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2021-22 Men's Squash Roster

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Yash Bhargava

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mumbai, India
  • Highschool D.P.S. Vasant Kunj

Biography

2021-22: Became first men’s player to win career 50 matches at Penn … Competed in 15 of 19 varsity matches across four different spots in the lineup, going 13-2 during team competition … Won six matches 3-0 and four matches after falling behind 0-1 … Rallied from 6-0 deficit in fifth game of 3-2 win over Harvard’s Liam Rotzoll (1/15) … Rallied from 1-2 deficit in five-game win over Yale’s Jed Burde (1/23) … Picked up Potter Cup quarterfinal win over Drexel’s Jose Lopez (2/18) and Potter Cup semifinal win over Yale’s Eric Kim (2/19).

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
 
2019-20: Second-team CSA All-AmericaCSA Scholar-Athlete ... Champion of the Molloy Cup (B Division) North draw at the CSA Individual Championships … Competed in 16 of 17 matches, going 16-4 overall (12-4 in team play, 4-0 at Individuals) … Helped lead Penn to its first Potter Cup final and second-place finish … Went 6-1 in Ivy League play … Played all but one match at the No. 5 spot in the lineup … Went 5-0 in five-game matches … After a loss to Harvard, tallied eight straight victories from 1/12 to 2/28 … Recorded a Potter Cup victory against Yale’s Calvin McCafferty (2/28) … Entered the CSA Individual Championships in the Molloy Cup (B Division) North draw … Defeated Bowdoin’s John Milligan and Drexel’s Filip Krueger in the Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Round (3/6) … Won 3-0 over Salim Khan (George Washington) in the semifinals (3/7) … Defeated Sanjay Jeeva (Franklin & Marshall) in five games in the Molloy Cup final for his first collegiate title and second-team All-American status.

2018-19: Helped Penn to its first ever No. 1 CSA ranking ... Helped Penn to a third-place finish in the Potter Cup - its best finish in program history ... Went 3-1 in five game matches ... Won first eight matches of the season ... Recorded win at No. 7 Yale (1/12) to help Penn to its first victory in New Haven since 2006 ... Recorded win against No. 2 Rochester (2/17) in the third-place match of the Potter Cup. 

2017-18: Helped lead Penn to number seven in the National Rankings and an appearance in the Potter Cup ... Was a staple in the middle of the line-up, posting an 18-4 record ... Helped the Quakers to wins over Cornell and Yale ... Lead the team to their best start since 1985 ... Went 6-1 in Ivy League matches ... Had a 7-1 record in five game matches ... Won the consolation final of the Molloy North Division at CSA Individuals.

High School: Two-time captain ... Runner up at 2015 Indian Junior Open Squash Championship and U-17 junior National Championship ... Won gold medal in individual and silver in the team event in the National School Games ... Finished 5th at the U-19 junior national championship and finished top-4 in most national level tournaments in India ...Awarded badge for proficiency in academics. 

Personal: Son of Vimmi and Ravi Bhargava ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Yash Bhargava Career
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Over. Ivy
2017-18       0-1     7-0 8-2        18-4 6-1
2018-19       1-0      10-5        11-5 3-2
2019-20     1-0 11-4            16-4 6-1
2021-22        2-0 3-0 5-1 3-1 14-3 5-0 
Career     4-1 14-4 12-1 21-8       59-16 20-4

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior

  • 2021-22Graduate Student

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