Yale - Community

This is Yale 

History 

Yale University, founded in 1701, is the third oldest 

college in the United States and one of the foremost 

research universities in the world. First known as the 

Collegiate School, it changed its name in 1718 to honor 

benefactor Elihu Yale. 

Students 

Since its first class, which had only one pupil, 

Yale has expanded into a university with 5,100 undergraduates 

and 11 graduate and professional 

schools with roughly 5,200 students. Women were 

admitted to graduate schools in 1892 and to the 

undergraduate college in 1969. Today they make 

up about 50 percent of the enrollment. Students 

come from all 50 states and over 60 countries. 

Faculty 

The Yale faculty includes more than 2,000 

scholars, many of whom are internationally respected 

authorities in their fields. Fourteen Nobel 

Prize winners have been associated with Yale. 

Classes 

There are approximately 1,900 courses and 

75 majors or programs of study, including 35 

different languages. 

Admissions 

In selecting a class of 1,300 from approximately 

18,000 applicants, the Admissions 

Committee looks for strong academic ability 

and achievement combined with personal 

characteristics such as motivation, curiosity, 

energy, and leadership ability. Academic 

strength is indicated by grades, rigor of curriculum, 

standardized test scores, and evaluations 

by two teachers and a college counselor. 

Yale requires results of the College Board 

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT or SAT 1) and 

any three SAT II: Subject Tests or the American 

College Testing (ACT) Assessment. Yale 

will also accept the Common Application. In 

addition, students whose native language is 

not English must submit results of the Test of 

English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 

Athletics 

With 35 varsity sports teams and a large 

intramural program, sports have a prominent 

place at Yale. The University offers more than 

500 acres of playing fields and nine-story 

Payne Whitney Gym, one of the largest athletic 

structures in the world. No university 

takes greater pride in its athletic heritage. 

No fewer than 148 athletes have competed 

in the Olympics. Together they have brought 

home 88 medals - more than most nations 

- including 49 gold, 15 silver and 24 bronze. 

Financial Aid 

It is Yale’s policy to admit all students 

on the basis of academic and personal 

promise without regard to their financial 

circumstances. In addition, the 

University is committed to meeting 

the full need of all admitted students 

by providing them with appropriate 

financial aid awards. 

This “need-blind” admissions 

policy applies to all applicants including 

international citizens. 

Currently, approximately 45 

percent of all Yale students receive 

financial assistance 

through loans, scholarships 

and work-study employment. 

For more information, call the 

Yale Financial Aid Office at 

203-432-0360. 

Residential Life 

All incoming students are 

assigned to one of 12 residential 

colleges before they 

arrive freshman year. All 

freshmen and sophomores 

are required to live on campus. 

Each residential college 

has its own dining 

hall, as well as library, 

computers, TV and game 

rooms, and often theaters, 

weight rooms, and 

music practice rooms. 

The residential colleges 

sponsor numerous academic 

and extracurricular 

programs, including 

musical performances, 

dramatic productions, 

intramural sports 

teams, visiting fellowships 

and academic 

seminars. A resident 

master and dean take 

care of the academic 

and administrative 

needs of each college, 

and faculty “fellows” 

participate in 

the community by 

acting as student 

advisors and eating 

in the college’s dining 

hall.

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The outlook for the 2003-04 Yale women’s squash team is exciting and 

intriguing. This is the most talented and experienced team that Yale has 

ever fielded, one head coach Mark Talbott belives is a serious contender 

for the Ivy League championship. In addition, the Bulldogs could challenge 

Trinity for the Howe Cup, the national championship of women’s 

squash. 

This year’s team has great senior leadership in Abbie McDonough and 

Captain Devon Dalzell. These two are the heart and soul of the team and 

have performed consistently on the court and while orchestrating great 

team chemistry off it. Dalzell’s competitive spirit gives her a chance to 

win every time she steps on the court. McDonough’s soft nature off the 

court disguises her tenacity and desire to help the team win. 

A sensational junior class is led by Frances Ho, who battled ankle injuries 

last year and struggled to regain the form she showed as a freshman. 

Through diligent rehab she is ready 

to regain her position as one of the 

elite players in the league. Sarah 

Coleman had a very solid year playing 

in the middle of the Bulldog 

lineup. She has shown steady improvement 

the past two seasons. 

