2019-20 Women's Squash Roster
Roster
Ryan, Stephanie

Stephanie Ryan
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Ireland
- High School:
- Santa Sabina Dominican College
Bio
2020-21 / Senior
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Junior
Set a new career high in victories after going 10-10 overall: 1-0 at the No. 5, 1-0 at the No. 6, 3-1 at the No. 7, 5-7 at the No. 7 and 0-2 as an individual…started the season on a three-match winning streak with a sweep of Franklin & Marshall’s Samira Sankaran, a four-game win over Penn’s Eujung Park and a five-game triumph of Stanford’s Samantha Moadel…tied the match score with Stanford at 3-3 in an eventual 5-4 victory for the Dragons, their first against a top-four opponent… helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…swept Natasha Lowitt of Middlebury on Jan. 12…won four straight in February with three victories coming at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships as Drexel lifted the Gaynor Cup…appeared in all three of the Dragons’ Howe Cup contests, going 2-1…topped Moadel of Stanford in three games in the Howe Cup consolation semifinals…kept Drexel alive against Penn in the Howe Cup seventh-place match with a five-game come-from-behind win over Park…took the final two games from Park after falling behind 2-1 and erased a 6-2 hole in the decisive fifth game…the Dragons eventually beat Penn, 5-4, to finish seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…competed in the Holleran North bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Compiled an 8-10 overall record, playing between the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 position…was 1-1 at the No. 4, 2-5 at the No. 5, 3-3 at the No. 6 slot and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first-ever appearance in the Howe Cup Finals and their highest ranking in program history, finishing the year ranked No. 7…opened the season with a sweep against Dickson…recorded four three-game wins on the year…won the consolation finals of the Holleran East Division bracket at the CSA Individual Championships.
2017-18 / Freshman
Went 7-8 overall in her first season…played primarily from the Nos. 7 and 8 spots…went 1-2 at the No. 6, 3-2 at No. 7 and 3-4 at No. 8 position…helped the Dragons to their first ever Kurtz Cup title…helped Drexel to a program-best final ranking of No. 9…swept her collegiate debut against Dickinson’s Aya Sobhy…won three-straight matches in February…swept St. Lawrence’s Madison Goodwine, Middlebury’s Emily Beinkampen and Amhert’s Katherine Correia in that stretch…also swept Cornell’s Lucy Martin and Franklin & Marshall’s Clare Tompkins during the season.
Background
Attended Santa Sabina Dominican College in Dublin, Ireland…earned 12 Irish team caps…third at the Czech Junior Open…third at the Swiss Junior Open…Irish No. 1 in U19 and U17…ranked third in the European ranking in 2017…ranked No. 3 European U17.
Personal
Daughter of Suzanne and Eoin Ryan…has an older brother, David…brother was a College Squash Association Individual National Champion at Harvard…majoring in computer science.
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Junior
Set a new career high in victories after going 10-10 overall: 1-0 at the No. 5, 1-0 at the No. 6, 3-1 at the No. 7, 5-7 at the No. 7 and 0-2 as an individual…started the season on a three-match winning streak with a sweep of Franklin & Marshall’s Samira Sankaran, a four-game win over Penn’s Eujung Park and a five-game triumph of Stanford’s Samantha Moadel…tied the match score with Stanford at 3-3 in an eventual 5-4 victory for the Dragons, their first against a top-four opponent… helped propel Drexel to a No. 5 ranking in mid-December, the highest ranking in program history…swept Natasha Lowitt of Middlebury on Jan. 12…won four straight in February with three victories coming at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships as Drexel lifted the Gaynor Cup…appeared in all three of the Dragons’ Howe Cup contests, going 2-1…topped Moadel of Stanford in three games in the Howe Cup consolation semifinals…kept Drexel alive against Penn in the Howe Cup seventh-place match with a five-game come-from-behind win over Park…took the final two games from Park after falling behind 2-1 and erased a 6-2 hole in the decisive fifth game…the Dragons eventually beat Penn, 5-4, to finish seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…competed in the Holleran North bracket at the College Squash Association Individual Championships.
2018-19 / Sophomore
Compiled an 8-10 overall record, playing between the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 position…was 1-1 at the No. 4, 2-5 at the No. 5, 3-3 at the No. 6 slot and 2-1 as an individual…helped the Dragons to their first-ever appearance in the Howe Cup Finals and their highest ranking in program history, finishing the year ranked No. 7…opened the season with a sweep against Dickson…recorded four three-game wins on the year…won the consolation finals of the Holleran East Division bracket at the CSA Individual Championships.
2017-18 / Freshman
Went 7-8 overall in her first season…played primarily from the Nos. 7 and 8 spots…went 1-2 at the No. 6, 3-2 at No. 7 and 3-4 at No. 8 position…helped the Dragons to their first ever Kurtz Cup title…helped Drexel to a program-best final ranking of No. 9…swept her collegiate debut against Dickinson’s Aya Sobhy…won three-straight matches in February…swept St. Lawrence’s Madison Goodwine, Middlebury’s Emily Beinkampen and Amhert’s Katherine Correia in that stretch…also swept Cornell’s Lucy Martin and Franklin & Marshall’s Clare Tompkins during the season.
Background
Attended Santa Sabina Dominican College in Dublin, Ireland…earned 12 Irish team caps…third at the Czech Junior Open…third at the Swiss Junior Open…Irish No. 1 in U19 and U17…ranked third in the European ranking in 2017…ranked No. 3 European U17.
Personal
Daughter of Suzanne and Eoin Ryan…has an older brother, David…brother was a College Squash Association Individual National Champion at Harvard…majoring in computer science.
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