HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior
Aly Tolba (Alexandria, Egypt) won, 3-0, at the eighth spot in the lineup to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Princeton University Tigers in men's squash action this afternoon at Kellner Center. The No. 2-ranked Bantams improve to 8-1 and No. 3-ranked Princeton drops to 4-3 with its third consecutive setback. Trinity hosts top-ranked Harvard on Friday at 5 p.m.
Trinity swept positions five thru 8 thanks to Tolba's win and 3-1 triumphs by junior
Julius Benthin (Norderstedt, Germany) and first-years
Ahmed Ismail (Cairo, Egypt) and
Mateo Restrepo (Medellin, Colombia). Sophomore
Mohamed Sharaf (Shiekh Zayed City, Egypt) won, 3-1, at the second spot on the ladder, while sophomore
Ali El Toukhy (Cairo, Egypt) provided an exciting win, 3-2, over Cole Becker with a 12-10 victory in the fifth set after losing the fourth, 11-6.
MATCH RESULTS
1. P- Youssef Ibrahim d.
Miko Aijanen, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-5
2. TC-
Mohamed Sharaf d. Karim Elbarbary, 11-4, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5
3. TC-
Ali El Toukhy d. Cole Becker, 11-8, 11-13, 11-3, 6-11, 12-10
4. P- Thomas Rossini d. Marwan ElBorolossey, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
5. TC-
Julius Benthin d. Duncan Joyce, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10
6. TC-
Ahmed Ismail d. Alastair Cho, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7
7. TC-
Mateo Restrepo d. Maaz Katri, 11-9, 2-11, 11-5, 14-12
8. TC-
Aly Tolba d. Hao-Chen Cheng, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3
9. P- Zain Ahmed d. Will Curtis, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9
Trinity (Conn.) 6, Princeton University 3