Winter League Playoff schedule posted

Playoff action begins Monday, March 16th at 6pm

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Slow Motion Squash technique

The following video on youtube has some incredible examples of great squash technique:

This video is from 2/5/2016 and was taken on the glass court at Bates College after a collegiate match. The top two Bates men players were playing a friendly game. Video shows 120fps of part of a single point.

The slow motion has excellent examples of forehands, backhands, volleys, corner retrieval, footwork and lunging all in incredible detail. With one lefty and one righty you can see great technical skill from multiple perspectives. It is magical!

Players are Ahmed Abdel Khalek, former 2x CSA National Champion and Ahmed Hatata, former CSA All American.

NESCAC championship this weekend at Bowdoin!!

The NESCACs Men’s team championship is at Bowdoin College this weekend

The NESCACs (New England Small College Athletic Conference) are an 11 team group of really good collegiate squash teams. The Men’s Team Championships are being held at Bowdoin College beginning tomorrow, Friday, February 14th, 2020 at 5pm.

This is a rare opportunity to see great squash teams gathered here in Maine for an extended series of matches. Don’t miss it!!

See the NESCAC championship site for schedule details: https://www.nescac.com/sports/squash/2019-20/championship_men/bracket/index

Friday

  • 5pm Hamilton vs. Bowdoin
  • 6pm Wesleyan vs. Colby
  • 7:15pm Conn College vs. Tufts

Saturday

  • 10am winner of Conn/Tufts vs Trinity
  • 10am Middlebury vs. Amherst
  • 12:30pm winner of Wesleyan/Colb vs. Bates
  • 12:30pm winner of Hamilton/Bowdoin vs Williams
  • more matches at 4:30pm and 7:00pm

Sunday

  • 9:30am Consolation matches
  • Noon Championship and 3/4 match

Many of the matchups for this tournament are battling for the final rankings for the College Squash Associations annual championship and these closely matched teams will likely make or break their season based on the results this weekend. There will be many good matches and excellent squash!!

Fly through of US Squash Specter Center

Here is a cool animation of the new Specter Center being built in the Drexel Armory in Philadelphia.

Winter League History page updated

Added photos and themes from prior seasons. Archive extends back to 2004/2005 season with detailed results beginning in 2008.