Join us for the 12th annual Lake Forest Day Open, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition at Lake Forest Squash, 400 East Hastings Road, Lake Forest. Entry includes three match guarantee, tournament refreshments, official shirt and all USSRA fees for current members. Entries must be received by November 16. No late entries. Players must be available to play at the posted times. No scheduling exceptions.
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News
For the fifth year in a row, Lake Forest Squash beat Northwestern University ’s men’s squash team winning seven of eleven matches contested on October 26. Winning matches scores were posted by Lake Forest’s Dan Morgan (3-1); Frank Hinsa (3-0); Charles Murphy (3-0); Bruce Cameron (3-2); John Butter (3-0); Scott Milligan (3-1wd injured) and Peter Witmer (3-0 wd forfeit).
Gracious in victory, Lake Forest Squash took members of the Northwestern team out to dinner at Flat Tops Grill in Evanston after the match.
Lake Forest Squash trains on Sunday mornings on public squash courts and is coached by Lake Forest Squash Racquet Director Kim Tunney. For further information on training with the team, contact Kim
Kirk Kessler vs. Ryan Trella in the 4.5 semi-final
Bob Neff ( 5.0 winner ) with Mohammad Bard and Zaki Anwar
NORTHWESTERN SQUASH
Northwestern Squash Competes in Navy Invitational
The Northwestern Undergraduate Squash Team travelled to Annapolis, Maryland this past weekend to play matches against Navy (varsity), Columbia (club team but will be varsity starting in 2011), Hobart (varsity) and George Washington (varsity). Peter Kamm (our #2) had not completely recovered from breaking his hand four weeks ago. He tried to play against Hobart, but was not yet healed enough to play at his usual level. While this significantly weakened our team, we still still had a strong set of performances:
NORTHWESTERN VS NAVY (L: 0-9): Navy is currently ranked #12 in the College Squash team rankings. Nonetheless, we had competitive matches with Navy at most positions. Junior Eugene Kim (#3) and Freshman Will Benedict (#5) both won games from their Navy opponents, and Freshman Jay Dalal (#1) lost a close 9-6, 9-5, 9-5 match to Nil Mattsson who is ranked #50 in the Individual College Squash Rankings. Jay Dalal is currently ranked #88, and he is ranked #21 in the country among freshmen.
NORTHWESTERN VS COLUMBIA (W: 9-0): Northwestern was strong on Saturday morning against Columbia (ranked #32 in college squash). We won all matches.
NORTHWESTERN VS HOBART (L: 5-4): Hobart (#28 in college squash) has been a traditional squash power for many years. We have had a good rivalry with them for the past few years. Unfortunately, they slipped by us one more time. Will Benedict (#6) was dominant winning 3-0. Juniors Akhil Daswani (#3) and Eugene Kim won their matches 3-1, and Sophomore Dan Wolf (#8) was in a close match when his opponent had to default. Junior Andrew Park (#5) lost a very close 3-2 match while Jay Dalal (#1) and Senior Tom Hughes (#9) lost their matches 3-1. Senior Peter Kamm (#2) tried to play his match, but his hand was not yet strong enough and he was not competitive. His opponent was a player that Peter is ranked much higher than, and thus if Peter was health, we would likely have won this match.
Northwestern vs George Washington (L: 2-7). George Washington is currently ranked #25 in college squash but they are expected to move up in the college squash rankings with five new freshmen in their starting lineup. Pre-match predictions were that, without Peter Kamm, we would lose this match 8-1. We did better than expected losing 2-7, and Dan Wolf (#7) nearly won his match losing 3-2. Winners were Jay Dalal at #1 (3-0) and Will Benedict at #5 (3-2). Other notable performances were Akhil Daswani (#2) and Eugene Kim (#3) each losing 3-1.
The strongest performance of the weekend was by Will Benedict who won three of his four matches and won a game off of the Navy #5. Our next matches are at home against Notre Dame and Purdue on Saturday, Jan 24.
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Can You Help? - The METROsquash In-Kind Wish List
There are many ways to support our students - as we expand the program to serve 40 students in September, our support structure and operational needs increase. You can help in some of the following ways:
Squash Equipment - Used racquets, eye-wear, squash balls etc.
Books - For ages 10-16.
Educational Software - Math and language skills focus.
Laptop and Desktop Computers - For use by METROsquash staff and Students.
Office Furniture - Desk, chairs etc.
Office Couch or Sofa - For use by exhausted METROsquash staff.