HARTFORD, CONN. - Senior Aly Tolba (Alexandria, Egypt) earned a 3-2 victory in the No. 8 position, but the Trinity College Bantams were defeated by the No. 2-ranked Harvard University Crimson in men's squash action this evening at Kellner Center.  Trinity, ranked No. 3 nationally, falls to 9-2.  Harvard is now 11-1.  Trinity visits Dartmouth next on Sunday, January 30 at 3 p.m.  

Tolba and Harvard's Tate Harms alternated winning sets to get to 2-2 in an extremely close match from beginning to end.  Tolba outlasted his counterpart, 13-11, to take the victory in just over an hour of play. Harvard came out on top in two other barn burners in the bottom third.  Liam Rotzoll downed Trinity first-year Mateo Restrepo (Medellin, Colombia), 11-9, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 at the No. 7 spot.  Trinity junior Will Curtis (Joondalup, Australia) recovered from an 11-7 loss in the first set to take two 12-10 triumphs in a row, before falling in the last two sets, 11-9, and, 11-4, to Harvard's Connor Stoltz at the bottom of the ladder.  The Crimson won at the top six positions, including a 3-0 victory by Victor Crouin over Trinity junior Miko Aijanen (Jarvenpaa, Finland) at the top of the lineup.

MATCH RESULTS
1. H- Victor Crouin d. Miko Aijanen, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
2. H- Marwan Tarek d. Mohamed Sharaf, 2-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2
3. H- Samuel Scherl d. Ali El Toukhy, 7-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4
4. H- George Crowne d. Marwan El Borolossy, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
5. H- Adam Corcoran d. Julius Benthin, 11-7, 11-8, 11-0
6. H- Ido Burstein d. Danial Izham, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-3
7. H- Liam Rotzoll d. Mateo Restrepo, 11-9, 3-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9
8. TC- Aly Tolba d. Tate Harms, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11
9. Conner Stoltz d. Will Curtis, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4
Harvard 8, Trinity (Conn.) 1