Lauren Doline has worked hard to 

bounce back from an illness that 

prevented her from competing in 

Frances Ho 

2003-04 Yale Women’s Squash Schedule 

Dec. 3 WILLIAMS .............................. 5 p.m. 

6 at Penn ..................................... 1 p.m. 

Jan. 17 DARTMOUTH/BATES/ ........... 4 p.m. 

BOWDOIN 

18 CORNELL ................................. 11 a.m. 

21 TRINITY ................................... 5 p.m. 

23-25 Constable Invitational .............. TBA 

(at Princeton) 

31 at Princeton .............................. 4 p.m. 

Feb. 4 AMHERST ............................... 7 p.m. 

6 at Brown ................................... 7 p.m. 

14 HARVARD ................................ 1 p.m. 

20-22 HOWE CUP .............................. TBA 

Mar. 5-7 CSA Individuals ....................... TBA 

(at St. Lawrence) 

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Michelle 

Quibell 

2002-03, but she is back on track and has regained her form. Yale’s three other 

juniors, Abby Epstein, Lindsay Schroll, and Ruth Kelley, all showed great improvement 

over the course of last season. Their spirit has had a tremendous effect 

on the overall success of this team. 

This year’s talented sophomore trio of Michelle Quibell, Amy Gross and 

Rachita Vora seem poised and ready to lead this team. Quibell established herself 

last year as one of the top freshman ever to enter the league. She was ranked fifth 

and had an exciting, 10-9 fifth-game victory over reining Intercollegiate Champion 

Amina Helal at Trinity. She has the talent and complete game to challenge 

for the Individual Intercollegiate Championship. Playing a solid No. 2 last year, 

Gross’ power and volleying made it difficult for her opponents. She is as more fit 

and determined than ever and hopes to improve on her strong 

freshman performance. Vora has recovered from a back injury 

that slowed her progress last year. Her shot-making ability keeps 

her opponents off balance, and she appears ready to have a strong 

sophomore season. 

Leading the freshmen class is the fit and determined New 

Zealand Junior Champion and National Team player, Catherine 

McLeod. She is the first squash player from New Zealand to 

attend Yale. Joining her is US National Team player Lauren 

McCrery. Both of these junior champions attended the World Junior 

Girls Championships this past summer in Cairo, Egypt. Another 

freshman, Kate Rapisarda, has consistently been one of the top 

ranked American juniors the past few years. Teaming up with 

this talented trio is Nicky Sheils from South Africa, the first South 

African player to attend Yale. She was the No. 2 ranked junior in 

her country and has played in a number of international competitions. 

Katie Mandel, the former No. 1 player from Phillips Exeter 

Academy, rounds out the freshman class. 

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Head Coach 

Mark Talbott 

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Squash legend Mark Talbott, the world’s top ranked professional squash player for 12 seasons, 

begins his sixth season at the helm of the Yale women's squash program. The Bulldogs have shown 

steady improvement during his tenure. 

Talbott, who held the No. 1 singles ranking from 1983 to 1995, won 70 percent of the tournaments 

he entered as the World Hardball Champion and the American Softball Champion. 

He captained the first USA Team to compete in the Pan Am Games in 1995 and is a three-time 

(1991, 92, 95) Olympic Athlete of the Year. Talbott, who 

won the Sharif Khan Award for Sportsmanship in 1991 

and the United States Squash Racquets Association 

(USSRA) President’s Cup in 1989, was the World Professional 

Squash Association (WPSA) Player of the Year 

in 1983, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91 and 92. 

Talbott has won more than 200 professional tournaments. The major titles include 

five North American Opens, six World Professional Championships, three Canadian 

Opens, two U.S. Opens, three Boston Opens, three S.L. Green Softball Nationals and 

a pair of North American Open Doubles titles. 

Talbott served as national coach for the 1994 and 1996 USSRA Junior Men’s World 

Team. In 1991, he created the Talbott Squash Academy in Newport, R.I., named the 

official national training center of the USSRA. It has earned the reputation as the 

finest junior and adult training center in the world. 

