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
UniversityTrinity College
First season1941-42
Head coachPaul Assaiante (26th season)
LeagueCollege Squash Association
ConferenceNESCAC
LocationHartford, Connecticut
VenueFerris Athletic Center
RivalriesHarvard, Yale
All-time record819–313 (.723)
All-Americans58
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
Conference champions
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Websiteathletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/index=
For information on all Trinity College sports, see Trinity Bantams.

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
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
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

References
  1. "Trinity Logo Standards and Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. http://www.bantamsports.com/sports/msquash/coaches/index
  3. "Trinity". Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. "Trinity" (PDF). Trinity. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/msquash/2016-17/files/mqalltimeschedule17.pdf
  6. "Roster".
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