PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Senior
Aly Tolba (Alexandria, Egypt) continued his stellar play this weekend with a 3-0 win at the fourth position to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-4 victory over the Princeton University Tigers in the College Squash Association (CSA) National Tewm Championship Fifth-Place Match at Penn Squash Courts this afternoon. No. 3-seeded Trinity closes the year at 17-3 and No. 5-seeded Princeton ends at 8-6. Trinity junior Will Curtis (Joondalup, Australia) and first-year
Mateo Restrepo (Medellin, Colombia) both won five-setters, while sophomores
Mohamed Sharaf (New Cairo, Egypt) and
Abdelrahman Nassar (Shiekh Zayed City, Egypt) won 3-0 each at No. 2 and No. 3 on the ladder, respectively. Tolba and Curtis were both 3-0 for the Potter Cup Tournament.
MATCH RESULTS
1. P- Youssef Ibrahim d. Miko Äijänen, 11-2, 8-11, 11-1, 11-5
2. TC-
Mohamed Sharaf d. Daelum Mawji, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9
3. TC-
Abdelrahman Nassar d. Thomas Rosini, 11-1, 11-4, 11-8
4. TC-
Aly Tolba d. Duncan Joyce, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6
5. P- Alistair Cho d.
Julius Benthin, 11-9, 6-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-1
6. Ahmed Wael d.
Danial Izham, 13-11, 11-4, 11-3
7. TC-
Mateo Restrepo d. Zain Ahmed, 10-12, 4-11, 11-4, 13-11, 11-3
8. TC- Will Curtis d. Gordon Lam, 5-11, 11-4, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6
9. P- William Ezratty d.
Advait Adik, 8-11, 11-8, 1-11, 11-3, 11-8
Trinity (Conn.) 5, Princeton 4