Trinity Bantams Men's Squash
UniversityTrinity College
First season1941-42
Head coachMoustafa Hamada (1st season)
LeagueCollege Squash Association
ConferenceNESCAC
LocationHartford, Connecticut
VenueFerris Athletic Center
RivalriesHarvard, Yale
All-time record831–317 (.724)
All-Americans60
NicknameBantams
ColorsBlue 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
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
Websiteathletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/index=

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]

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 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

Men's Squash

Updated February 2022.[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 12 4 1st 2nd

Players

Current roster

Updated February 2023.[6]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Malaysia Danial Izham Fr. 2022 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 Malaysia Joachim Chuah Han Wen Fr. 2022 Shah Alam, Malaysia
4 Egypt Ahmed Ismael So. 2021 Cairo, Egypt
United States Dougie Conigliaro So. 2021 Vero Beach, Florida
Colombia Mateo Restrepo So. 2021 Medellin, Colombia
5 Egypt Marwan Elborollosy So. 2021 Cairo, Egypt
1 Egypt Mohammed Sharaf Jr. 2020 Cairo, Egypt
2 Egypt Abdelrahman Nassar Jr. 2020 Cairo, Egypt
India Advait Adik Jr. 2020 Mumbai, India
9 Barbados Khamal Cumberbatch Jr. 2020 St. James, Barbados
United States Henry Culhane So. 2020 Brooklyn, New York
7 Hungary Benedek Takacs Fr. 2022 Szatymaz, Hungary
6 Hungary Daniel Simon Fr. 2022 Budapest, Hungary
United States Will Jones Jr. 2019 Greenwich, Connecticut

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

References

  1. ↑ "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Trinity College Hires Hamada as Head Coach of Men's Squash". Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. ↑ "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. ↑ http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf
  6. ↑ "Roster".
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