Balls Inside Walls
December 4th, 2009 by Hameed Ahmed
The Liberty League weekend usually means two things for the squash team. One, it’s the season opener, and two, it is the first team trip for the freshmen. Therefore, it’s a kind of learning experience for them about how certain things work within the team.
The biggest tradition and game played within the team is RPS …
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November 24th, 2009 by Hameed Ahmed
UR hosted its first squash home match of the season last Saturday but it wasn’t a normal season opener. Instead of the boys’ varsity team playing, it was the new girls’ club team that challenged a team from William Smith.
It all started last year when Lauren Reynolds, a student and squash enthusiast, took command. …
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November 6th, 2009 by Hameed Ahmed
It’s still two weeks until the first squash match of the season, but already four members of the team — Jim Bristow, Beni Fischer, Andres Duany and myself — traveled to Richmond, VA, to compete in a preseason invitational tournament last weekend.
The tournament has been running for the past 39 years and the goal …
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October 23rd, 2009 by Hameed Ahmed
The first event of the season, the annual Meliora Squash Exhibition, took place a week ago and was successful both in terms of attracting a decent crowd and providing the audience with exciting squash. The crowd mostly consisted of members of the local squash community but quite a few students stopped by as well.
During …
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September 29th, 2009 by Hameed Ahmed
The squash team is back from summer break and so is this blog. It’s going to be a very special season for the team, as we finished third in the nation last year and our aim, obviously, is to go on and win the national title this year. However, the task is challenging.
For the …
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