Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College Bantams handed the visiting Drexel University Dragons an 8-1 defeat this afternoon in men's squash action at Kellner Center. Top-ranked Trinity improves to 4-0 with its 33rd consecutive victory, and will close the fall semester against George Washington tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. No. 9-ranked Drexel is now 3-5 and won't play again until January 12.
Trinity cruised through the first wave with a pair of 3-0 wins by senior Nku Patrick (San Fernando, Trinidad) and junior Andrew Lee (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and a 3-1 triumph by junior Thoboki Mohohlo (Johannesburg, South Africa). The Bantams picked up two more points in the second wave and clinched the match with a 3-0 win by sophomore Aryaman Adik (Mumbai, India) and senior tri-captain Tom De Mulder (Ghent, Belgium). Filip Krueger collected the Dragon point with a 3-1 victory in the No. 5 spot.
MATCH RESULTS
1. TC- Kush Kumar d. Bransten Ming, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5
2. TC- Tom De Mulder d. Matias Knudsen, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6
3. TC- Thoboki Mohohlo d. Dylan Kachur, 10-12, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7
4. TC- Ziad Sakr d. Luke Willemse, 14-12, 11-9, 14-12
5. D- Filip Krueger d. Aly Tolba, 12-10, 11-9, 1-11, 11-5
6. TC- Andrew Lee d. Noel Heaton, 12-10, 11-8, 3-11
7. TC- Will Curtis d. Royston Raymond, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9
8. TC- Aryaman Adik d. Will Grady, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
9. TC- Nku Patrick d. Ryan Leslie, 11-6, 11-3, 11-8
Trinity (Conn.) 8, Drexel 1
