While both Harvard teams go into the Ivy Scrimmages as the defending Ivy champions and top-seeds this weekend, Penn came up at the top of the men’s CSA preseason rankings earlier this week. Harvard is still ranked #1 on the women’s side. Read more and check out the full ranking list on CSA’s website. The post CSA Preseason Rankings Released appeared first on Harvard Squash ..read more

One current and three former Harvard Squash players are currently competing at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Amanda Sobhy ’15 (USA) took silver and Marina Stefanoni ’24 (USA) won bronze in the women’s individual event. Meanwhile, Timmy Brownell ’20 (USA) reached the men’s quarterfinals. George Crowne ’22 (Canada) lost in the round of 16 against Brownell. On the doubles side, Brownell won gold in the mixed draw together with Olivia Clyne Blatchford, beating his former Harvard teammate, Crowne, and Nicole Bunyan in the final. Sobhy, together with Olivia Weaver, lost in the women’s f ..read more

We would like to congratulate Will Broadbent ’06 on being inducted to the Harvard Varsity Club’s Hall of Fame. The induction dinner took place at the Harvard Club of Boston last month. It was a meaningful evening filled with great speeches and memories. Congratulations to all the inductees! WATCH & READ MORE See all the acceptance speeches, personal essays and a full event recap here. Watch Will’s acceptance speech: The post Will Broadbent ’06 Inducted To HVC Hall of Fame appeared first on Harvard Squash ..read more

11-seed George Crowne’s ’23 Cinderella story at the individual nationals came to an end in the Pool Trophy final today after Trinity’s 4-seed, Mohamed Sharaf, played flawlessly and recorded a 3-0 win, clinching this year’s men’s individual championship. Crowne had upset the seedings by beating Penn’s #1, Drexel’s #1 and Cornell’s #1 before today’s final. But Trinity’s #1 proved to be too strong on the day. The final marks the last match of Crowne’s college career. Crowne was a part of a recruiting class that consisted of him, Victor Crouin ’22 and Marwan Tarek ’23. Crouin won the individual na ..read more

After his third upset at this year’s individual nationals, Harvard’s 11-seed George Crowne ’23 is through to tomorrow’s Pool Trophy final. In today’s semifinal, Crowne was down 0-2 against Cornell’s 7-seed Veer Chotrani (who beat Harvard’s Marwan Tarek ’23 in yesterday’s quarterfinal). After winning the third 12-10, Crowne gained momentum and took the rest of the games 11-9, 11-7, playing his best squash of the season at just the right time. On his way to the final, Crowne has beaten Penn’s #1, Drexel’s #1 and Cornell’s #1; all seeded higher than him. Tomorrow Crowne will face Trinity’s #1 Moh ..read more

While we are celebrating 100 years of Harvard Squash tonight in New York, our players are getting ready for the season’s last event, the individual championships in Philadelphia this weekend. 7 men and 7 women will represent Harvard at the tournament. In the men’s top draw (Pool Trophy), Marwan Tarek ’23 is seeded #2. Tarek was undefeated throughout the regular season and only lost against Cornell’s #1 at men’s team nationals last weekend (after the team match had been decided). Tarek won the individual title in 2020. In addition, #11 George Crowne ’23 and #16 Ido Burstein ’24 represent Harvar ..read more

We’re excited to welcome six new players to our teams this fall. Men’s first-years: Omar Azzam Jacob Lin Louis Murray Women’s first-years: Jhansi Bhavsar Ella Galova Lucie Stefanoni Read more about the men’s and women’s first-years and what they’ve accomplished before arriving to Cambridge. The post Meet The 2023 First-Years appeared first on Harvard Squash ..read more

Take a look at GoCrimson’s summer recap and read about the successes of both our current and former players from this past summer. There are currently a total of seven Harvard alumni ranked in the world’s top 50 – five of them in the top 20! Ali Farag ’14 – Men’s #1 Amanda Sobhy ’15 – Women’s #5 Gina Kennedy ’20 – Women’s #6 Victor Crouin ’22 – Men’s #11 Sabrina Sobhy ’19 – Women’s #13 Hana Moataz ’22 – Women’s #38 Timmy Brownell ’20 – Men’s #49 You’ll see all of them in action (in addition to both Marina ‘24 and Lucie ‘27 Stefanoni) at the US Open in Philadelphia next month. The post Harvard ..read more

Harvard Athletics announced earlier this month that our head coach, Mike Way, won The Ragatz Family Harvard Women’s Coach of Excellence award for the women’s program’s success last season. Coach Way has previously also won the men’s equivalent, The James Herscot ’58 Coach of Excellence award. Read more about the honor here. The post Coach Way Wins Coach of Excellence Award appeared first on Harvard Squash ..read more

Our competitive season will start in November with the annual Ivy Scrimmages at Yale. The teams will have many road trips this year: One to UVA, one to Trinity and the rest of them to the Philadelphia area. In addition to the away matches against Princeton, Penn & Drexel, the teams will head to the Specter Center for both team and individual nationals as well. Check out the full schedules on GoCrimson: Men’s Schedule | Women’s Schedule The post 2023/24 Schedules Released appeared first on Harvard Squash ..read more