NEW HAVEN, Conn. —
Mohamed Sharaf (Shiekh Zayed City, Egypt)
, Ahmed Ismail (Cairo, Egypt) and
Julius Benthin (Norderstedt, Germany) tied the match at three apiece for the Trinity College men's squash team on the road at No. 4 Yale University, but the Bulldogs defeated the Bantams 6-3 on Wednesday. Trinity fell to 12-4 on the season, while Yale moved to 7-3. The Bantams travel to Williams College for the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship Tournament on February 10-12. After being down a pair of matches, Benthin rallied back for the Navy & Gold and bested Arav Bhagwati at the No. 6 spot in the fifth match.
MATCH RESULTS
Trinity College v. Yale University
1. TC -
Mohamed Sharaf def. Siow Yee Xian, 11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7
2. YU - Maxwell Orr def.
Abdelrahman Nassar, 11-9, 12-10, 3-11, 6-11, 15-13
3. YU - Max Forster def.
Joachim Chuah Han Wen, 9-11, 14-16, 13-11, 11-6, 8-4 RE
4. YU - Ted Carney def.
Marwan ElBorolossey, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
5. TC -
Ahmed Ismail def. Jed Burde, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4
6. TC -
Julius Benthin def. Arav Bhagwati, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6
7. YU - Brian Leonard def.
Benedek Takacs, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
8. YU - Eric Kim def.
Khamal Cumberbatch, 11-4, 11-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9
9. YU - Merritt Wurts def.
Advait Adik, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-9
Trinity (Conn.) 3, Yale 6