Columbia Lions men's squash

The Columbia Lions men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Columbia University located in New York City, New York. The team competes in the Ivy League within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a varsity team in 2010, under the leadership of head coach Jacques Swanepoel.[2]

Columbia Lions men's squash
UniversityColumbia University
First season2010–11
Head coachJacques Swanepoel (10th season)
LeagueCollege Squash Association
ConferenceIvy League
LocationNew York City, New York
VenueSL Green StreetSquash
RivalriesCornell
All-time record10366 (.609)
All-Americans6
NicknameLions
ColorsColumbia Blue and White[1]
         
Conference champions
2018
Websitewww.gocolumbialions.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&SPID=78095&KEY=

History

The Lions beat Harvard in the 2017–2018 regular season for the first time in program history with a nail-biting 5–4 victory, with the deciding match won by Osama Khalifa. They went on undefeated in Ivy League play in the regular season, earning them their very first Ivy League title.

  • 2018 Ivy League Champion [3]

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated March 2020.[4]

YearWinsLossesIvy LeagueOverall
2010–20111358th21st
2011–20127117th10th
2012–20138106th12th
2013–2014876th10th
2014–20151342nd4th
2015–2016782nd (Tie)8th
2016–20171242nd4th
2017–20181621st3rd
2018–2019973rd (Tie)6th
2019–20201083rd (Tie)9th

Players

Current roster

Updated March 2020.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Sankalp Anand Fr. 2020 New Delhi, India
6 Rahul Sehrawat Sr. 2016 Toronto, Ontario
Zain Athar Sr. 2017 Hamburg, Germany
4 Krish Kapur Sr. 2017 Kolkata, India
Velavan Senthilkumar Jr. 2017 Salem, India
2 Callan Hall Jr. 2018 Pretoria, South Africa
8 Aditya Kankariya Jr. 2018 Cupertino, California
11 Vishan Patel Jr. 2018 Atlanta, Georgia
9 James Wyatt Jr. 2018 London, England
7 Justin Ghaeli Jr. 2019 Richmond Hill, Ontario
5 Chaitanya Shah So. 2019 Mumbai, India
1 Hugh Camiener So. 2019 Birmingham, Michigan
10 Andrew Jung So. 2019 Seoul, South Korea
Nico Hughes So. 2019 London, England
Harold Castiaux So. 2020 Brussels, Belgium
Rutvik Rau Fr. 2020 Singapore, Singapore
Zach Nam So. 2020 Seoul, South Korea
Sameer Saxena Fr. 2020 Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Ramit Tandon '15, Current world no. 56, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 4 PSA titles
  • Osama Khalifa '18, 4x 1st-team All-American and 4x 1st-team All-Ivy, 2017 College Individual National Champion, Winner of Skillman Award for best 4-year career in college squash

References

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