Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University. This week, Jackson is joined by University of Pennsylvania Women’s Head Coach Jack Wyant and Penn Captain Jana Dweek. 

Jack Wyant started coaching at Penn in 2004 (Gilly’s sophomore year of college). Over 20 years later, he’s coached 24 CSA first-team All-Americans, become the winningest coach in Penn squash history, and led the Quakers to 2 Ivy League titles, but one accolade alludes him as a head coach, a CSA Team National Championship. 

This season, thanks to an incredibly talented roster, a seasoned coach at the helm, and the leadership of junior captain Jana Dweek, Penn, who's currently ranked #5 in the country, has a real chance to win their first National title in program history. 

Coach Jack and Jana join Jackson to discuss Penn’s huge upset win over Princeton earlier this month, the Quaker’s addition of 2025 Ivy League Player of the Year Malak Khafagy this season, Jana’s recruitment to Penn in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, how the team is preparing for Nationals in less than two weeks, and they share their favorite Gilly Lane mannerisms. 

Huge thanks to Coach Jack and Jana for joining us this week, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Ahead of this weekend's Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary show, Jackson and Gilly are back to recap a jam-packed couple of weeks of college squash, including live interviews and audio from the CSA Individuals in the Big Apple. 

The gents open the show by discussing the Eagles Super Bowl win before diving into Penn’s big men’s and women’s team wins over Princeton last weekend, the Conference Championship tournaments around the country, and the Individual National Championships (1:06). 

During the preliminary rounds of Individuals, Jackson caught up with his Denison teammate Juan Felipe Hernandez and chatted with some of college squash’s most talented players (28:24). 

Huge thanks to all of this week's guests for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

In case you missed it, watch the college squash Individual National Championship Finals here: https://www.youtube.com/live/9aByoEKbRfw?si=HxvE6FJSv7uInCmB

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University. This week, Jackson and Gilly kick things off by talking about Penn’s emotional week and recapping matches from around the CSA (3:48). 

Squash Coach, Sous-Chef, God Father… Joe Raho is a man who wears many hats, but if you’re listening to this podcast right now, you probably know him as the head coach of the fastest-rising college squash program in the country, Tufts University. After leading the Jumbos to top 12 men’s and women’s finishes last season, the former Penn captain is looking to continue the Jumbos ascent up the CSA rankings in 2025. Coach Raho sat down with Jackson for an in-person interview live from San Diego, California a few days before his Tufts team took on the Denison Big Red in a CSA winter west coast showdown (1:06:12). 

Huge thanks to Joe for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Jackson and Gilly are back for the first episode of Squash University of 2025, with one of the most talented players in college squash. 

The gents open things up by recapping their New Year celebrations and discuss Gustav Detter's first day as Penn's new assistant coach, the fluidity of the CSA challenge match system, and Gilly shares his recruiting tip of the week (0:16). 

Trinity senior captain Jana Safy helped lead her team to their first women’s National Championship in 10 years in 2024. In 2025, she's vying for a second straight Team National Championship for Trinity come March and her first Individual title later this month. 

Jana joins Jackson to talk about the Bantams getting over the hump last season, Trinity Head Coach Wendy Bartlett retiring after 40 years, almost committing to George Washington out of high school, how she ended up at Trinity, this year’s Individuals, skydiving, and more (42:48). 

Huge thanks to Jana for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Jackson and Gilly are back for the final episode of Squash University of 2024 with a pair of very special guests. 

Abdelrahman Dweek and Roger Alber Baddour are both in the midst of their final season's playing for our very own Gilly Lane at the University of Pennsylvania and, this year, they've been tasked with captaining the defending CSA National Champions. Dweek and Roger join the show to talk about their win at nationals in March (Penn’s first in program history), and how the team’s culture has evolved because of it, in addition to their approach to their leadership roles, recruiting stories, and more.

Huge thanks to Dweek and Roger for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University. With the first half of the CSA season in the books, Jackson and Gilly take a moment to reflect on where things stand ahead of the holiday break and answer your listener-submitted questions on this week's mailbag episode. Plus, Jackson shares an exciting personal announcement. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along. As always, enjoy!

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Jackson and Gilly are back for a post-Thanksgiving episode of Squash U featuring one of the top American players in college squash.

The gents kick things off talking about why Gilly refuses to go see Gladiator 2 in theaters, what the CSA should do about the month-long break in play from mid-December to mid-January, and their dreamThanksgiving plates (0:16). 

University of Virginia men’s #2 JP Tew has taken a unique path to becoming one of the best American players in the CSA. Growing up in the Midwest, JP often struggled to find competition to help push him to the highest level, but his dad, a former Harvard squash captain, served as his biggest supporter and motivator. Now in the midst of his junior year for the Cavaliers, the Cincinnati native is one of the steadiest players in the country. 

JP joins Jackson and Gilly to talk about how this year’s UVA team differs from those of years prior, things he would change about college squash, deciding between Harvard, Penn, and Virginia during his recruiting process (and an important phone call that may have swayed his decision), and more (26:55). 

Huge thanks to JP for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a new episode of Squash University! Today, Jackson recaps last weekend's huge slate of matches, including the Men's CSA Match of the Week between UVA and Columbia and the Women's CSA Match of the Week between Tufts and Georgetown. Plus, he previews the marquee matchups coming up this weekend and shares his predictions.

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along. As always, enjoy!

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With a huge slate of marquee CSA matchups ahead this weekend, Jackson and Gilly are back with another episode of Squash University. The gents kick things off by previewing the many big matches coming up across the country (0:16). 

As a sophomore, Tad Carney was a major contributor for a competitive Yale team in the middle of the team’s lineup, leading the squad in wins last season and earning Second-Team All-American honors. Now set to kick off his 3rd collegiate season against the University of Virginia this weekend, he finds himself in the #1 spot on the ladder for the Bulldogs. Tad joins Squash University this week to talk about his improvement over the last year, why he believes Yale can win the National championship this season, his high school career at Brunswick playing for the legendary Jim Stephens, and more (25:09).  

Huge thanks to Tad for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Jackson and Gilly are back with a jam-packed show for the people this week, starting off with the first official update on Jackson’s Squashstache, which he’s growing out all month to raise money for Movember. Please consider donating to this great cause by clicking the link at the bottom of this episode description (1:41).

Next, Gilly recaps his weekend with the Penn team at the Ivy Scrimmages and discusses why the event is outdated and needs a revamp, before Jackson talks about Denison’s first match of the season against Navy (5:17). 

The gents then breakdown Jackson’s Squash University Preseason Watchlist, as he tells us the 5 men’s and women’s players in the CSA he’s most looking forward to watching this season (15:12). 

Tim Lasusa is the first individual to have played or coached in every conference in college squash. The 30 year old played in the Liberty League for Saint Lawrence, was an assistant coach in the Ivy League for Yale, was a head coach in the MASC for Georgetown, and is now set to embark on his first season as head coach of the Connecticut College Camels in the NESCAC. After first coming on the show back in December of last year, Coach Lasusa returns to Squash University to talk about why the Conn job was the right one for him at this point in his career, the culture he’s hoping to implement at Conn, the school’s plan for a new facility, key players on his men’s and women’s teams everyone should keep an eye out for, his favorite part about coaching squash at the collegiate level, and more (55:59). 

Huge thanks to Coach Lasusa for joining us, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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