Hartford, Conn. – The No. 2 Trinity College men's squash team won their sixth straight match on Friday afternoon, topping No. 6 Columbia, 7-2, at the Kellner Squash Center. The Bantams had another dominant performance, holding their opponent to two or fewer points for the sixth consecutive match to improve to 6-0, while the visiting Lions saw their four-match winning streak come to an end as they fall to 4-1.

Trinity was dominant in the early waves, building a lead before Columbia took the matches at No. 1 and No. 2. First-year Rick Penders (Maastricht, Netherlands) won his collegiate debut, 3-0, for the Bantams at No. 6. Three other Trinity players swept their opponents as first-year James Evans (Maidstone, England), sophomore Affeeq Ismail (Kuching, Malaysia) and senior Elroy Leong (Selangor, Malaysia) all blanked members of the Lions at No. 7, 8 and 9, respectively.

The other Bantams to score victories all were junior Juan Vargas (Bogota, Colombia) at No. 3, senior co-captain Moustafa Hamada (Alexandria, Egypt) at No. 4 and senior co-captain Karan Malik (Bangalore, India) at No. 5. The trio all took their matches in four games.

Trinity wraps up a weekend of home action tomorrow evening, Jan. 10, squaring off with the Naval Academy at 5:00 p.m.

Trinity College 7-2 Columbia
1. TC- Vrishab Kotian lost to Ramit Tandon (C), 3-0, 7-11, 7-11, 8-11
2. TC- Miled Zarazua lost to Osama Khalifa (C), 3-1, 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 6-11
3. TC- Juan Vargas def. Seif Attia (C), 3-1, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6
4. TC- Moustafa Hamada def. Rishi Tandon (C), 3-1, 11-5, 11-6, 11-13, 11-8.
5. TC- Karan Malik def. Mohamed AbdelMaksoud (C), 3-1, 11-9, 11-2, 4-11, 11-2
6. TC - Rick Penders def. Joshua Sekhar (C), 3-0, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4.
7. TC- James Evans def. Arhum Saleem(C), 3-0, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.
8. TC- Affeeq Ismail def. Danial Saleem (C),3-0, 12-10, 11-6, 11-4.
9. TC- Elroy Leong def. Jonathan Gill (C), 3-0, 12-10, 11-4, 11-6.