St. Anthony Hall - University of Pennsylvania

4 T he Hall and Penn squash have a long and maybe coincidental bond. We have had brothers that have teamed up and been intercollegiate doubles champions (Thomas Mattsson Δ'09 and Trevor Mc- Guinness Δ'09), a brother that was national champion and head coach of Penn squash (Edward "Ned" Edwards Δ'77), and even brothers that, well, were actual brothers and had such a heated competition for the bot- tom of the ladder that they had a whole DP article written about them (Sam Peelle Δ'04 and Billy Peelle Δ'02). Besides squash, e Hall has had an athletic tradition that can be traced back many years across many sports. In our earlier years, we had many rowers that would go to practice every day in the morning and aernoon, grinding out tough workouts. Recently, we have had several football, basketball, and baseball players join e Hall as well. We have even had two recent brothers be dra- ed in the MLB (Jake Nelson Δ'16, Billy Le- scher Δ'15). But squash has been a constant force in the brotherhood. A culmination of all of that can be represent- ed by Penn squash's 125th anniversary cel- ebration in 2014. It was my freshman year, and I had just begun the process of joining e Hall. We were scheduled to play against Yale that Saturday aernoon, followed by a celebration of Penn squash in the adjacent gym later that evening. As a freshman, it was intimidating to see the sheer amount of peo- ple at the courts that were alumni along with the regular bunch of current Delta brothers. ere were easily 100 people there to watch the match that day, probably more. Due to injury and illness, Brother Will Michele Δ'11 was slot- ted into the lineup that day. With that, he looked at the white board with the names of everyone playing and said, "Wow, look at that. e top to bot- tom of our lineup are all Delta brothers." I looked at the board, and could not believe it, but it was true. On that day, St. Anthony Hall was the eighth-ranked college squash team in the nation. As soon as Will mentioned that, I could not feel more of a buzz from the crowd. Hall alumni began approaching me le and right, asking about e Hall. "Is it true everyone playing today is in e Hall? I was in e Hall, this is fantastic! How do you like it? Hey, meet my fellow brother from when I played back in the day!" It was overwhelming, but still so incredible to see. Squash had been an important part of my life, but seeing it shine through fellow Hall brothers that day and their excitement about the lineup showed me the roots of e Hall and Penn squash. It ran deeper than I understood at that point, and probably even deeper than I know now. What was clear though was there is certainly an intersection of the two that will be hard to tear apart for the foreseeable future. e day became less about Yale and more about trying to appreciate how so many people could be affiliated with both e Hall and Penn squash, and the odds that our lineup being all Hall brothers on that day of celebrating Penn squash. St. Anthony Hall lost 9-0 to Yale that day, although we did have three matches at the bottom of the ladder that went five games. It was a classic gritty effort by all of us, but at the end of the match, all 10 of us got on court for a picture. e result was not historic by any means, but the line-up cer- tainly was. YITB, George B. Lemmon III Δ'14 The Legacy of The Hall and Penn Squash Thomas Mattsson Δ'09 and Trevor McGuinness Δ'09, National Doubles Champions Ned Edwards 'Δ'77, National Singles Champion

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