2023-24 Men's Squash Roster
Roster
Lucente, Matthew

Matthew Lucente
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Avon Old Farms
Bio
2022-23 / Senior
Competed in three matches for the Dragons…went 2-1 in team play with wins against Chatham on November 12 and Navy on January 13.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in eight matches for the Dragons…went 3-5 on the season…earned three wins in a row from February 5 through February 12 with a victory each at No. 7, No. 8, and No. 9.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Compiled an 8-12 overall record playing between four different positions: going 1-4 at the No. 3, 2-1 at the No. 4, 4-5 at the No. 5 and 1-0 at the No. 6 slot and 0-2 as an individual…featured in the Molloy West bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships…won his collegiate debut in straight games over Franklin & Marshall’s Boden Polikoff…topped Columbia’s Justin Ghaeli in a four-game comeback on Nov. 23 as the Dragons beat the Lions for just the second time in program history…swept St. Lawrence’s Aran Thawani on Dec. 6… helped the Dragons to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, matching the highest-ever ranking in program history…won five of his seven matches between Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, including sweeps of Middlebury’s PK Keller and Navy’s Ryan York…closed out the regular season with a five-game victory against George Washington’s Karim Thabet on Feb. 2…clinched the Dragons’ 5-4 win over George Washington in the third-place match of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships with a sweep of Inaki De Larrauri…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Potter Cup matches as Drexel returned to the top-flight bracket for the second time in team history.
Background
Played squash for both Avon Old Farms and Westlake Boys High School…graduated from Avon Old Farms with academic honors…won four-straight New Zealand Secondary School championships with Westlake Boys from 2015-2018…won championships at the U19 Kuala Lumpur Junior Open and U19 New Zealand Junior Open.
Personal
Son of Wilson and Mitos Lucente…majoring in computer science.
Competed in three matches for the Dragons…went 2-1 in team play with wins against Chatham on November 12 and Navy on January 13.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in eight matches for the Dragons…went 3-5 on the season…earned three wins in a row from February 5 through February 12 with a victory each at No. 7, No. 8, and No. 9.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Compiled an 8-12 overall record playing between four different positions: going 1-4 at the No. 3, 2-1 at the No. 4, 4-5 at the No. 5 and 1-0 at the No. 6 slot and 0-2 as an individual…featured in the Molloy West bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships…won his collegiate debut in straight games over Franklin & Marshall’s Boden Polikoff…topped Columbia’s Justin Ghaeli in a four-game comeback on Nov. 23 as the Dragons beat the Lions for just the second time in program history…swept St. Lawrence’s Aran Thawani on Dec. 6… helped the Dragons to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, matching the highest-ever ranking in program history…won five of his seven matches between Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, including sweeps of Middlebury’s PK Keller and Navy’s Ryan York…closed out the regular season with a five-game victory against George Washington’s Karim Thabet on Feb. 2…clinched the Dragons’ 5-4 win over George Washington in the third-place match of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships with a sweep of Inaki De Larrauri…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Potter Cup matches as Drexel returned to the top-flight bracket for the second time in team history.
Background
Played squash for both Avon Old Farms and Westlake Boys High School…graduated from Avon Old Farms with academic honors…won four-straight New Zealand Secondary School championships with Westlake Boys from 2015-2018…won championships at the U19 Kuala Lumpur Junior Open and U19 New Zealand Junior Open.
Personal
Son of Wilson and Mitos Lucente…majoring in computer science.
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