HARTFORD, Conn. - Alina Bushma edged Trinity College sophomore, 3-2, in the last individual match to lead the Drexel University Dragons to a 5-4 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in the semifinals of the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship (Howe Cup) Tournament this afternoon on Harvard University's Murr Courts.  No. 2-seeded Trinity falls to 14-2, snapping a seven-game winning streak, and will face No. 5-seeded Yale in the third-place match tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.  Drexel improves to 16-4 and will play top-seeded Harvard in the finals tomorrow.

Trinity senior tri-captain Nadiia Usenko (Kiev, Ukraine) earned a quick 3-0 win to improve to a perfect 12-0 this season at the No. 5 position, while classmate Sarahi Lopez (Zappopan, Mexico) and first-year Janna El Ashmawy (Alexandria, Egypt) won at No. 3 and No. 7, respectively, to keep the Bantams even with the Dragons at 3-3 through the first two waves.  Bantam rookie phenom Malak Moustafa (Alexandria, Egypt) outlasted Drexel's Karina Tyma at the top of the ladder, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-2, for the fourth Trinity point, but Brooke Herring swept Trinity junior Nanna Carleke (Karlskrona, Sweden), 3-0, to give the Dragons their fourth point.  Youssef won the first two close sets, 15-13, and, 11-9, but Bushma rallied to take the next three, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5.

MATCH RESULTS
1. TC- Malak Moustafa d. Karina Tyma, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-2
2. D- Alina Bushma d. Nouran Youssef, 13-15, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5
3. TC-  Sarahi Lopez d. Margot Prow, 11-9, 11-2, 3-11, 11-9
4. D- Noa Romero Blazquez d. Madeleine Hylland, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4
5. TC-  Nadiia Usenko d. Sanya Vats, 12-10, 11-6, 11-1
6. D- Brooke Herring d. Nanna Carleke, 12-10, 12-10, 11-7
7. TC- Janna El Ashmawy d. Ciara Richards, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
8. D- Amirah Rusydina Rosli d. Lily Taylor-French, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7
9. D- Lydia Robinson d. Zeinab Bakayoko, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4
Drexel 5, Trinity (Conn.) 4