2011-12 Prospectus Wesleyan Men's Squash
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WESLEYAN MEN’S SQUASH 2011-12 PROSPECTUS WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE GENERAL INFORMATION COACHES Location .............................Middletown, CT Baseball .............................Mark Woodworth ’94 Enrollment ..........................2,800 (undergrad.) Men’s Basketball ...............Joe Reilly Founded ............................1831 W Basketball/Assoc. AD ....Kate Mullen Nickname ..........................Cardinals Men’s Crew ........................Phil Carney Colors ................................Red and Black Women’s Crew ...................Pat Tynan Student newspaper ...........Argus (biweekly) M/W Cross Country ...........John Crooke President ...........................Michael S. Roth ’78 Field Hockey ......................Patti Klecha-Porter Director of Athletics ...........John Biddiscombe Football/Asst. AD ...............Mike Whalen ’83 Department phone ............(860) 685-2690 Golf ....................................Chris Potter/Jeff Gilarde Department fax ..................(860) 685-2691 Men’s Ice Hockey ..............Chris Potter Website ..............................wesleyan.edu/athletics Women’s Ice Hockey .........Jodi McKenna YouTube channel ...............WesleyanAthletics Men’s Lacrosse/Asst. AD ..John Raba Facebook page .................wesleyan.athletics Women’s Lacrosse ............Holly Wheeler Twitter feed ........................@wescores Men’s Soccer .....................Geoff Wheeler Sports info. director ...........Brian Katten ’79 Women’s Soccer ................Eva Meredith Sports info. phone .............(860) 685-2887 Softball ...............................Jen Lane Strength/Conditioning ........Drew Black M/W Squash ......................Shona Kerr EN S QUASH NFORMATION M ’ S I M/W Swimming ..................Frank Keefe Home facility ......................Rosenbaum Squash Ctr. M/W Diving ........................Devon O’Nalty Letterwinners returning/lost ...9/3 M/W Tennis ........................Ken Alrutz Starters returning/lost ........7/2 M/W Track (Indoor/Outdoor) ...Walter Curry Volleyball/Assoc. AD .........Gale Lackey Head coach (7th year) ......Shona Kerr Wrestling ............................Drew Black Assistant coach .................Erik Golden Certified athletic trainer .....Ken Dompier SUPPORT STAFF Faculty mentor ...................Joe Bruno Director of Athletics ...........John Biddiscombe First varsity season ............1940-41 Senior Woman Administrator ....Gale Lackey 2010-11 record ..................14-12 Department Secretary .......Nancy Chesbro 2010-11 national finish ......20th overall Business Manager .............Tom Wantuck Administrative Assistant ....Kirsten Carlson Dir. of Athletic Injury Care ........Joe Fountain Assoc. Dir. of Ath. Injury Care .....Ken Dompier Certified Athletic Trainer ....Vicky Graham Equipment Manager ..........Bob Chiapetta Wesleyan University Athletics Equipment Room Attendant ......Jason Helbig Freeman Athletic Center Facility Manager/Asst. AD ....Erin Carey 161 Cross Street Fitness Center Director ......Drew Black Middletown, CT 06459 Intramural Director .............Mark Woodworth ’94 Sports Information Director ......Brian Katten ’79 (860) 685-2690 Athletic Maintenance .........Patrick Welch www.wesleyan.edu/athletics Athletic Maintenance .........Dan Mammola Evening Manager ..............Casey Brown ABOUT THE PROGRAM Established in 1940, the men’s squash program at Wesleyan proudly counts four-time U.S. Open cham- pion and Squash Hall of Famer Henri Salaun (class of 1949) and three-time Super Bowl champion coach Bill Belichick (class of 1975) among its alumni. The program posted seven consecutive double-digit win seasons from 1995-2002, including a 13-7 showing in 1998-99 for its second-highest single-season win total. Head coach Shona Kerr, who built Wellesley into a regional and national power before coming to Wesleyan, has the Wesleyan men moving steadily up the ladder, as the team posted a best-ever 14-12 campaign (with three 5-4 defeats) in 2010-11. Kerr currently stands as the second-winningest coach in program history, behind only 25-year head coach Don Long. In addition to the chance to be a part of an up-and-coming program on the national scene, Wesleyan squash players receive a first-rate education at one of the nation’s preeminent liberal arts institutions. Wesleyan is among the most selective institutions in the country, having admitted just 23 percent of ap- plicants for the class of 2015. The Wesleyan curriculum features no course requirements, a rarity among both large universitities and liberal arts colleges. The student-faculty ratio is 9:1, and Wesleyan’s faculty includes a Nobel laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur (“genius grant”) fellow, and numerous