Sr. | 2020 | St. James, Barbados | ||
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Henry Culhane | Jr. | 2020 | Brooklyn, New York | |||
| 5 | 
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Benedek Takacs | So. | 2022 | Szatymaz, Hungary | ||
| 7 |
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Daniel Simon | So. | 2022 | Budapest, Hungary | ||
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Will Jones | Sr. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Notable former players edit
Notable alumni include:
- Basit Ashfaq '10 Former world #61, 3x 1st team All-American, 58-2 career record, 2008 and 2009 Individual Champion, 4x National Team Champion
- Christopher Binnie
- Vikram Malhotra
- Juan Camilo Vargas
- Kush Kumar
- Thoboki Mohohlo
- Miko Aijanen
References edit
- ^ "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ "Trinity College Hires Hamada as Head Coach of Men's Squash". Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "Roster".