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De Melo's Bow Out at CSA Championships
Franklin & Marshall's Gabriel de Melo and Guilherme de Melo each concluded their seasons on day two of the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships on Saturday at Amherst....
Guilherme de Melo Wins Opener; Three Diplomats Compete at CSA's
Three Franklin & Marshall men's squash players competed in the opening rounds of the top draw (Pool Division) at the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships on Friday. Guilherme...
F&M Edged Out by Dartmouth
Franklin & Marshall concluded its season of team competition with a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Dartmouth in the consolation bracket of the College Squash Association (CSA) Potter Cup (A Division)...
Rochester Downs Diplomats
Guilherme de Melo posted the lone Franklin & Marshall victory for the second straight day as the No. 8 Diplomats fell to No. 5 Rochester, 8-1, in the consoloation bracket of the College Squash...
No. 8 Diplomats Fall to Top-Ranked Trinity
No. 8 Franklin & Marshall fell to top-ranked Trinity (Conn.) 8-1 in the opening round of the College Squash Association (CSA) Team Championships on Friday at Princeton. With the loss, the...
Diplomats Down Navy
Franklin & Marshall defeated Navy, 8-1, in its regular season finale on Saturday afternoon at the Mayser Center. The Diplomats move to 11-6 with the victory, while the Midshipmen drop to 21-6.
F&M Cruises Past George Washington
Franklin & Marshall recorded straight-game wins at eight of nine positions to roll past visiting George Washington, 8-1, in men's squash action on Friday night. The No. 8 Diplomats move to 10-6...
Diplomats to Host Senior Night Tonight; Hopkins Matches Cancelled
Franklin & Marshall is set to host the senior nights for both the men's and women's squash teams tonight as the Diplomats face off against George Washington at 6:00 pm at the Mayser Center. The...
Diplomats Shutout Hobart
Franklin & Marshall swept past Hobart, 9-0, with three-game wins at each position in men's squash action on Sunday. The No. 8 Diplomats improve to 9-6 with the victory, while the No. 27 Statesmen...
Mullaney Posts Lone Win at Rochester
Ryan Mullaney secured the lone victory of the day at the No. 4 position as the eighth-ranked Franklin & Marshall men's squash team dropped an 8-1 decision at fifth-ranked Rochester on Saturday....
F&M Blanked at Cornell
Franklin & Marshall fell to Cornell, 9-0, in men's squash action on Friday night. The Diplomats' (8-5) five-match winning streak comes to a close with the loss, while the Big Red (9-3) have now...
Diplomats Dominate Wesleyan
Franklin & Marshall defeated Wesleyan (Conn.) 9-0 to conclude play at the Pioneer Valley Invitational on Sunday. The Diplomats (8-4) have now won five straight after notching three shutout wins on...
Diplomats Shutout Pair
Franklin & Marshall rolled to shutout victories over No. 27 Tufts and No. 21 Connecticut College in men's squash action on Saturday at the Pioneer Valley Invitational. The No. 8 Diplomats have now...
Squash Headed to Pioneer Valley Invitational
Franklin & Marshall's men's and women's squash teams will hit the road towards Western Massachusetts this weekend for the annual Pioneer Valley Invitational hosted by Smith, Mount Holyoke and...
Diplomats Nip Penn in Top-10 Showdown
Franklin & Marshall outlasted Penn, 5-4, in a men's squash showdown between two of the top-10 teams in the country on Thursday. The No. 8 Diplomats (5-4) have now won five of their last six, while...
F&M Takes Down St. Lawrence
Franklin & Marshall took down visiting St. Lawrence, 6-3, in men's squash action on Wednesday night at the Mayser Center. The Diplomats have now won four of their last five matches and improve to...
Guilherme de Melo Remains Unbeaten; Diplomats Post Two Wins
Guilherme de Melo remained unbeaten with a trio of wins to highlight a 2-1 weekend for the No. 8 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team. The Diplomats (3-4) defeated No. 10 Williams and No. 23...
Squash Set for Busy Road Weekend
After being idle for over a month due to winter break, the Franklin & Marshall men's and women's squash teams are set to return to action with a busy few days of competition this weekend. The...
De Melo, Sedano Named Players of the Week
Guilherme de Melo and Mauricio Sedano of the Franklin & Marshall men's squash team have been named the Harrow Sports College Squash Co-Players of the Week for the week ending Dec. 4. Players of...
Diplomats Split Pair
Franklin & Marshall split a pair of matches against Yale and Bates in men's squash action on Saturday in Lancaster. The eighth-ranked Diplomats were edged by second-ranked Yale, 6-3, in their...
