ITHACA, N.Y. —
David Palmer, the James Broadhead '57 Head Coach of Squash, announced today that six newcomers will join the men's squash team for the 2018-19 season. Freshmen
Charles Culhane,
Alex Dworetzky, Nicholas Göth Errington,
Nikhil Arjunan Iyer,
Thomas Mocorrea and
Henry Robbins will join a Big Red squad that returns 11 of 13 letter winners from a season ago.
The Big Red's schedule for the upcoming season will be announced later this summer.
Incoming Player Biographies
Charles Culhane
6 feet — Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. (Saint Ann's School)
Culhane earned a national No. 1 ranking in BU19 and holds a world ranking of 354th at the time of arrival on East Hill. He was the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch U19 Junior Open, and advanced to quarterfinals of US Junior U19 Open and British Junior U19 Open the following winter. Competing for two seasons at Saint Ann's School, Culhane earned US Squash All-America honors in 2016-17 and served as captain during his senior year.
Alex Dworetzky
6-foot-3 — San Fransisco, Calif. (The Bay School of San Fransisco)
Dworetzky achieved a highest national junior ranking of 17th in BU19. He also played baseball for two years at The Bay School of San Francisco, earning all-league second-team honors as a sophomore.
Nicholas Göth Errington
6-foot-2 — Stockholm, Sweden (Kungsholmens Gymnasium)
Göth Errington currently holds a PSA world ranking of 573th, with a career high ranking of 501st in February. He was his age group's Swedish junior national champion in 2013 and 2015, and runner-up in 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017. He also served as Sweden's captain for 2017 Junior European Championships.
Nikhil Arjunan Iyer
5-foot-9 — Cincinnati, Ohio (Walnut Hills HS)
Iyer achieved national rankings in the top 10 in BU13 (2012), BU15 (2014) and BU17 (2016). He is a four-time US Squash Scholar Athlete.
Thomas Mocorrea
5-foot-10 — Locust Valley, N.Y. (Friends Academy)
After starting to compete in US Squash events at age 12, Mocorrea achieved a highest national junior ranking of 30th in BU17. He competed with Friends Academy for four years, serving as captain during his senior season.
Henry Robbins
6-foot-2 — Louisville, Ky. (duPont Manual HS)
Robbins earned his highest national junior ranking of 75th in BU19. He was the Louisville Boat Club junior club champion and 5.0 club champion in 2017, and he helped found the duPont Manual HS squash program. Both of Robbins' parents are Cornell alumni.
