Men’s Squash Prepares for CSA Team Championships

Senior captain Ryan Swope and the rest of the Panthers open play on Friday against Williams at 6:30

The Middlebury men's squash team has earned the No. 5 seed in the Summers Cup (C Division) for the upcoming National Team Championships to be played at Trinity in the Kellner Squash Center. The 21st-ranked Panthers will compete in the Summers Cup for the eighth time in the program's 11-year history, taking part in the Hoehn Cup the other three years. Middlebury has won the Summers Cup six times over the last nine years, including four of the last five seasons. The Panthers take on 20th-ranked Williams in a quarterfinal match on Friday, February 23 at 6:30 p.m. and will continue to play on both Saturday and Sunday to determine its overall finish.
Middlebury enters the weekend with a 7-11 record after a third-place showing at the NESCAC Tournament earlier this month. After dropping two of its first three matches this season, the Panthers reeled off four-consecutive victories in early January. Middlebury competed against top-25 ranked teams in the last 11 matches this winter, picking up wins over No. 23 Amherst and No. 19 Williams by 8-1 scores during the NESCAC Tournament.
The Panthers will be led into the tournament by senior captain Ryan Swope. This winter, Swope has tallied a 4-5 mark at the bottom of the lineup. He has also gone 6-1 during seven matches at the No. 10 spot.