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No. 6 Men's Squash Clipped by No. 1 Harvard, 6-3

Joachim Chuah, Benedek Takacs and Khamal Cumberbatch each won their matches on the road for the Bantams.

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-years Joachim Chuah Han Wen (Shah Alam, Malaysia) and Benedek Takacs (Szatymaz, Hungary) both pull out wins for the Bantams, along with 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. Mohamed Sharaf (11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7)
2. HU - George Crowne d. Abdelrahman Nassar (11-8, 11-3, 11-2 )
3. TC - Joachim Chuah Han Wen d. Ido Burstein (11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-3, 12-10)
4. HU - Tate Harms d. Marwan ElBorolossey (13-11, 13-11, 11-3)
5. HU - Denis Gilevskiy d. Ahmed Ismail (11-8, 11-6, 11-8)
6. HU - David Costales d. Julius Benthin (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
7. HU - Neel Joshi d. Danial Izham (16-14, 12-10, 11-8)
8. TC - Benedek Takacs d. Ishant Shah (13-11, 12-10, 11-8)
9. TC - Khamal Cumberbatch d. Ayush Menon (11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 10-12, 11-9)

Trinity (Conn.) 3, Harvard University 6
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