Men’s Squash Eyes First Potter Cup At CSA National Championships

PHILADELPHIA – Fresh off a perfect regular season, the No. 1 University of Pennsylvania's men's squash team (16-0, 6-0) enters their eight consecutive Potter Cup in search of the program's first national championship, starting with a quarterfinal matchup on Friday at 2:00 p.m. against #8 Drexel.

Previewing Penn
The Quakers have made history throughout the season, dating back to the team's first-ever pre-season No. 1 ranking from the College Squash Association (CSA). Since then, the Quakers have:

Beaten Harvard for the first time since 2016
Beaten Trinity on the road for the first time since 1990
Won the program's first Ivy League title since 1974
Won the program's first OUTRIGHT Ivy League title since 1969
Finished the regular season undefeated for the first time ever

More history was made this past week when head coach Gilly Lane was named Ivy League Coach of the Year, a first in program history, and Nathan Kueh became men's squash's first Ivy League Rookie of the Year since Rudy Rodriguez in 1988-89. Additionally, graduate student Andrew Douglas became the seventh four-time All-Ivy selection in program history, while senior Aly Abou Eleinen earned his third career All-Ivy selection.

Collectively, the 16 men who have taken the court this season for the Quakers have posted a combined 130-14 record, including a 44-10 mark in Ivy League matches, with seven players winning at least 10 matches each.

Abou Eleinen finished the regular season 15-0, splitting his time between #1 and #2. Kueh finished the regular season playing at four different spots in the lineup. Saksham Choudhary finished the regular season 14-0 for the second time in his career (2019-20), running his non-Potter Cup winning streak to 28 matches.

#1 Penn vs. #8 Drexel – Friday, 2:00 p.m.
Series Information
Records: Penn leads 9-1 | Last Meeting: November 13, 2021 (Penn, 9-0)

Previewing the Dragons
Drexel finished the regular season 9-5, highlighted by wins over top 20 teams Franklin and Marshall (2x), Williams, Amherst, and Virginia.

Matias Knudsen finished the regular season at 8-3, splitting his time between #1 and #2. Haris Qasim posted a 10-3 mark, splitting his time between #2 and #3. Dylan Kachur also finished 10-3, picking up multiple wins out of the #3, #4, and #5 spots. Filip Krueger led the team with 11 victories, nearly half of them coming out of the #6 spot.

Potter Cup Information
The Potter Cup serves as the premier event in men's collegiate squash, with the top eight teams competing for a national championship. Each team plays three matches regardless of results, with the completed matches serving to reseed each of the eight programs at the end of the year. The Quakers would play the winner of #4 Yale and #5 Princeton at 3:00 on Saturday were they to defeat the Dragons. The losers of those two matches would play at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.

2022 Potter Cup Bracket
2022 CSA National Collegiate Men's Team Championships Homepage

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Players Mentioned

Aly Abou Eleinen: 5' 9"; Senior

Saksham Choudhary: 6' 2"; Junior

Andrew Douglas: 5' 10"; Graduate Student

Nathan Kueh: 5' 5"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aly Abou Eleinen
: 5' 9"; Senior

Saksham Choudhary
: 6' 2"; Junior

Andrew Douglas
: 5' 10"; Graduate Student

Nathan Kueh
: 5' 5"; Freshman