Talbott, featured in numerous magazines during his playing career, including twice 

by Sports Illustrated, has an office next door to his older brother, Dave, the Yale men’s 

coach for 21 seasons. The Talbotts form a family combination that is full of Yale 

tradition and professional and international playing experience. Their grandfather, 

Nelson S. Talbott, captained the 1914 Bulldog football team and their father, Doug 

‘47, was a member of the Yale swimming team. 

In 2000, Mark was honored by being elected to the inaugural class of the United States Squash Hall of Fame. 

Director Brady Squash Center 

Gareth Webber 

Webber, in his first winter with the 

Yale squash program, holds the England 

Squash Level IV Elite Coach 

award which is the premier coaching 

qualification held within the 

World of Squash. In addition, he 

holds the Squash Wales Level IV 

National Coach award. 

Webber, former Director of Guernsey 

Squash and for the Wales and 

England National Squads, has produced under his guidance a 

British and world ranked champion, Chris Simpson, and many 

junior national players. 

As a player, Webber represented Wales at Junior National 

events and other international level competitions, while he represented 

Guernsey as a player, manager and coach at the 2002 

Commonwealth Games. 

Webber holds a degree in leisure management/sports development 

from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, where he 

also captained the university squash team to four wins at the 

British Universities Competition. 

Abbie McDonough 

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P l a y e r s 

Sarah Coleman Devon Dalzell Lauren Doline Abby Epstein 

Amy Gross Frances Ho Ruth Kelley Katie Mandel 

Lauren McCrery Catherine McLeod Michelle Quibell 

Abbie McDonough 

Kate Rapisarda Lindsay Schroll Nicola Shiels Rachita Vora 

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R o s t e r 

Name Cl. Hometown High School 

Coleman, Sarah JR Brooklyn, NY St. Ann’s School 

Dalzell, Devon SR Linwood, NJ Mainland Regional 

Doline, Lauren JR Pottersville, NJ Kent Place School 

Epstein, Abby JR Brooklyn, NY St. Ann’s School 

Gross, Amy SO Bala Cynwyd, PA Lower Merion 

Ho, Frances JR Hong Kong German Swiss International School 

Kelley, Ruth JR Norberth, PA Episcopal Academy 

Mandel, Katie FR Greenwich, CT Phillips Exeter Academy 

McCrery, Lauren FR Wilmington, DE Tower Hill 

McDonough, Abbie SR Summit, NJ Summit 

McLeod, Catherine FR Auckland, New Zealand Westlake 

Quibell, Michelle SO Atlanta, GA Marist School 

Rapisarda, Kate FR Brooklyn, NY Brearley School 

Schroll, Lindsay JR Rosemont, PA Agnes Irwin School 

Shiels, Nicola FR Johannesburg, South Africa Roedean School 

Vora, Rachita SO Bombay, India H.R. College 

Yale Women’s Squash Individual Records 2002-2003 

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Overall 

Michelle Quibell 8-3 8-3 

Amy Gross 1-0 8-3 9-3 

Rachita Vora 0-1 4-2 4-3 

Devon Dalzell 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-2 8-3 

Gina Wilkinson 1-0 4-0 5-1 1-0 11-1 

Lauren Doline 2-0 3-0 3-2 0-1 8-3 

Sarah Coleman 1-0 2-1 4-1 2-0 9-2 

Abbie McDonough 1-0 1-0 4-0 1-1 7-1 

Ruth Kelley 1-0 2-0 4-3 7-3 

Abby Epstein 2-0 2-0 

Frances Ho 1-0 7-2 8-2 

Lindsay Schroll 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 

Overall 9-3 9-3 9-3 10-2 10-2 11-1 9-3 9-3 8-4 84-24 

Schedule/Results 

(9-3 overall, 5-1 Ivy) 

Dec. 7 PENN ...................... 7-2 

Jan. 10 at Williams ............... 9-0 

11 at Dartmouth ........... 9-0 

18 at Cornell ................. 9-0 

21 at Trinity ................. 2-7 

24-26 at Constable Invit. .... ns 

Feb. 1 PRINCETON .......... 9-0 

5 at Amherst ............... 9-0 

11 BROWN .................. 9-0 

14-16 HOWE CUP 

Princeton .................. 9-0 

Harvard .................... 8-1 

Trinity ..................... 0-9 

19 at Harvard ................ 4-5 

28- at WISRA .................. ns 

Mar. 1 Individual ...................... 


