Specter Center News

541 Players Compete in Silver and Bronze Championships

541 junior players capped their seasons by competing in the U.S. Junior Silver Championships and U.S. Junior Bronze Championships, March 22-24, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center, Drexel’s Kline & Specter Squash Center and Penn Squash Center in Philadelphia. View all results on the Junior Silver tournament page and Junior Bronze tournament page. View tournament photography on the US Squash Smugmug Page. Congratulations to the 2024 Silver and Bronze...

Specter Center to Close for Court Renovations April 22-May 20

The Specter Center will temporarily close for court floor renovations, April 22-May 20, as the facility aims to improve the playing experience for the squash community. Over the course of the Specter Center’s first three years, the courts have seen extensive use from the membership, community programming, Team USA and National Championship events. Following testing and evaluation, the renovations will address improved bounce and court...

Fouts and Wiser Earn Top Honors at Junior Nationals

Caroline Fouts ended her illustrious junior squash career with her third consecutive U19 national title, while Rustin Wiser won his first national title in any age group in a surprise title run Sunday, March 17, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia. Nearly 300 of the nation’s top juniors competed across U11, U13, U15, U17 and U19 age divisions. View all results on...

National Doubles Produces First Time Champions Leonard & Ubina and Martino & Leong

The largest National Doubles the tournament’s eighty-eight-year history–featuring 157 teams–produced two first-time Open champions in Kayley Leonard & Maria Elena Ubina and Kyle Martino & Elroy Leong, March 1-3, in Philadelphia. Twenty age group and skill level national titles were decided across five different venues including the Cynwyd Club, Germantown Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Country Club and Philadelphia Cricket Club. View all results...

Florida’s St. Andrew’s School Earns First High School National Title; Greenwich Academy Lifts Eighth Consecutive Patterson Cup

The St. Andrew’s School became the first Floridian High School National Champions, while Connecticut’s Greenwich Academy extended the program’s remarkable title record with their eighth consecutive and seventeenth overall Patterson Cup following a dramatic finals day Sunday, February 25, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center. A record number varsity squash teams featuring more than 1,600 players participated in the 2024 U.S. High School Championships—the...

Philadelphia Public League Celebrates Second Squash Season

The Philadelphia Public League marked the end of its second squash season with its culminating individual and team championships, February 20-21, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center. Last year, US Squash, SquashSmarts and the Philadelphia School District partnered to introduce squash into the Philadelphia Public League’s roster of sports with the Specter Center and SquashSmarts Lenfest Center serving as the homes for practice and...

Haverford and Greenwich Academy Earn Middle School National Titles

Philadelphia’s Haverford School and Connecticut’s Greenwich Academy both earned their first national title since 2020 during the 2024 U.S. Middle School Squash Championships, February 2-4, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia. Seventy-eight teams competed in the sixteenth edition of the Middle School Nationals across six divisions. View all results on the Middle School Nationals tournament page. Tournament photography will be available on the US...

Watch Live: Specter Center Hosts SEA Nationals

More than 420 students representing nineteen Squash and Education Alliance programs are set to contest the 2024 SEA Team Nationals this weekend, January 26-28, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center. Follow all results throughout the weekend on the SEA Team Nationals tournament page and watch live streaming of all matches at the Specter Center below. Livestream daily playlists: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

El Sherbini and Coll Capture Maiden U.S. Open Titles

Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini and New Zealand’s Paul Coll will both have their names engraved on the U.S. Open trophies for the first time El Sherbini and Coll had contrasting journey’s to their first U.S. Open titles. El Sherbini reached her first U.S. Open final in 2014, and fell short in four finals against Nicol David, Camille Serme, Raneem El Welily and Nouran Gohar. At twenty-seven...