Bear Stearns College Squash Team Rankings

Women's Rankings: Deadlock at #12 shows league parity.

Dec. 17, 2007 - Acton, MA USA. The College association released today the first Bear Stears College Squash women's rankings of the 2007-08 season.

With more parity than ever, as the overall level of college squash skills rise, five teams are deadlocked at number 12 after a month and a half of competition.

With an improved Stanford team, in their second year of varsity competition, jumping up to number seven in the pre season rankings, it is after number eleven Bates that the deadlock begins.

The task of early season rankings in women's college squash is made the more difficult by the prevalence of a first semester abroad for juniors at the NESCAC schools. The gap these players have temporarily left has prevented several of the mid tier teams from displaying their true strength in the early season contests.

Dec 17th Bear Stearns Womens CSA Rankings:
1. Princeton
2. Penn
3. Harvard
4. Yale
5. Trinity
6. Stanford
7. Williams
8. Dartmouth
9. Brown
10. Cornell
11. Bates
12. Bowdoin
12. Colby
12. Hamilton
12. Mount Holyoke
12. Tufts
17. Amherst
18. Middlebury
19. William-Smith
20. Wellesley
21. Saint Lawrence
22. Northeastern
23. University of Virginia
24. GWU
25. Columbia
26. Vassar
27. Conn
28. Wesleyan
29. Haverford
30. F & M
31. Smith
32. Colgate
33. Navy
33. UVM

Men's Rankings: Rochester debuts the 07-08 season at number 14th

Dec 12, 2007. - Acton, MA USA. The College squash association released today the first Bear Stearns College Squash men's rankings of the 2007-08 season.

Surprising nobody, Trinity and Princeton top the tables, with those two powerhouses projected to repeat their 1-2 finish of the past several seasons.

Rochester, which has added formidable strength and depth to their already strong lineup, begins the season at number fourteen, probably low for the strenght of their lineup but in line with the CSA early-season rankings approach.

The CSA's rankings, are based on a panel of coaches, take a "show-me" approach early each season. Teams are placed based on proven match performance with relatively less weight given to potential based on the individual strengths of team members.

Falling in the rankings is Brown, who are in danger of falling into the third division this year and start the season at a generous 15th position.

Debuting in the rankings this year are Vermont, a new team which won in its second ever match in competition, a solid win over another newcomer, Bryant University. Also new to the rankings are North Carolina and NC State, who played their first regulation CSA match last month.

USC's position, at 29, is worth mention. This is their highest ever ranking position. They have been placed well below Stanford (who start the year at 21), who they defeated 5-4 earlier in the season. But USC used a player judged to be ineligible by the Men's ranking committee, and it was decided to disallow that win for ranking purposes.

Nonetheless, even without that player, USC field a much improved team this year and the league will be watching their results.

December 12th Bear Stearns Rankings.
1	Trinity
2	Princeton
3	Harvard
4	Yale
5	Williams
6	UWO
7	Dartmouth
8	Cornell
9	Penn
10	Navy
11	Amherst
12	Bates
13	Bowdoin
14	Rochester
15	Brown
16	F&M
17	St Lawrence
18	Tufts
19	Hamilton
20	GWU
21	Stanford
22	Denison
23	Middlebury
24	Northeastern
25	Northwestern
26	Conn
27	Wesleyan
28	Colby
29	USC
30	Hobart
31	Vassar
32	Columbia
33	Haverford
34	Vanderbilt
35	Colgate
36	PSU
37	Fordham
38	Washington
39	Georgetown
40	MIT
41	Notre Dame
42	Boston College
43	Drexel
44	UNC
45	North Carolina State
46	Lafayette
47	Vermont
48	Bryant
49	Tulane
50	Virginia
51	Cal
52	Bard
53	Kenyon

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