Trinity Bantams men's squash
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. Paul Assaiante is the current head coach. The assistant coaches are Vikram Malhotra and Christopher Binnie. [2]
Trinity Bantams Men's Squash | |
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University | Trinity College |
First season | 1941-42 |
Head coach | Paul Assaiante (26th season) |
League | College Squash Association |
Conference | NESCAC |
Location | Hartford, Connecticut |
Venue | Ferris Athletic Center |
Rivalries | Harvard, Yale |
All-time record | 819–313 (.723) |
All-Americans | 58 |
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 | |
Conference champions | |
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
Website | athletics |
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 have won 13 consecutive national titles since 1999, when they first took home the Potter Trophy. They have 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.[3]
More recently, they are the 2017 and 2018 national champions.[4]
Year-by-year results
Men's Squash
Updated February 2020.[5]
Year | Wins | Losses | NESCAC | Overall |
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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 |
Players
Current roster
Updated February 2020.[6]
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
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3 | Michael Craig | Gr. | 2015 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||
Oscar Dial | Sr. | 2016 | Paris, France | ||||
Andrew Dolente | Sr. | 2016 | Devon, Pennsylvania | ||||
2 | Kush Kumar | Sr. | 2016 | Dhampur, India | |||
6 | Andrew Lee | Sr. | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
4 | Thoboki Mohohlo | Sr. | 2016 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |||
Patrick O'Sullivan | Sr. | 2016 | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||
9 | Aryaman Adik | Jr. | 2017 | Mumbai, India | |||
Braxton Antill | Jr. | 2017 | Towson, Maryland | ||||
Burke Giordano | Jr. | 2017 | New Vernon, New Jersey | ||||
7 | Ziad Sakr | Jr. | 2017 | Tanta, Egypt | |||
William Curtis | So. | 2018 | Joondalup, Australia | ||||
Felipe De La Cruz | So. | 2018 | Fresno, California | ||||
Ishaan Madhok | So. | 2018 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | ||||
Teddy McLanahan | So. | 2018 | Glen Cove, New York | ||||
Martín Ríos | So. | 2018 | Medellin, Colombia | ||||
8 | Aly Tolba | So. | 2018 | Alexandria, Egypt | |||
1 | Miko Äijänen | Fr. | 2019 | Järvenpää, Finland | |||
5 | Ali El Toukhy | Fr. | 2019 | Cairo, Egypt | |||
10 | Julius Benthin | Fr. | 2019 | Norderstedt, Germany | |||
Walker Hopkins | Fr. | 2019 | Wayne, Pennsylvania | ||||
Utkarsh Baheti | Fr. | 2019 | Jaipur, India | ||||
Dillon Park | Fr. | 2019 | Seoul, South Korea | ||||
Alex Bernhard | Fr. | 2019 | New York, New York | ||||
Connor Buettner | Fr. | 2019 | New York, New York | ||||
Will Jones | Fr. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut | ||||
Peter Keigher | Fr. | 2019 | Greenwich, Connecticut |
Notable former players
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
External links
References
- "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- http://www.bantamsports.com/sports/msquash/coaches/index
- "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf
- "Roster".