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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson and Gilly are joined by the men's World #32, US #1, and, most importantly, friend of the program Timmy Brownell to recap last week's 2025 PSA World Championships from Chicago, Illinois. 

The lads discuss the controversy surrounding Mostafa Asal in recent weeks, his historically dominant run through the men's draw, Ali Farag's bounce-back chances at next week's British Open, Olivia Weaver's devastating semi-final loss, Nour ElSherbini winning her record-tying 8th women's World Title, what lies ahead for Nouran Gohar, Hania El Hammamy, and Amina Orfi, how the PSA can fix their inauspicious tournament schedule, and more (1:56). 

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

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

Jackson and Gilly kick off this week’s episode with Tufts University Head Coach, friend of the program, and Gilly’s college teammate at UPenn over 15 years ago, Joe Raho. Coach Joe names his All-Gilly Lane-NBA Team, listing the 5 pro basketball players that best personify Gilly as a squash player and coach (2:06). 

Then, the boys welcome on another friend of the show, and 4-Time College Squash Association All-American, Matias Knudsen. Fresh off his huge upset win over World #19 Greg Lobban at the PSA World Championships in Chicago last weekend, Matias talks to Gilly and Jackson about how he qualified for the World Champs this year and made the most out of his opportunity (12:47). 

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

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

Gilly and Jackson begin today’s show by discussing the first full day of the Papal Conclave from the Vatican City before diving into a preview of the 2025 Professional Squash Association World Championships, the biggest event on the pro squash calendar, kicking off this week in Chicago, Illinois (0:16). 

They also react to the release of the 2024-2025 College Squash Association All-American selections and chew over who would win in a fight to the death: 100 (average) men or 1 silverback gorilla (35:32). 

Then, friends of the program Timmy Brownell and Simon Herbert join the show to break down the draws for the World Champs and share how they’ve each been preparing for the event (50:17). 

Simon plays former World #1 and 2016 World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the first round in Chicago this Saturday at 5:30 pm EDT, and Timmy takes on his fellow American Shahjahan Khan in the opening round on Saturday at 8:30 pm EDT. 

Make sure to watch them play live on Squash TV! 

Huge thanks to Timmy and Simon for joining us this week, thanks to you for listening along, and as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, Jackson and Gilly kick off the show by breaking down the first match of the 2025 NSL season between the Philadelphia Lightning and the New York City Knights and touch on Gilly's glee over Liverpool's Premier League title (0:16). 

They then welcome friend of the program Andrew Douglas onto the show. Dougie was a 4-time CSA All-American for Gilly’s Penn Quakers and joins the show this week to talk about playing in the NSL, why he went to Penn, retiring from the PSA tour last year to pursue law school at New York University, and more (32:44). 

Really fun and insightful interview with Dougie this week. Thanks to him for joining us, thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a very special edition of Squash University! 

This week, Gilly and Jackson welcome the greatest coach in college squash history Paul Assaiante onto the show. In his storied 29-year run as the head coach of the Trinity College men's squash team, Assaiante led the Bantams to 17 CSA National Championships, and recently added 2 more as a special advisor for the Trinity women’s team. 

Coach A joins Squash U to talk about his tight-knit 20+ year relationship with Gilly, spearheading the international recruiting effort in college squash, Trinity's historic 13-year winning streak, coaching World Team Tennis, his friendships with Mike Krzyzewski and Bill Belichick, facing adversity, life lessons, and more. 

It was an absolute honor to have Coach on this week. Huge thanks to him for taking the time to join us, and huge thanks to you for listening along. As always… enjoy! 

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

Gilly and Jackson open the show by discussing Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters last weekend before diving into an offseason edition of the mailbag. They answer your listener-submitted questions about building college programs from the ground up, the future of professional squash, recruiting, the NSL, pre-match music, and more. 

Huge thanks to everyone for listening all season long, and, as always, enjoy! 

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University! 

This week, the Pride of Britain Nathan Lake joins the show, live from the NSL Draft in Charlottesville, Virginia, to catch up with Jackson for the first time in over 2 years. This is the third interview Jackson and Nathan have recorded together, so make sure to check out the first 2 by clicking the links below. 

Nathan talks to Jackson about joining the NSL, losing weight, creating content, retirement, movies, and more. 

Huge thanks to Nathan for joining the show this week, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy! 

Nathan Lake Pt. 1 

Nathan Lake Pt. 2 

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Welcome to the first annual Golden Balls! 

This week, Jackson and Gilly hand out their season-end awards to the biggest and brightest stars in college squash, including Name of the Year, Bald Guy of the Year, Friend of the Program Bump of the Year, and more. 

Huge congrats to all of this year’s nominees and winners, huge thanks to 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 Professional Squash Association/National Squash League MC and host of Squash Radio Bill Buckingham (of Buckingham Palace fame) onto the show to recap the NSL Draft from the Boar's Head in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

Bill and Jackson share behind-the-scenes insight from their experience at the commentary table in Charlottesville before the gents discuss who they think are the strongest men's and women's teams in the NSL in 2025 and Gilly shares his five major observations from watching the draft back in Philly. 

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

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Welcome to a post Team National Championship edition of Squash University! 

We crowned our 2025 CSA National Champions over the weekend, starting with Trinity overcoming Harvard in a thrilling 5-4 women’s final and, of course, Gilly’s Penn boys taking down Yale in the men’s final! 

Jackson and Gilly kick off the show talking about Penn winning its second straight National Championship, how it compares to the first, and Gilly’s thoughts on people already writing them off next season (0:16). 

Next, they discuss the Trinity Bantams' winning their second straight National Title and dive into key matchups from the final, including Kara Lincou's closing out the decider against Ocean Ma (20:49). 

Finally, Jackson offers some other thoughts and observations from Championship weekend before the gents put a bow on what has been an electric season of college squash (28:53). 

Huge thanks to all of you for listening to Squash University all season long and, as always, enjoy! 

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