Dartmouth Survives F&M
No. 7 Dartmouth edge out a 5-4 victory over No. 8 Franklin & Marshall in men’s squash action Sunday afternoon. The Big Green improved to 3-0 while F&M fell to 0-2.
Tigers Edge Diplomats
Third-ranked Princeton defeated eighth-ranked Franklin & Marshall, 7-2, in men's squash action on Saturday. The match was the season opener for both the Diplomats (0-1) and Tigers (1-0).
F&M Men's Squash Season Preview
After making its first-ever appearance in the top draw at the College Squash Association (CSA) Championships a season ago, the Franklin & Marshall men’s squash team has even higher aspiratio...
Jones Tapped for F&M Squash Post
Franklin & Marshall Director of Athletics, Patricia S.W. Epps, announced the hiring of Gavin Jones as the new Director of Squash on Wednesday. Jones will be the eighth individual to coach the...
F&M Announces 2011 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
Franklin & Marshall College will induct seven individuals and one team into the Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. Jess Berline ’97, Victoria Jiranek ’94, Louis LeCalsey, III ’62,...
White Steps Down; Assumes Drexel Post
After a four-year stint as Franklin & Marshall College’s Director of Squash, John White has stepped down from his position. The world’s former top-ranked player resigned his post in...
de Melo Named All-American
Franklin & Marshall junior, Gabriel de Melo, was named a College Squash Association (CSA) First Team All-American. The team was announced by the CSA on Monday afternoon.
Diplomats Pair Captures Intercollegiate Doubles Championship
Franklin & Marshall's Gabriel de Melo and Ryan Mullaney captured the Ketcham Cup, awarded to the U.S. Squash Intercollegiate Doubles Championship winners. de Melo and Mullaney defeated the Penn's...
Gui Goes 1-1; de Melos Ousted from CSA Championships
Gabriel and Gui de Melo’s seasons came to an end at Dartmouth on Saturday. Gui went 1-1 on the second day of the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships, while Gabriel bowed...
DeMelos Split Day One at CSA Championships; Ross Bows Out
Franklin & Marshall’s Gabe and Gui de Melo both split their first day of competition at the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships at Dartmouth. Chelsea Ross went 0-2 on...
Three Diplomats Headed to CSA Individual Championships
Three members of Franklin & Marshall College’s squash team are headed to Hanover, N.H. for the 2011 College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships. On the men’s side,...
Diplomats Finish Eighth in Nation
Franklin & Marshall's first foray into the top draw at the College Squash Association Championships proved to be a tough trip. The eighth-ranked Diplomats faced top-seeded Trinity at the outset....
F&M Set for Potter Cup
Franklin & Marshall’s men will play in the top draw of the College Squash Association’s National Championships when they get underway Friday afternoon at Harvard. The Diplomats will...
Men’s Squash Sinks Navy
For the fourth time in as many meetings, Franklin & Marshall’s squash team dealt defeat to the Naval Academy. The #9 Diplomats (11-6) ended the #16 Middies (23-6) five-match winning streak,...
Gabe de Melo Wins; F&M Falls to Rochester
Ninth-ranked Gabriel de Melo upset third-ranked Benjamin Fisher, but it was the only win Franklin & Marshall could muster against fourth-ranked Rochester at Mayser Center Friday evening.
F&M Sweeps GWU
Eighth-ranked Franklin & Marshall swept George Washington University 9-0 on the Colonials Matthew J. Grossman Squash Courts on Saturday. The victory secured the Diplomats (10-5) third consecutive...
Diplomats Battle Through Tough Weekend
Franklin & Marshall went 1-2 on a weekend slate that included #1 Trinity and #2 Yale. The #9 Diplomats (9-5) posted their fifth shutout of the season at the expense of #24 Colby.
Diplomats Roll Up 3-1 Weekend
The Franklin & Marshall men went 3-1 on the first weekend of the second half of the season. The #9 Diplomats (8-3) cruised through the Pioneer Valley Invitational unscathed, dumping #19 Amherst...
Men’s Squash Set for Second Semester
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team will cannonball into second semester action with a four-match, weekend tour of New England. The #9 Diplomats (5-2) will play three matches at...
Diplomats Squash Climbs Rankings
Both of Franklin & Marshall’s squash teams climbed the standings when the College Squash Association (CSA) released it latest rankings late last week. The Diplomats men broke into single-dig...
#10 Diplomats Cruise Through Weekend Slate
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team ran through the opposition on a 3-0 weekend. The 10th-ranked Diplomats (5-2) only dropped two games on their first full road weekend of the...
