CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — No. 6 Trinity College men's squash suffers first loss of the season at No. 1 Harvard University on Sunday with a final match score of 6-3. The Bantams fell to 9-1 remained undefeated with a 7-0 record. Trinity stays on the road with a 5:30 p.m. matchup at Drexel University on Wednesday.
First-yearsÂ
Joachim Chuah Han Wen (Shah Alam, Malaysia)Â andÂ
Benedek Takacs (Szatymaz, Hungary) both pull out wins for the Bantams, along withÂ
Khamal Cumberbatch (St. James, Barbados) at number 3, 8 and 9, respectively.
Chuah Han Wen battled long and hard for 3-2 victory spanning a lengthy hour and 24 minutes. The newcomer opened the match with an explosive 11-3 win, but Crimson Ido Burstein rallied back to win a pair before Chuah Han Wen snatched the final two including a narrow 12-10 win in the fifth match. Cumberbatch also had a tough matchup against Ayush Menon in the junior's 3-2 triumph. After taking the first two matches, Cumberbatch narrowly dropped a pair before securing the 11-9 win in the last match with Menon. Takacs post an undefeated record over Ishant Shah with a trio of close matches (13-11, 12-10, 11-8).
Trinity College v. Harvard University
1. HU - Marwan Tarek d.Â
Mohamed Sharaf (11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7)
2. HU - George Crowne d.Â
Abdelrahman Nassar (11-8, 11-3, 11-2 )
3. TC -Â
Joachim Chuah Han Wen d. Ido Burstein (11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-3, 12-10)
4. HU -Â Tate Harms d.Â
Marwan ElBorolossey (13-11, 13-11, 11-3)
5. HU - Denis Gilevskiy d.Â
Ahmed Ismail (11-8, 11-6, 11-8)
6. HU - David Costales d.Â
Julius Benthin (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
7. HU - Neel Joshi d.Â
Danial Izham (16-14, 12-10, 11-8)
8. TC -Â
Benedek Takacs d. Ishant Shah (13-11, 12-10, 11-8)
9. TC -Â
Khamal Cumberbatch d. Ayush Menon (11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 10-12, 11-9)
Trinity (Conn.) 3, Harvard University 6