re- cipients of Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and other national prizes for teaching and research. The Wesleyan science faculty rank first among liberal arts colleges in federal grants received, receiving more than twice as much funding as the next highest school, and also rank first in H-index, which measures both number of publications and the number of times those publications are cited. Wesleyan is committed to meeting 100 percent of demonstrated financial need. Admissions are need- blind, and Weleyan students received over $41 million in financial aid during the 2010-11 academic year. 2011-12 OUTLOOK Losing just two starters from last year’s 14-12 squad that finished 20th in the final national rankings after starting the season ranked 27th, Wesleyan has high hopes for the 2011-12 campaign. Among the seven starters back, six are sophomores who rose to the occasion a year ago as freshmen to help the Cardinals advance seven places in the collegiate ranks and give Wesleyan a preseason position of 19th to inaugurate 2011-12. While team tri-captains Lucas Wherry ’13, Zander Nassikas ’14 and Ethan Moritz ’14 will provide the leadership for the young squad, John Steele ’14 was the top performer a year ago as he went 19-6 at #1 and earned first-team all-NESCAC recognition. Wherry went 14-11 playing mainly at #8 while Nassikas posted a 17-9 mark, mostly at #4 as the player with the most individual wins behind Steele. He closed out the 2010-11 season in the #6 slot. Moritz saw most of his action at #7 with an 8-18 slate. Also back are Jeff Berman ’14 (#5, 15-8), Alex Nunez ’14 (#4, 16-10) and Chase Hochman ’14 (#9, 6-8). Three other returnees - Nick Cavallo ’13, Keitaro Sagawa ’12 and Blake Rosenbaum ’12 - will vie with newcomers Blair Corbin ’15, Mike DeLalio ’15, Cameron Rahbar ’15 and Daniel Sneed ’15 for a spot in the starting lineup. Wesleyan begins the year Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20 with a trip to the Boston area for four matches during the Boston Round Robin. Opponents on Saturday will be Bates and Northeastern while matches on Sunday feature Conn. College and MIT. The Bates match to start the year looms as a great test for the Cardinals as the Bobcats are ranked #16 in the preseason and have defeated Wes- leyan seven times in a row, including an 8-1 decision last year. With the Cardinals setting their sights on a top-16 finish this season, a win over Bates would be a welcome result toward achieving that goal. 2011-12 SCHEDULE/2010-11 RESULTS 2011-12 SCHEDULE 2010-11 RESULTS (14-12) Nov. 19 (Sat.) Bates# (at M.I.T.) 2:00 Nov. 20 (Sat.) at Northeastern# W 8-1 19 (Sat.) at Northeastern# 5:00 20 (Sat.) Bates# (at M.I.T.) L 1-8 20 (Sun.) Conn. College# (at NEU) 11:00 21 (Sun.) at M.I.T.# W 9-0 20 (Sun.) at M.I.T.# 1:00 Dec. 3 (Fri.) Tufts* W 9-0 Dec. 2 (Fri.) Wesleyan R.R.% TBA 3 (Fri.) Colgate* W 9-0 3 (Sat.) Wesleyan R.R.% TBA 4 (Sat.) Colby* W 7-2 4 (Sun.) Wesleyan R.R.% TBA 4 (Sat.) George Washington* L 2-7 Jan. 14 (Sat.) Conn. College@ TBA 5 (Sun.) Georgetown* W 8-1 15 (Sun.) Hobart@ 11:00 9 (Thu.) Conn. College W 7-2 18 (Wed.) at Bowdoin TBA Jan. 15 (Sat.) St. Lawrence@ (at Amh) L 1-8 18 (Wed.) Bates (at Bowdoin) TBA 16 (Sun.) Conn. Coll.@ (at Amh) W 7-2 20 (Fri.) Pioneer Valley Invite$ TBA 16 (Sun.) Columbia@ (at Smith) L 4-5 21 (Sat.) Pioneer Valley Invite$ TBA 23 (Sun.) Hobart (at Yale) W 7-2 22 (Sun.) Pioneer Valley Invite$ TBA 23 (Sun.) Fordham W 9-0 28 (Sat.) Amherst 11:00 29 (Sat.) at Amherst L 1-8 29 (Sun.) Williams 1:00 29 (Sat.) Williams (at Amherst) L 0-9 Feb. 3 (Sat.) NESCAC Tournament TBA Feb. 4 (Fri.) Tufts^ W 9-0 4 (Sat.) NESCAC Tournament TBA 5 (Sat.) Williams^ L 0-9 5 (Sun.) NESCAC Tourn.^ TBA 5 (Sat.) Bowdoin^ L 2-7 12 (Sun.) Vassar Team Challenge TBA 6 (Sun.) Colby^ L 4-5 17-19 (F-Su.) National Team Tourn. TBA 12 (Sat.) Columbia+ W 5-4 (at Princeton) 12 (Sat.) at Vassar+ W 9-0 Mar. 4-6 (F-Su.) CSA Indiv. Champ. TBA 25 (Fri.) Columbia$ W 6-3 (at Amherst) 26 (Sat.) George Washington$ L 4-5 27 (Sun.) Amherst$ L 2-7 #Boston Round Robin match Mar. 4-6 (F-Su.) CSA Indiv. Champ. %Participating teams: Brown, Colby, Colgate, (at Dartmouth) Conn. College, Fordham, Hobart, Johns Hopkins, Tufts #Boston Round Robin match @Yale Round Robin match *Wesleyan Round Robin match $Hosted by Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke @Pioneer Valley Invitational match ^By qualification only (all teams play Fri.-Sat.) ^NESCAC Tournament match at Trinity +Vassar Team Challenge match $National Team Tournament match (4th in “C” division, 20th overall) 2011-12 ROSTER Name Class Hometown Secondary School Jeff Berman* So. Narberth, PA Friends Central School Nicolas Cavallo* Jr. Princeton, NJ Princeton HS Blair Corbin Fr. Charlottesville, VA St. Anne’s Belfield School Mike DeLalio Fr. South Glastonbury, CT Loomis Chaffee School Chase Hochman* So. New York, NY Bronx