Squash Ready for Road Weekend
Franklin & Marshall’s squash teams will head out on the road for their first full weekend slate of action of the season. The men’s and women’s teams will open the weekend at...
Diplomats Shakedown Quakers
#10 Franklin & Marshall thumped #9 Penn 8-1 in men’s squash Wednesday night. The victory was the Diplomats’ (2-2) first over the Quakers (0-2) since February 9, 2000, when F&M won...
Tigers Deny Diplomats
#3 Princeton handed #10 Franklin & Marshall an 8-1 setback in men’s squash on Saturday. The match was far tighter than the score indicates.
#6 Cornell Survives #10 F&M
#10 Franklin & Marshall’s men gave #6 Cornell everything it could handle and then some in squash on Friday night. The Big Red (1-0) ultimately prevailed 5-4, but not before being taken to...
Diplomats Sweep Season Opener
Franklin & Marshall rolled to a 9-0 win over Hobart in the men’s squash season opener on Sunday. The #10 Diplomats (1-0) used a freshman heavy lineup to topple the #25 Statesmen (1-2). All...
Men’s Squash Preview
Franklin & Marshall’s squash coach John White and the Diplomats’ No. 1 player, Gabriel de Melo, talk about the 2010-2011 men’s squash season, which gets underway Sunday morning...
Men's Squash Ranked 10th in Nation
Franklin & Marshall College was ranked tenth in the nation when the College Squash Association (CSA) released its 2010-2011 preseason poll on Wednesday.
Watch the US Pro Squash F&M Invite - Free
Squash fans from all over the globe will get a chance to watch professional squash for free, live on B2 Networks. The U.S. Pro Squash Tour’s Franklin & Marshall Invitational will be carried...
Men's Squash Alum Featured on Squashtalk
When Morris Clothier and Gary Waite lost by a score of 8-15 16-13 17-16 15-11 to Addison West and Ryan O’Connell in the semifinals of the 2010 U. S. National Doubles in Baltimore on the last...
John White Featured on CBS 21
Jason Bristol of CBS 21 in Harrisburg paid visit to Franklin & Marshall to profile the Diplomats' head squash coach, and the upcoming U.S. Pro Squash Tour's Franklin & Marshall Invitational.
Franklin and Marshall Invitational Attracts World Class Draw
World class squash is coming to Lancaster for the Franklin and Marshall Invitational Pro Squash Tournament to be held April 8-11.
de Melo Brothers CSA Run Ends
After a successful Friday’s at the 2010 CSA individual championships, Franklin & Marshall’s de Melo brothers were ousted from the tournament in their first matches of the day.
F&M Sophomore Earns All-American Tag
Franklin & Marshall’s brother combination of Gabriel and Guillherme de Melo each split the first day of competition in the main draw at the College Squash Association Championships. The elder...
Squash gears up for CSA Championships
Franklin & Marshall will send three men to Hartford this weekend for the College Squash Association Championships at Trinity College. The Diplomats will have two players in the main draw and an...
Diplomats Trump Bates at CSA Championships
Franklin & Marshall avenged its January loss to Bates with a victory in the Hoehn Cup 11th/12th place match at the CSA Championships. The Diplomats (13-10) also avenged last year’s loss in...
Quakers Spoil Diplomats Hoehn Run
Ninth-ranked Penn moved into Sunday’s Hoehn Cup finals on the strength of a 6-3 win over Franklin & Marshall at the College Squash Association (CSA) Championships. The Diplomats (12-10) took...
Diplomats Advance to Hoehn Semis
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team is headed to the Hoehn Cup semifinals on Saturday after defeating Navy for the second time in less than a week. The #12 Diplomats (12-9) handed...
Diplomats Open With Middies
Six days after Franklin & Marshall handed Navy a 6-3 setback in a men's squash match, the two teams will meet again. The #12 Diplomats (11-8) will face the #14 Midshipmen (24-7) in the quarterfina...
Diplomats Sink Navy, Tipped by Ephs
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team split a home Saturday, defeating #14 Navy 6-3 before falling 5-4 to #10 Williams. Four Diplomats (11-8) were double winners on the day.
Diplomats Close Weekend with Win
Franklin & Marshall downed #24 Hobart 9-0 on Sunday to salvage an otherwise disappointing weekend in Upstate New York. Following Friday night’s 8-1 loss to #3 Rochester, the #11 Diplomats...
