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2018-19 Men's Squash

Justin Restivo

  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Phoenixville, Pa.
  • High School
    Homeschooled

Biography

2018-19: Posted an overall record of 4-3 and a mark of 2-1 in exhibition play ... went 3-0 at position eight and 1-3 at position nine ... won four of his first five matches of the season ... tallied four wins against student-athletes from nationally-ranked teams including Scott Ji of No. 31 Wesleyan (11-0, 11-3, 11-7), Christian Kohlmeyer of No. 10 Virginia (11-8, 13-11, 11-9), Adil Tibrawalla of No. 25 Dickinson (4-11, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-5) and Thomas Wolpow of No. 18 Middlebury (8-11, 11-8, 13-11, 5-11, 11-4) ... helped MIT win its first-ever CSA national title as the Engineers won the Division C Summers Cup on February 17 ... [SEASON STATS]

2017-18:
Posted a record of 12-5 as a junior … went 4-1 at positions four and six and4-3 at position seven … began the season with four straight wins including a four-set victory over Marwan Sallam of Boston University (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 13-11) in his season-opener … came from behind twice to win in five sets against Sherief Shanhin of No. 33 Denison (4-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, 11-5) and Jacob Ellen of No. 21 Middlebury (10-12, 11-5, 14-12, 4-11, 11-9) … also topped Alan Litman of No. 28 Tufts in five sets (13-11, 11-1, 11-13, 4-11, 14-12) … [SEASON STATS]

2016-17:
Finished his sophomore campaign with a record of 9-12 in the first position … opened the year with a thrilling five-set victory over Marwan Sallam of Boston University (11-13, 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10) … four of his nine wins came in three-set sweeps which included victories over Bucknell University, No. 29 Connecticut College, Georgetown University and No. 28 Tufts University …. also played to five sets and won against Northwestern’s Peter Haud (11-8, 6-11, 11-3, 11-13, 11-3) ... [SEASON STATS]

2015-16: Compiled a record of 21-8 (20-6 at No. 1 position) as a freshman ... represented MIT at the CSA Individual National Championships ... defeated Ness Billimoria of St. Lawrence University in the consolation quarterfinals ... went 2-1 at the CSA Team Championship ... had a season-best eight match win streak that stretched from January 15-January 27 ... [SEASON STATS]

Off the Court at MIT: Majoring in computer science ... Blackbaud Software Engineering Intern.

High School: Homeschooled … Won US Squash Silver National Championships BU15 in 2012 and BU17 2013 … achieved BU17 ranking of No. 11 nationally, and BU19 ranking of No. 22 … Volunteer coach for Scozzie's Just-Be-Scoz Program … four year US Squash Scholar-Athlete … AP Scholar with Distinction.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    5'10"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2017-18Junior

    5'10"
  • 2018-19Senior

    5'10"