Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson shares his 5 biggest observations from an action-packed college squash weekend—including UVA upsetting Yale in New Haven, Tufts picking up their biggest win in program history, the CSA player refereeing epidemic, and more (0:22). 

Gilly then joins Jackson to preview Penn’s upcoming match against UVA and shares some of his favorite Thanksgiving traditions (59:42). 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Gilly and Jackson welcome Drexel University's Nico Serna onto the show to preview the season ahead for his Dragons team. He also talks about working with Gilly and Jackson at the Penn squash camp, his scary injury last summer, transferring from Dickinson to Drexel three years ago, and more. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson shares his projected top 12 men's college squash teams for the 2025-2026 season. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson shares his projected top 12 women’s college squash teams for the 2025-2026 season. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson and Gilly answer your listener-submitted questions about player development, movies and TV, their favorite/least favorite venues in college squash, and more. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson shares his projected men’s and women’s All-Americans for the 2025-2026 college squash season. 

Huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Visit The Squash Podcast Network to stay up to date with all things happening in the world of squash: https://www.squashpodcastnetwork.com/

Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Harvard University's Marcus Lee joins the show as he prepares to embark on his junior season for the Crimson. Marcus shares his experience walking onto the Harvard team as a freshman and playing top 9 last season. He also talks about the satisfaction of improvement, dealing with burnout, and the pros and cons of being a late blooming junior player. 

Huge thanks to Marcus for joining us this week, huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Squash University is brought to you by Sunrise Courts: https://sunrise-courts.com/

Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Gilly and Jackson recap their summer coaching together at the Penn squash camp, and look ahead to the 2025/2026 CSA season (0:22). 

Less than a week before the start of their freshman years at Princeton University, twin sisters Alex and Sam Jaffe join the pod to talk about regularly playing one another in high stakes tournament matches, representing Team USA at the World Juniors in Cairo this summer, what they're most looking forward to about their freshman years at Princeton, and... they play the "More Likely to" game (18:29). 

Huge thanks to Alex and Sam for joining us this week, huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Note: Recruiting for the class of 2027 begins on September 2nd due to the upcoming Connecticut JCT, not September 1st* 

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

With only a couple of weeks to go before college squash recruiting gets underway for the high school class of 2027, University of Pennsylvania Director of Squash and Women's Head Coach Jack Wyant joins the show to share an in-depth breakdown of the steps of the recruiting process, what coaches like him are looking for in prospective players, how he sells his program and school to potential recruits, and more. 

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

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Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g

Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Middlebury College Head Coach and four-time NESCAC Coach of the Year Mark Lewis joins the show. Coach Mark joins Jackson to talk about transitioning from hardball to softball at 25, living with David Pearson for 6 months, lessons learned from a decade of coaching college squash, and more. 

Huge thanks to Coach Mark for joining us this week, huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

The Kobe video Coach Mark references at 37:01: https://youtu.be/zMy0YMwXPUE?si=5P3RvcjDqnPZP6YJ

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Huge thanks to our friend Sammy Curcuru for our lovely outro music! Listen to “im down if ur down” and all of Sammy’s music now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UI9kAvoeIveioAmihp9g9?si=hLhV5CVPTn2o89uA3CFB7g