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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2019-20 Men's Squash

Hunter Martin
Hunter Martin
Don Felice

David Yacobucci

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.
  • Highschool Brunswick School

Biography

2019-20: Team co-captain ... CSA Scholar-Athlete… Competed in all but one varsity match, going 13-3 in team play and 0-2 in individual action … Helped lead Penn to its first Potter Cup final and a second-place finish … Spent most of the season at the No. 6 spot, playing matches at No. 5 and No. 7 as well … Went 5-1 in Ivy League play … Won the first six matches of the season, dropping just one game in the process … Went 2-1 in three matches in the Potter Cup playoffs … Defeated Trinity’s Andrew Lee in the Potter Cup semifinals, contributing to Penn’s first win over Trinity since 1996 (2/29) … Defeated Harvard’s Timmy Brownell, 3-1, to become the first Penn player to record a victory in a Potter Cup final … Finished his career with 49 wins, the most by any Quakers player since Head Coach Gilly Lane joined the program in 2013 … Competed in the CSA Individual Championships in the B Division (Molloy Cup), falling in the Round of 16 to Udai Pal of Williams (3/6).

2018-19: Team captain ... Led Penn to its first ever No. 1 CSA ranking ... Led Penn to a third-place finish in the Potter Cup - its highest in program history ... Finished the season ranked No. 21 in the CSA individual Rankings ... Posted a 13-8 record ... Went 5-2 in Ivy League matches ... Played majority of season at Penn's No. 3 slot ... Went 2-1 in the Potter Cup ... Advanced to the finals of the CSA Individuals in the Molloy Division.

2017-18: Academic All-Ivy ... Posted 14-8 record and 5-2 record in Ivy matches at the No. 3 and No. 4 slots ... Started season with four match win streak ... Led the Quakers to No. 7 in the national rankings and an appearance in the Potter Cup ... Advanced to the championship match of the Molloy North Division at the CSA Individual Championships.

2016-17: (Quakers finished seventh in the Potter Cup): Played in all 17 matches for the Red and Blue, tallying a 9-8 overall record and a 4-3 mark in the Ivy League … Snagged a 3-2 triumph (No. 6) in Penn’s first win at Princeton since 1973 … Compiled a four-match win streak against Dartmouth, Navy, Princeton, and Brown … Ended the season with back-to-back victories over Rochester and Yale in the Potter Cup … Achieved a berth into the Molloy Draw of CSA Individuals (lost in the quarters) … Piled up six sweeps, and went 2-2 in five-game matches.

High School: Two-time squash All-American (2014, 2015) … Led Brunswick (played No. 1) to back-to-back Division I National Championships (2015, 2016) … Featured in Sports Illustrated’s prestigious “Faces in the Crowd” series (March, 2016) … Part of four-straight New England Championship squads, tallying a combined record of 61-2 … Member of the 2014 U.S. Men’s Junior National Team … President of the Squash Haven Club at Brunswick … Four-time U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete Award honoree … High Honor Student.

Personal: Son of Diana and James Yacobucci … Twin sister, Jessica, was also featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” series (March 2016) and plays squash at Yale … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

David Yacobucci Career
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Over. Ivy
2016-17       2-0 4-5 3-3       9-8 4-3
2017-18    0-1  5-1 6-5           14-8 5-2
2018-19   3-1 7-6           13-8 5-2
2019-20         2-0 10-3 1-0       13-5 5-1
Career   3-2   12-7 6-5 4-0 14-8 4-3       49-29 14-8

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior