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| Harvard University (2) |
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| Princeton University (5) |
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| University of Pennsylvania (4) |
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| Yale University (3) |
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| Trinity College (1) |
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| Columbia University (10) |
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| Cornell University (6) |
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| George Washington University (9) |
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| Stanford University (7) |
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| Dartmouth College (8) |
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| Drexel University (14) |
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| Franklin and Marshall College (18) |
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| Brown University (11) |
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| Williams College (13) |
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| St. Lawrence University (20) |
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| Wesleyan University (21) |
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| Bates College (12) |
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| Middlebury College (15) |
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| Amherst College (17) |
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| Hamilton College (16) |
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| Bowdoin College (19) |
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| Tufts University (27) |
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| Colby College (23) |
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| University of Virginia (25) |
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| Connecticut College (30) |
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To see Squash Ezine's pre-season picks, please click here.
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 Squash Ezine predicts Harvard University's Amanda Sobhy will win her fourth consecutive individual National Championship this coming season. To see Squash Ezine's article, please click here. |
Abdel Khalek to Win It All
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 Bates College squash player Ahmed Abdel Khalek doesn't like losing. The young man chose to skip last season's individual tournament to focus on his academics. If he enters this year's tournament, Squash Ezine predicts he will win his first Collegiate National Championship. To see Squash Ezine's article, please click here. |
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PST: Palmer v El Hindi
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David Palmer (Australia) v Wael El Hindi (Egypt). Referee: Edwin Lennox (South Africa). To see the full match replay, please click here.
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White v Nicol
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World #1 John White v former World #1 Peter Nicol. Former World #1 Jonathon Power commentating with former world #4 Martin Knight. To see the full match replay, please click here.
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Trinity Squash Documentary
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Trinity's men never want to go down to the Princeton men again (3:48). Yikes, what word did Assaiante use at (19:13). Yikes, what word did Assaiante use at (19:34). Yikes, what word did Assaiante use at (19:56). Yikes, what word did Assaianteuse at (31:20). To see the video, please click here.
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If You Want to be Good
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 If you want to be good/great at squash, you will need to focus on your footwork. It is often time spent alone - like the young man in this video. To see the video, please click here. |
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America's Best Colleges
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Forbes Magazine released this week its list of America's best colleges and universities. Williams College is at the top of the list. Here is Forbes top 30: - Williams College
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- Princeton University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Yale University
- Harvard University
- Pomona College
- United States Military Academy
- Amherst College
- Haverford College
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brown University
- Bowdoin Colllege
- Wesleyan University
- Carleton College
- University of Notre Dame
- Dartmouth College
- Northwestern University
- Columbia University
- California Institute of Technology
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- University of Chicago
- Tufts University
- Vassar College
- United States Naval Academy
- Georgetown University
- Wellesley College
- Middlebury College
To see Forbes complete list, please click here.
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Treadmills (3 of 5)
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We've never loved treadmills. Boring, boring, boring.
But more and more videos are showing us that we had it wrong.
And this lovely mom kept us and her kids entertained for four minutes.
To see the video, please click here.
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TRUTH & Rumors
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 Squash Ezine's email was down this past week. If you sent us a note telling us how great we are, please send it again to Ezine@SquashEzine.com. - If you sent us a note saying something negative, we read it.
- Speaking of negative, we enjoyed reading a thoughtful post on SquashSite.co.uk's forum speaking poorly of some of the pro tours.
- But SquashSite gets its money from the PSA. So, anyone speaking ill of the tour gets deleted.
- Separately, an Ezine reader told us they tried to write something negative of US Squash in an online post and that was deleted too.
- Big Brother (#LittleGeneral) appears to be alive and well in the squash world.
- On the positive, Squash Ezine enjoys reading Squash South Africa. In an era of annoying, flashy websites and popup ads, they provide good information in an easy to read format. Check 'em out here.
- We've often said non-Americans don't get college sports. Here's a quote from a recent SquashMad.com article here which will prove the point.
- "Think about the Ivy League universities in America; Harvard, Trinity, Brown ... they all have at least one all-glass court."
- Non-Americans will say - yeah, so what.
- American squashers will say - are you kidding me?
- After a multi-year search the Los Angeles Athletic Club appears to have finally found their new head pro in Aussie Brett Newton. 'Smiley' will likely breath new life into the LA scene, assuming he behaves.
- Congrats to NBC News 4 New York Harry Cicma, who just won an Emmy for his coverage of Hurricane Sandy article here
- Cicma produced Pro Squash Tour's first t.v. show for New England Sports Network (NESN) back in 2010.
- It would appear here that Black Knight is the racquet of choice in Maine's squash community.
- According to FindTheBest.com here, George Washington University appears to have a sizable budget of $325k for their squash teams.
- And since it's on the internet, it must be true.
- We hear Princeton Men's Squash fans are kvetching about Squash Ezine predicting the Tigers to finish #17 in the nation this year.
- Last year Tigers fans were also outraged that we predicted them to finish #7.
- They ended up finishing #9. To date, no one has thanked us for over-rating them in last year's pre-season rankings. And we don't expect it this season either.
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