PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Junior tri-captain Julius Benthin (Norderstedt, Germany) posted a 3-0 win at the fifth position to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-4 victory over the University of Virginia Cavaliers in the consolation round of the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship Tournament this afternoon at Penn Squash Center.  No. 3-seeded Trinity improves to 16-3 and will play Princeton tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. in the fifth-place match of the tournament.  No. 7-seeded Virginia falls to 12-7.  

Trinity senior Aly Tolba (Alexandria, Egypt) earned a decisive win at the No. 4 spot.  After losing the first set, 17-15, he won three easy sets, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2.  Bantam junior tri-captain Miko Aijanen (Jarvenpaa, Finland) and sophomore Advait Adik (Mumbai, India) pulled out marathon five-setters early.  Aijanen won, 11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11 over Virginia's Aly Hussein at the top of the ladder in a match that lasted nearly two hours.  Adik came back from a 2-0 hole against William Holey to win the third set, 14-12, and cruised from there, 11-2, 11-6.  Will Curtis (Joondalup, Australia) added another hard-fought Bantam triumph to collect the fifth and decisive point.  Curtis and Virginia's C.J. Baldini were tied, 2-2, before Curtis won the fifth, 11-6, to clinch the match.

MATCH RESULTS
Trinity v. Virginia
1, TC- Miko Äijänen d. Aly Hussein, 11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11
2. V- Omar El Torkey d. Mohamed Sharaf, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
3. V- Taha Dinana d. Abdelrahman Nassar, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7
4. TC- Aly Tolba d. Cullen Little, 15-17, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2
5. TC- Julius Benthin d. Tyler Mackesy, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6
6. V- Myles McIntyre d. Mateo Restrepo, 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7 
7. TC- Will Curtis d. C.J. Baldini, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6
8, TC- Advait Adik d. William Holey, 6-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-2, 11-6
9. V- Charles Braff d. Utkarsh Baheti, 14-16, 11-5, 13-15, 11-8, 11-1
Trinity (Conn.) 5, Virginia 4