2023-24 Men's Squash Roster
Roster
López, José

José López
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- High School:
- Liceo Frances de San Salvador
Bio
2022-23 / Senior
MASC Second Team…competed in 16 matches for the Dragons…went 8-8 in team play and 2-1 at the CSA Individual Championships for a 10-9 record overall…won five matches in the fifth position…claimed a pair of wins for Drexel at the MASC Championships.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in 18 matches for the Dragons…also competed at the CSA Individual Championships…went 13-5 in team play and 14-6 overall…reeled off an eight-match winning streak from January 18 through February 12, during which he only dropped a single game… helped Drexel to its best ever performance against Harvard (1/18/22) with a win at No. 8.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Played in every match for the Dragons, going 9-12 overall: 3-5 at the No. 5, 4-4 at the No. 6 and 2-1 at the No. 7 position and 0-2 as an individual…competed in the Molloy North bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships…topped Raunak Advani of Franklin & Marshall in his collegiate debut on Nov. 16…won three-straight matches between Dec. 6-8, including a sweep of St. Lawrence’s Logan Thomas…rallied from a one-game deficit to top Yale’s Eric Kim on Dec. 7…helped the Dragons to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, matching the highest-ever ranking in program history…bested Sergio Martin of Rochester in five games on Dec. 8 as the Dragons won for the first time against the Yellowjackets…won a season-best four straight in early February…closed the regular season with a sweep of Navy’s Ben Korn on Feb. 1 and a four-game victory over David Varela of George Washington the following day…went 2-0 with a pair of sweeps at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, helping Drexel to a third-place finish…featured in all three of the Dragons’ Potter Cup matches as Drexel returned to the top-flight bracket for the second time in team history.
Background
Attended Liceo Frances de San Salvador…played in the No. 3 spot for El Salvador at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru…won the silver medal at the 2019 South American Junior Tournament…Salvadoran national champion at the U19 level in 2017 and 2018, the U17 level in 2015 and 2016, the U15 level in 2014 and 2015, the U13 level in 2012 and 2013 and the U11 level in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Personal
Son of José Orlando López and Luisa Fernanda de López…has two older siblings, Maria and Ana…Majoring in civil engineering.
MASC Second Team…competed in 16 matches for the Dragons…went 8-8 in team play and 2-1 at the CSA Individual Championships for a 10-9 record overall…won five matches in the fifth position…claimed a pair of wins for Drexel at the MASC Championships.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in 18 matches for the Dragons…also competed at the CSA Individual Championships…went 13-5 in team play and 14-6 overall…reeled off an eight-match winning streak from January 18 through February 12, during which he only dropped a single game… helped Drexel to its best ever performance against Harvard (1/18/22) with a win at No. 8.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Played in every match for the Dragons, going 9-12 overall: 3-5 at the No. 5, 4-4 at the No. 6 and 2-1 at the No. 7 position and 0-2 as an individual…competed in the Molloy North bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships…topped Raunak Advani of Franklin & Marshall in his collegiate debut on Nov. 16…won three-straight matches between Dec. 6-8, including a sweep of St. Lawrence’s Logan Thomas…rallied from a one-game deficit to top Yale’s Eric Kim on Dec. 7…helped the Dragons to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, matching the highest-ever ranking in program history…bested Sergio Martin of Rochester in five games on Dec. 8 as the Dragons won for the first time against the Yellowjackets…won a season-best four straight in early February…closed the regular season with a sweep of Navy’s Ben Korn on Feb. 1 and a four-game victory over David Varela of George Washington the following day…went 2-0 with a pair of sweeps at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, helping Drexel to a third-place finish…featured in all three of the Dragons’ Potter Cup matches as Drexel returned to the top-flight bracket for the second time in team history.
Background
Attended Liceo Frances de San Salvador…played in the No. 3 spot for El Salvador at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru…won the silver medal at the 2019 South American Junior Tournament…Salvadoran national champion at the U19 level in 2017 and 2018, the U17 level in 2015 and 2016, the U15 level in 2014 and 2015, the U13 level in 2012 and 2013 and the U11 level in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Personal
Son of José Orlando López and Luisa Fernanda de López…has two older siblings, Maria and Ana…Majoring in civil engineering.
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