Drexel Dragons men's squash

Drexel Dragons men's squash
Drexel Dragons men's squash
University	Drexel University
First season	2011-2012
Head coach	John White (11th season)
League	College Squash Association
Conference	Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Kline & Specter Squash Center
Rivalries	Penn, Frankin & Marshall
All-time record	117–99 (.542)
All-Americans	5
Nickname	Dragons
Colors	Navy blue and gold;
Conference champions
	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Website	www.drexeldragons.com/index.aspx?path=msq

The Drexel Dragons men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Drexel University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a varsity team in 2011–2012, taking in former world number 1 squash player John White as the head coach.^[2]

History

Squash is an emerging sport at Drexel University, with the men's and women's varsity squash programs established in 2011. The men's club team was founded in 2005 by Drs. Evan Cyrkin and Justin Burkholder. On April 25, 2011, the Drexel Athletics Director, Dr. Eric Zillmer, announced the addition of men's and women's squash as varsity programs that will begin competing in the 2011–12 academic year. It was also announced that former world number 1 John White would lead both the men's and women's programs as head coach.^[3]

The team has strong ties through volunteer work with Squash Smarts, a Philadelphia Youth Enrichment Program, which combines the sport of squash with academic tutoring and mentoring of under-served urban youth, in order to develop self-esteem and discipline through academic, athletic, and personal achievement.^[4]

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated February 2023.^[5]

Year	Wins	Losses	MASC	Overall
2011–2012	9	10	2nd	29th
2012–2013	10	12	1st	22nd
2013–2014	11	11	1st	16th
2014–2015	10	10	1st	12th
2015–2016	15	4	1st	9th
2016–2017	14	6	1st	6th
2017–2018	9	11	1st	13th
2018–2019	7	10	1st	10th
2019–2020	10	9	3rd	8th
Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–2022	12	8	2nd	7th
2022–2023	10	8	2nd	5th

Players

Current roster

Updated February 2023.^[6]


No.	Player	S/G	Acquired	Birthplace
11	Michael Berry	Jr.	2019	Johannesburg, South Africa
9	Hussain Alzaatari	Fr.	2022	Hawalli, Kuwait
10	Nicolo Abou Taleb	Sr.	2019	Brescia, Italy
5	Jose Andres Lopez	Sr.	2019	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Matthew Lucente	Sr.	2019	Auckland, New Zealand
3	Fritiof Jacobsson	So.	2021	Gothenburg, Sweden
1	Matias Knudsen	Gr.	2018	Bogota, Colombia
	Rohan Korn	Jr.	2021	Baltimore, Maryland
8	Shomari Wiltshire	Fr.	2022	Eccles, Guyana
7	Guatam Nagpal	Sr.	2019	Delhi, India
9	Shaan Dalal	Gr.	2018	Mumbai, India
8	Noel Heaton	Gr.	2018	Calgary, Alberta
7	Filip Krueger	Gr.	2018	Stockholm, Sweden
2	Haris Qasim	So.	2021	Lahore, Pakistan
4	Nico Serna	So.	2022	Bogota, Colombia
6	Yuri Pelbart	Fr.	2022	Sao Paolo, Brazil