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H i s t o r y 

Year-by-Year Results 

Year Record Coach Captain 

1972-73 5-3 Andrew Pachner (5-3) Margaret Mercer 

1973-74 4-4 Chris Farren (4-4) Margaret Mercer 

1974-75 8-2 Bill Ewen Sarah Muyskens 

1975-76 10-1 Bill Ewen (18-3) Sarah Muyskens 

1976-77 10-0 Marion Freeman Margie Yates 

1977-78 9-2 Marion Freeman Liz Munson 

1978-79 9-1 Marion Freeman Cynthia Hayden 

1979-80 7-1 Marion Freeman (35-4) Anne Casscells 

1980-81 10-5 Dale Walker Tracy Ball 

1981-82 6-2 Dale Walker Helen Knox 

1982-83 8-0 Dale Walker Lisa Noveck 

1983-84 6-2 Dale Walker Emily Stanley 

1984-85 5-3 Dale Walker Anita Nador 

1985-86 8-0 Dale Walker Phoebe Trubowitz 

1986-87 3-5 Dale Walker Christine Baird 

1987-88 5-2 Dale Walker Kerry Clayton 

1988-89 7-1 Dale Walker Kerry Clayton 

1989-90 9-4 Dale Walker Chris Unhoch 

1990-91 6-2 Dale Walker Berkeley Belknap 

1991-92 13-1 Dale Walker Berkeley Belknap 

1992-93 6-3 Dale Walker Elizabeth Tilney 

1993-94 8-2 Dale Walker Elizabeth Marx 

1994-95 9-1 Dale Walker Merritt Tilney 

1995-96 5-4 Dale Walker Quimby Mills 

1996-97 6-3 Dale Walker Edie Sonne 

1997-98 6-3 Dale Walker (124-43) Rebecca Birch 

1998-99 8-6 Mark Talbott Carla Shen 

1999-00 10-5 Mark Talbott Loren Smith 

2000-01 7-5 Mark Talbott Catherine Fiederowicz 

2001-02 10-3 Mark Talbott Miriam Fishman 

2002-03 9-3 Mark Talbott Gina Wilkinson 

Yale's All-Ivy Selections 

1977-78 Liz Munson 

1978-79 Cynthia Haydon 

Tracy Ball 

1979-80 Kim Perkins 

Tracy Ball 

1980-81 Tracy Ball 

1981-82 Zerline Goodman 


Anita Nador 

1984-85 Anita Nador 


Whitney Stewart 

Phoebe Trubowitz 

1986-87 Christine Baird 

1987-88 Kerry Clayton 

Hillary Morris 

1988-89 Berkeley Belknap 

Kerry Clayton 








1992-93 Emily Ash 

Elizabeth Marx 

1993-94 Amy Epstein 

Emily Ash 

Merritt Tinley 

1996-97 Edie Sonne 

1999-00 Laura Keating 

Loren Smith 

2001-02 Frances Ho 

2002-03 Michelle Quibell 

Amy Gross 

Frances Ho 

Gina Wilkinson, last year’s captain 

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T r a d i t i o n 

Berkeley Belknap ‘92 

Coaches’ Special Award 

1978-79 Debbie Isbell 



Anita Nador 

1981-82 N/A 

1982-83 N/A 

1983-84 Susie Werner 

1984-85 Amanda Barhite 

1985-86 Sue Jacob 

Robynn Chutkan 

1986-87 Molly Meyer 

(Nurse Practitioner DUH) 

1987-88 Abby Tate 

1988-89 Kim Donaldson 

Melissa Pearsall 

1989-90 Jamison Williams 

1990-91 Hillary Morris 

1991-92 Eliza Howard 

Samantha Power 


Elizabeth Marx 

1994-95 Grace Goodyear 

1995-96 Carla Shen 

Marion Ringel 


Katherine Hennessey 

1997-98 Loren Smith 


Thea Handelman 

1999-00 Katharine Sands 

2000-01 Sarah Levine & 

Anna Nordberg 

2001-02 Katherine Sands 

2002-03 Abigail McDonough 

The women’s squash program at Yale has lived up to the proud tradition of Yale athletics and has 

become one of the finest in the nation. Since the program began in 1972-73, the Elis have only finished 

lower than fourth in the country four times. 

