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Stony Brook Squash
« on: February 27, 2018, 02:38:10 pm »
Not sure how many of you know this, but when I was an UG at SBU in the late 1970's/early 1980's, we had a Squash team, which was Division 1 - our only D1 sport, I believe, until we upgraded our athletics department with the overall move to D1.

Not sure how many Squash teams there were in the country, but we ranked in the nation's Top 20, 24 different seasons.  And to top it off, we had an NCAA All-American player, Stu Goldstein (class of '1974), who went Pro, and ranked # 1 in the world internationally for 2 of his 8 pro years.  He also was a subsequent large donor to the University.

Here's an article on that:

http://www.stonybrook.edu/athletics/gen/acad.htm

Pretty cool stuff.   Anyone know why we disbanded squash as an intercollegiate sport?
How old a Seawolf am I? I followed them during their Final 4 DIII hoops run in 1977-78 (they were called the Patriots then)

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Re: Stony Brook Squash
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2018, 02:44:06 pm »
was very familiar with goldstein through the signs in the athletics complex.  of course, we sacrificed our squash courts for a better cause- an NFL caliber training facility.  but we did name the academic center after him and he's in the HoF.  thanks for sharing!
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Re: Stony Brook Squash
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2018, 06:42:46 pm »
Not sure how many of you know this, but when I was an UG at SBU in the late 1970's/early 1980's, we had a Squash team, which was Division 1 - our only D1 sport, I believe, until we upgraded our athletics department with the overall move to D1.

Not sure how many Squash teams there were in the country, but we ranked in the nation's Top 20, 24 different seasons.  And to top it off, we had an NCAA All-American player, Stu Goldstein (class of '1974), who went Pro, and ranked # 1 in the world internationally for 2 of his 8 pro years.  He also was a subsequent large donor to the University.

Here's an article on that:

http://www.stonybrook.edu/athletics/gen/acad.htm

Pretty cool stuff.   Anyone know why we disbanded squash as an intercollegiate sport?
Stuart was also the RA in Kelly A when I was a freshman there in ‘75. I remember him clearly.

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Re: Stony Brook Squash
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2018, 09:53:26 pm »
I was a Freshman in 1976, but don’t remember him. I do remember Snyder, the squash coach, who always had a cigar in his mouth. He was also the guy who ran a great intramural program at sbu.

Back when you could take phys ed courses for credit, I took racquetball/squash one semester. Loved RB, but hated squash - didn’t like the dead ball.

Glad we have the FB facility now, but I logged quite a few hrs of RB time during my years at sbu, so a little bittersweet to see those courts gone.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2023, 09:49:02 pm »
I covered SBU squash for the Statesman, and was on the team in the early 1980s.
I played competively, at a teaching pro level, for a few decades until switching to tennis.  I just started playing squash again.
Squash was never an NCAA sport.

SBU was ranked in the top 10 in the country four times.   Goldstein was the University's first All-American athlete.

When the new administration came in and changed the name to Seawolves (ughh!), they didn't give a damn about squash, and they
were disrespectful to Coach Snyder, which drove him away.  He never entered the gym again, and even refused an honour.  Shameful
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Re: Stony Brook Squash
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2023, 11:20:25 am »
I covered SBU squash for the Statesman, and was on the team in the early 1980s.
I played competively, at a teaching pro level, for a few decades until switching to tennis.  I just started playing squash again.
Squash was never an NCAA sport.

SBU was ranked in the top 10 in the country four times.   Goldstein was the University's first All-American athlete.

When the new administration came in and changed the name to Seawolves (ughh!), they didn't give a damn about squash, and they
were disrespectful to Coach Snyder, which drove him away.  He never entered the gym again, and even refused an honour.
  Shameful

Wow. That's a shame!

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