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Squash Team Captures National Championship
The St. Mark’s varsity boys’ squash team returned home from Philadelphia this week with a Division IV National Championship. On Sunday, February 26, the team defeated Louisville Collegiate High School in a thrilling 4-3 victory to capture the title. Elgin Zou ’23 clinched the match with an exciting four-set win.
Throughout the weekend at the 2023 U.S. High School Squash Championships, the team played well, defeating Woodberry Forest 6-1 on Friday, February 24, and earning two more victories on Saturday, February 25, against Greenwich and Poly Prep. Winning the championship was a fitting end to a season of hard-fought matches.
Only a week before, the team finished in fifth place at the New Englands hosted by Salisbury School, where they battled a tough Loomis Chaffee squad and earned a clean sweep of St. George’s. The battle for fifth place came down to Oliver Machiels’ ’24 match at the #3 position. He won 11-9 in the fifth game.
The varsity boys’ squash team is coached by Steven Vo, a graduate of the Squash and Education Alliance Program SquashBusters, who played four years of varsity squash and tennis at Portsmouth Abbey School and is currently a pro at the Concord Acton Squash Club. Vo is also an admission counselor in the St. Mark’s Admission Office.
You can learn more about the St. Mark’s varsity boys’ squash team on our website here.
Way to go, Lions!
Throughout the weekend at the 2023 U.S. High School Squash Championships, the team played well, defeating Woodberry Forest 6-1 on Friday, February 24, and earning two more victories on Saturday, February 25, against Greenwich and Poly Prep. Winning the championship was a fitting end to a season of hard-fought matches.
Only a week before, the team finished in fifth place at the New Englands hosted by Salisbury School, where they battled a tough Loomis Chaffee squad and earned a clean sweep of St. George’s. The battle for fifth place came down to Oliver Machiels’ ’24 match at the #3 position. He won 11-9 in the fifth game.
The varsity boys’ squash team is coached by Steven Vo, a graduate of the Squash and Education Alliance Program SquashBusters, who played four years of varsity squash and tennis at Portsmouth Abbey School and is currently a pro at the Concord Acton Squash Club. Vo is also an admission counselor in the St. Mark’s Admission Office.
You can learn more about the St. Mark’s varsity boys’ squash team on our website here.
Way to go, Lions!