PHILADELPHIA – Following the completion of team and individual competition for the 2022-23 season, the College Squash Association (CSA) has announced its annual All-America teams. Three Quakers were named to the first team and two more earned second-team recognition.
Malak Taha, the newly-crowned Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Ivy selection added first-team All-America status to her already impressive résumé.
Nathan Kueh and
Nick Spizzirri were both named first-team All-America on the men's side, following spectacular seasons as the top two players in the Penn lineup. Second-team All-America honors went to both
Dillon Huang and
Roger Baddour.
Read the CSA release here!
Taha competed in just 10 matches during team competition, but went 3-3 in Ivy League play, including a victory over fellow first-team All-Ivy selections Molly Chadwick of Princeton and Elisabeth Ross of Yale. Taha also added a win at the season-ending CSA Individual Championships.
Kueh competed in all 19 matches during team competition, posting a 14-5 record, before winning the Pool Trophy consolation bracket at CSA Individual Championship weekend. Kueh went 5-1 in Ivy League, with three wins over fellow All-Ivy honorees Veer Chotrani (Cornell), Siow Yee Xian (Yale) , and Daelum Mawji (Princeton). He adds this year's honor to his second team selection following the 2021-22 season.
Spizzirri finished team competition undefeated at 15-0, playing every match at No. 1 or No. 2 in the lineup. All six of his Ivy League wins were wrapped in four games or fewer. Spizzirri also posted two comeback wins from 0-2 down during his 15-0 start, including during the Potter Cup semifinals against Trinity, keeping Penn in the match.
Baddour battled injuries all season, playing in just 10 matches, but still managed to go 7-3, including a 4-1 mark in Ivy play. Baddour posted three 3-0 wins in conference play, adding a 3-1 win over fellow first-team All-Ivy Max Forster (Yale). Baddour is 9-2 in Ivy League through two seasons as a Quaker.
The lone All-American not also named All-Ivy, Huang finished the season undefeated at 19-0, capping his season with a Molloy Cup title at Individual Championships. The senior posted three wins after trailing 2-1, two wins after trailing 1-0, and one win after trailing 2-0 during his perfect campaign. Along the way, he became just the fifth player in program history to win 50 career matches, and the third to do so in three seasons.
The Quakers will return to action in the fall for the 2023-24 season.
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