Drexel Dragons men's squash

Drexel Dragons men's squash
UniversityDrexel University
First season2011-2012
Head coachJohn White (15th season)
LeagueCollege Squash Association
ConferenceMid-Atlantic Squash Conference
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueKline & Specter Squash Center
RivalriesPenn, Franklin & Marshall
All-time record145–120 (.547)
All-Americans6
NicknameDragons
ColorsNavy blue and gold[1]
   
Conference champions
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025
Websitewww.drexeldragons.com/index.aspx?path=msq

The Drexel Dragons men's squash team is the intercollegiate men's squash team for Drexel University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference within the College Squash Association. The university first fielded a varsity team in 2011–2012, taking in former world number 1 squash player John White as the head coach.[2]

History

Squash is an emerging sport at Drexel University, with the men's and women's varsity squash programs established in 2011. The men's club team was founded in 2005 by Drs. Evan Cyrkin and Justin Burkholder. On April 25, 2011, the Drexel Athletics Director, Dr. Eric Zillmer, announced the addition of men's and women's squash as varsity programs that will begin competing in the 2011–12 academic year. It was also announced that former world number 1 John White would lead both the men's and women's programs as head coach.[3]

The team has strong ties through volunteer work with Squash Smarts, a Philadelphia Youth Enrichment Program, which combines the sport of squash with academic tutoring and mentoring of under-served urban youth, in order to develop self-esteem and discipline through academic, athletic, and personal achievement.[4]

Year-by-year results

Men's Squash

Updated February 2026.[5]

Year Wins Losses MASC Overall
2011–2012 9 10 2nd 29th
2012–2013 10 12 1st 22nd
2013–2014 11 11 1st 16th
2014–2015 10 10 1st 12th
2015–2016 15 4 1st 9th
2016–2017 14 6 1st 6th
2017–2018 9 11 1st 13th
2018–2019 7 10 2nd 10th
2019–2020 10 9 3rd 8th
Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–2022 12 8 2nd 7th
2022–2023 10 8 2nd 5th
2023–2024 9 8 1st 8th
2024–2025 11 9 1st 8th
2025–2026 8 4 2nd 6th

Players

Current roster

Updated February 2026.[6]

No. Nat Player Class Started Birthplace
9 Tavneet Mundra So. 2024 Indore, India
Hussain Alzaatari So. 2024 Hawalli, Kuwait
8 Sean Murphy Jr. 2023 Dublin, Ireland
4 Youssef Bastawy Jr. 2023 Alexandria, Egypt
3 Luhann Groenewald Fr. 2025 Pretoria, South Africa
7 Thiago Cabrejos So. 2024 Lima, Peru
2 Guido Lindner Jr. 2023 Woerden, Netherlands
6 Charlie Taylor Jr. 2023 Maynard, Massachusetts
Shomari Wiltshire Sr. 2022 Eccles, Guyana
Dima Dumitru So. 2024 Bucharest, Romania
Sean Kiernan So. 2024 Brooklyn, New York
10 Darien Benn Sr. 2022 St. Philip, Barbados
1 Nico Serna Sr. 2022 Bogotá, Colombia
5 Yuri Pelbart Sr. 2022 São Paulo, Brazil

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

  • Bransten Ming '19, 2x All-American, 2nd most wins in team history (54)
  • Matías Knudsen '23, 4x All-American, 4th most wins in team history (51)

References

  1. ^ "Colors for Digital Media - Drexel". Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Drexel Dragons – John White – 2017-18 Men's Squash Coaching Staff – Drexel University". drexeldragons.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Drexel Dragons – John White – 2017-18 Men's Squash Coaching Staff – Drexel University". drexeldragons.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ^ "SquashSmarts". SquashSmarts. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Drexel Dragons – Mens Record Book Post 2016 17" (PDF). drexeldragons.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Roster".