The varsity program was launched under the guidance of coach Bill Ewen, who led Yale to a secondplace 

finish nationally in 1975-76. Yale’s second coach, Marion Freeman, guided Yale to a national championship 

in 1976-77 and to second-place rankings in 1977-78 and 1979-80. The Elis won their first Howe 

Cup championship in 1977. 

The outstanding tradition continued under the leadership of Dale Walker, who retired at the end of the 

1997-98 season after 18 years at the helm. During Walker's tenure, the Elis captured three national titles 

(1983, 1986 and 1992), won 76 percent of their matches and had numerous players selected to the All-Ivy 

League team. 

Yale squash players have also enjoyed individual success, earning top 10 rankings nationally. Berkeley 

Belknap ’92 is one of only 13 players in Ivy League squash to have earned All-Ivy honors four consecutive 

years. Belknap also captured the national intercollegiate title in 1991. In 2003, Michelle Quibell ‘07 

became the first Yale player to be named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. 

John Blum Contribution Award 

1975-76 Clare Swanger 

1976-77 Margie Yates 

1977-78 Liz Munson 

1978-79 Cynthia Hayden 


1980-81 N/A 

1981-82 N/A 

1982-83 Martha Downey 

1983-84 Sarah Greenhill 

1984-85 Hetty Smith 

1985-86 Laura Unobskey 

1986-87 Rachel Gerstenhaber 

1987-88 Jamison Williams 

1988-89 Kerry Clayton 

1989-90 Chris Unhoch 


1991-92 Eliza Howard 

1992-93 Elizabeth Tilney 


1994-95 Merritt Tilney 

1995-96 Quimby Mills 


1997-98 Sarah Fayen 



2000-01 Thea Handleman 

2001-02 Miriam Fishman 

2002-03 Gina Wilkinson 

Hunt Welch Most Improved 

1990-91 Elizabeth Marx 

Samantha Power (JV) 

1991-92 Samantha Power 

Laura Flynn (JV) 

1992-93 Grace Goodyear (tie) 

Quimby Mills (tie) 

Tenely Harrison (JV) 

1993-94 Katherine Hennessey 

Kenyette Jones (JV) 


Anne McLean (JV) 

1995-96 Rebecca Birch 

Sarah Fayen (JV) 


Claudia Odiaka (JV) 


Anna Nordberg (JV) 

1998-99 Katharine Sands 

Miriam Fishman (JV) 

1999-00 Jennifer Field 

Anna Nordberg (JV) 

2000-01 Liese Fritze 

Heather Weymouth (JV) 

2001-02 Lauren Doline 

2002-03 Sarah Coleman 

Most Valuable Player Award 

1975-76 Sarah Muyskens 

1976-77 Stacy Austin 

1977-78 Stacy Austin 

1978-79 Cynthia Haydon 

1979-80 Tracy Bell 

1980-81 N/A 

1981-82 N/A 

1982-83 Amy Levin 





1987-88 Chrissie Unhoch 





1992-93 Elizabeth Tilney 






1998-99 Marion Ringel 


Laura Keating 

2000-01 Devon Dalzell 

2001-02 Frances Ho 

2002-03 Michelle Quibell 

Elizabeth Tilney Sarah Muyskens 


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Brady Courts 

The Brady Squash 

Center has hosted 15 

national and intercollegiatechampionships 

since the full 

center was completed 

in 1999. More championships 

have been 

held at Yale than any 

other facility 

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The Brady Squash Center at Yale 

When the Payne Whitney Gymnasium was built in the 

late 1920’s, 25 single courts and 2 doubles courts 

were included.They were constructed according 

to the American rules of squash – the courts 

were narrower than the international courts 

used in everty other country. In the late 

1990’s, as travel became easier, more and 

more Americans competed with players 

from other countries, it became apparent 

that the United States had to adopt the 

international game, its rules and its 

court size.The University decided to 

use the space occupied by the old 

American courts to construct 

new squash facility.A gift from 

Theodore P. Shen ’66 got the 

project under way in the 

spring of 1996. Courts 3 

through 8 were ready for 

play that fall. In 1998 14 

Nicholas F. Brady ’50 

made a major commitment 

to the 

project allowing it 

to be completed 

in the fall of 

1999 and the 

facility was 

named the 

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