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Northwestern Captures Big Ten Tourney
Strong win over Penn State in Finals
by Mark Johnson, Northwestern Jan 24, 2004 © 2004 CSA and SquashTalk LLC

The 2004-05 Big Ten Championships marked a milestone for squash in one of the most well-known college athletic leagues. For the first season ever, five of the big ten schools are fielding legitemate 9-man teams for the CSA intercollegiate season, and all four out-of-town teams made the snowy journey to Chicago to compete in this, the most serious and biggest ever Big Ten Squash Championships.

Northwestern, which has been fielding a squash team for the longest time period, not surprisingly won the event, but each of Northwestern's opponents for the weekend managed to pick up at least one point, and the Purdue-Notre Dame match was especially competitive.

It was a big weekend for squash in Chicago, coming on the same weekend as the Windy City Open in Chicago, a weekend in which some 15 inches of snow were dumped in the Chicago area.

The event was marked by mention in a large feature article published in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday.

In the finals, Northwestern beat Penn State 7-2 to captures in Big Ten title.

At #1, Edward Gadient was dominant with a 9-3, 9-6, 9-3 win ove Adam Finn. Penn State won at #2 and #3, with Aditya Shastri and Pete Ishihara winning each of their matches 3-0. Northwestern won at all other positions 3-0.

Complete results [click-through for individual match results]:
Notre Dame 8 Illinois 1
Penn State 6 Purdue 3
Northwestern 8 Notre Dame 1
Purdue 6 Notre Dame 3
Penn State 9 Illinois 0
Northwestern 7 Penn State 2

[All weekend CSA College match scores]