Diplomats Dropped in Rochester
Franklin & Marshall started its buzz saw weekend with an 8-1 loss at #3 Rochester Friday evening. The#12 Diplomats (9-6) got a win at the top of the ladder, but fell in three in the subsequent...
Diplomats Zoom by Fords
Franklin & Marshall swept Haverford 9-0 in men’s squash on Saturday. The Diplomats (9-5) managed 3-0 sweeps in eight of the nine matches, with the Fords’ (2-6) T. Ibbotson Sindelar...
Men’s Squash Wins Four; Falls to #1 Bantams
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team went 4-1 over the weekend with the only setback coming at the hands of unbeaten #1 Trinity. The #12 Diplomats opened the weekend with a 7-2 win...
Men’s Squash Goes 2-1 at Yale Round Robin
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team moved to 4-4 with a 2-1 effort at this weekend’s Yale Round Robin. The Diplomats faced three opponents from the NESCAC, defeating Bowdoin,...
Diplomats Dispatch Continentals
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team opened the second semester of the season with an 8-1 win over Hamilton Thursday afternoon. The Diplomats improved to 2-3 with the win while...
Men’s Squash Gets First W
After opening the season with three top ten opponents hailing from the Ivy League, #11 Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team breathed a sigh of relief with #22 George Washington up on...
Bulldogs Down Diplomats
Despite numerous close games and matches, #11 Franklin & Marshall suffered a 9-0 setback at the hands of #4 Yale in men’s squash Saturday evening. The Diplomats fell to 0-3, while the Elis...
Penn Downs Diplomats
Franklin & Marshall freshman Guillherme de Melo moved to 2-0, but his efforts alone were not enough as #7 Penn defeated the eleventh ranked Diplomats 8-1 on Wednesday.
Dartmouth Outlasts F&M
Franklin & Marshall challenged Dartmouth up and down the ladder, but the Big Green (3-0) left Lancaster with a 7-2 win in the Diplomat (0-1) men’s squash opener.
Custom F&M Squash Racquets by Harrow
Working with Harrow, John White has designed a custom squash racquet for F&M squash. You can own one too!
F&M Announces 2009 Athletics Hall of Fame Class
Franklin & Marshall’s Department of Athletics and Recreation announced its 2009 Hall of Fame Class on Thursday. The class includes seven inductees: Liz Mackey, Carmen Trombini Glenn, Todd...
Squash Video System Gains Industry Notice
Franklin & Marshall’s squash venue was recently outfitted with a cutting edge digital video system. The revolutionary system was noted in CEPro, a custom electronics industry magazine.
de Melo Falls at CSA Championships
Gabriel de Melo’s season came to a close with a 3-1 loss (9-2; 3-9; 10-8; 9-4) to Navy’s Nils Mattson. Mattson bumped de Melo to the third round consolation bracket of the Molloy Cup...
de Melo Wins Third Match With Katz
Franklin & Marshall freshman, Gabriel de Melo remains in the main draw of the Molloy Cup at College Squash Association Individual Championships. The double-elimination championships are being...
Bates Avenges January Loss
Franklin & Marshall fell 6-3 to Bates in Sunday’s 11-12 playoff at the College Squash Association’s Team Championships at Princeton Sunday night. The victory for Bates (16-8) avenged a...
Men’s Squash Falls to Williams in Hoehn Semis
Franklin & Marshall took the first and second positions, but it was all Ephs from there as the Diplomats (15-6) fell 7-2 to Williams (11-7) in the semifinals of the Hoehn Cup at the CSA Championsh...
Men’s Squash Mauls Bears
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team handed Brown a 6-3 defeat in the first round of the College Squash Association (CSA) Hoehn Cup division. The Diplomats (15-5) swept the first six...
Diplomats Turn Back Navy
#11 Franklin & Marshall got wins from the second and third positions, as well as each of the final three spots on the ladder to secure a 5-4 over #13 Navy at the Halsey Field House Wednesday...
Haverford Squashed
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team met little resistance from the Haverford lineup on Saturday. The #11 Diplomats (13-5) cruised to a 9-0 win over the Fords (4-7). The Diplomats...
Rochester Stings Diplomats in Mayser
The Mayser Center has not been good to Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team this season. #6 Rochester blanked #11 F&M 9-0 Friday night at the Diplomats’ venue. F&M (12-5)...
Another Good Weekend for Men's Squash
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team strung together a 3-1 weekend at Yale. The 11th ranked Diplomats (12-4) knocked off Tufts and Colby 9-0 and defeated Dension 7-2. The lone setback...
From Mount Isa to world champion
NOT many people know John White was born in Mount Isa. In fact, most people in Mount Isa don’t even know who John White is.
