Four Cavaliers Competing at CSA Individual ChampionshipsFour Cavaliers Competing at CSA Individual Championships

Four Cavaliers Competing at CSA Individual Championships

Taha Dinana will play in the top bracket with Maxwell Velazquez, JP Tew and Petr Nohel competing in the lower draws

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Four members of the Virginia men’s squash team will compete at the 2024 National Collegiate Individual Championships, which will be held March 8-10 at the Arlen Specter Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

HOW TO FOLLOW

NOTES ON THE TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

  • Two rounds will be contested on Friday
  • Each bracket is comprised of 16 players
  • Players who lose in the opening round will fall into a consolation bracket
  • Semifinal matches will be played on Saturday with finals on Sunday

POOL TROPHY

  • Senior Taha Dinana will be competing in the Pool Trophy bracket, the top draw of the tournament
  • Dinana opens play on Friday at 12:45 p.m., facing Siow Yee Xian of Yale
  • This is his first time competing in the top draw of the national championship. He played in the Molloy Cup in 2022

MOLLOY CUP

  • Juniors Maxwell Velazquez and Petr Nohel and sophomore JP Tew will be competing in the B-Division Molloy Cup brackets
  • Velazquez will play in the south bracket, facing Aaron Liang of Cornell on Friday at 11:15 a.m.
  • This is his first time competing at the national championship
  • Nohel will play in the west bracket and face Omar Ali of Dickinson on Friday at 12 p.m.
  • This is his third-straight year competing in the Molloy Cup. He went in 2022 and 2023 while attending Franklin & Marshall
  • Tew will compete in the east bracket, taking on Samuel Lovejoy of Connecticut College on Friday at 12:45 p.m.
  • This is his second straight year competing at the Molloy Cup. He made the semifinals of his bracket last year