Dartmouth Men's Squash Has Two Named All-America

HANOVER, N.H. – The College Squash Association has announced its men's 2009-2010 first and second All-America teams. Dartmouth had two named with Chris Hanson (Greenwich, Conn.) earning first team honors and Nick Sisodia (Chicago, Ill.) being named second team.

Hanson's honor was the first time since Ryan Donegan in 2002 that a Dartmouth freshman has been named All-America. The Big Green has had just eight players previously given the award total while the two being named this season is a first in the program's history.

Hanson finished the season with an 8-3 record, competing as Dartmouth's top player all year. He earned four wins in the CSA Individual Championships, making it to the consolation finals of the Pool Division. One of Hanson's biggest wins of the season was against Yale's Todd Ruth and then three hours later he had to take on Trinity's Parth Sharma. His only losses at No. 1 during the regular season were against Harvard's Colin West, Yale's Kenneth Chan and Cornell's Todd Harrity. West and Harrity are currently number one and two nationally.

Sisodia had a 6-4 record at the No. 2 spot for the Big Green. He won the consolation finals of the Pool division after losing in the opening draw to the eventual national champion from Harvard, Colin West. Sisodia was the very last player to get make the draw for the CSA Individual Championships and once there he went and had a near perfect weekend. The players he had lost to during the regular season found themselves on the losing end against the Big Green sophomore.

"I am really happy for both of these players," said head coach Hansi Wiens. "Both of them are very hard workers and are good listeners, which is crucial in the game of squash. Neither is afraid to trust themselves into the hands of us coaches and they've stuck to the game plan we work out throughout the season. Both players stay after practice to work on things and give everything they can to win, that is all a coach could ask for."

To be eligible for All-American status, a player must have competed in 50% of his team's matches and played in the National Team and Individual Championships.

Trinity had the most players — six — named to the All-American team, with four of those players earning first team honors. Princeton and Yale each had three All-Americans with Dartmouth, Harvard, and Rochester each with two. Cornell and Navy had one player earn the distinction.

First Team
Colin West, Harvard
Todd Harrity, Princeton
Parth Sharma, Trinity
Benjamin Fischer, Rochester
Antonio Diaz Gonzalez, Trinity
Vikram Malhotra, Trinity
Chris Hanson, Dartmouth
Supreet Singh, Trinity
Hywel Robinson, Yale
Jim Bristow, Rochester

Second Team
Kelly Shannon, Princeton
Randy Lim, Trinity
Andres Vargas, Trinity
Richard Hill, Harvard
Nicholas Sisodia, Dartmouth
Aaron Fuchs, Yale
David Letourneau, Princeton
Chris Sachvie, Cornell
Todd Ruth, Yale
Nils Mattsson, Navy

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