Penn Halts Streaking Diplomats
#16 Franklin & Marshall got a pair of wins from the top half of the lineup, but saw its eight-match winning streak halted by #7 Penn in the Mayser Center Wednesday evening.
Diplomats set for Penn’s visit
81.77 miles or nine spots in the latest CSA Team Rankings – however you choose to measure, that’s the distance between the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin & Marshall. The #7...
Men's Squash Streak at Eight
#16 Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team swept its way through the weekend with four wins, including three at the Yale Round Robin. The Diplomats upset two teams ranked above them,...
Diplomat Men Sweep Hamilton Round Robin
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team moved to 5-2 on the season winning all three matches at the Hamilton Round Robin. The Diplomats defeated Stanford 9-0 and St. Lawrence 7-2 on...
Diplomats Sweep Vassar
Four of Franklin & Marshall’s players did not yield a single point during a 9-0 sweep of Vassar Friday evening. F&M allowed just 13 points through the 10 matches, with 12 coming in...
Diplomats Swept by Princeton
Princeton’s squash team won all nine matches in three to drop Franklin & Marshall in men’s action at the Mayser Center Tuesday evening. The win was Tigers’ (3-0) 20th consecutive...
Squash Evens Record at GWU
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team improved its record to 1-1 with a 9-0 sweep of George Washington University Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats won seven of the nine scoring...
Cornell Handles Men's Squash
Cornell handed Franklin & Marshall a 9-0 setback in the men’s squash season opener for both teams.
Watch the Squash Season Opener
Franklin & Marshall will open the squash season on Friday evening with a unique twist. When the Diplomats host Cornell, fans will be able to tune in live for all of the action on court three,...
John White Retires From Professional Circuit
Franklin & Marshall’s Director of Squash and the world’s former top-ranked professional, John White, officially announced his retirement from the professional ranks.
White Competes at World Open
Franklin & Marshall head coach, John White, will play in the Squash World Open being held this week in Manchester in the United Kingdom. White will face Mansoor Zaman of Pakistan at 6:00 p.m. (1...
Morris Clothier ’87 Honored at U.S. Squash Gala
NEW YORK – Former Franklin & Marshall College squash player, Morris Clothier ’87, was awarded United States Squash’s highest honor, The President’s Cup, at the Annual Hall of...
WHITEY - LAST BRITISH, BUT NEW LIFE...
I hadn't seen John White for months now, and I really missed the Tall Man so much. He is one of the most brilliant characters of the circuit, his humour, light on life, and style of play second to...
Madraswala Bows Out on Day Two
Sadiq Madraswala was ousted from the College Squash Association's Individual Championships being held at the United States Naval Academy. Madraswala split his Friday matches, and landed in the...
Madraswala Splits Day One at CSA Championships
Sadiq Madraswala and Shane Slater each faced a Yale and Bowdoin opponent during Friday's first round of the CSA Individual Championships. The CSA Championships are being played out this weekend at the...
Men's Squash Finishes 16th
Amherst turned the tables on Franklin & Marshall, knocking off the Diplomats' men's squash team 6-3 in the 15-16 match at the CSA Team Championships on Sunday. The Lord Jeffs' (10-11) win avenged...
Diplomats Drop Second at CSA Championships
Franklin & Marshall's men's squash team dropped their second match at the CSA Championships, falling 5-4 to Brown University in the Hoehn Cup bracket. The Diplomats dropped to 9-11, while Brown...
Men's Squash Falls to Cornell at CSA Championships
#14 Franklin & Marshall fell 9-0 to #11 Cornell in first round action at the College Squash Association Championships, which are being hosted by Harvard this weekend.
Navy Sinks F&M
#13 Navy swept the first four positions en route to a 6-3 win over #14 Franklin & Marshall in men's squash Saturday afternoon. The match was played at the Meadow Mills complex in Baltimore.
Rochester Drops Diplomats
#7 Rochester swept the first seven matches to hand #14 Franklin & Marshall's men's squash team its third loss in as many outings. The Diplomats slide to 9-8 on the season. No. 8 Benjamin Lurio...
Men's Squash Falls in Ithaca
#10 Cornell sliced through the #14 Franklin & Marshall lineup for a 9-0 win in men's squash on Saturday. The Diplomats (9-8) fell to 0-4 against Ivy League opponents on the season with today's...
Men’s Squash Jumps a Spot in CSA Rankings
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team jumped up into the eighth spot in the latest release of the College Squash Association (CSA) poll. The rankings were released earlier this week.
