HARTFORD, Conn. - First-year Joachim Chuah Han Wen (Shah Alam, Malaysia) won the clinching match, 3-1, to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-4 win over the University of Pennsylvania Quakers in the semifinals of the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship Tournament this afternoon at Kellner Center. Trinity, seeded No. 6 in the field, improves to 17-4 and will face top-seeded Harvard in the finals tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

Trinity led, 2-1, after the first wave thanks to wins by rookie Benedek Takacs (Szatymacz, Hungary) and junior Mohamed Sharaf (Shiekh Zayed City, Egypt). The Quakers picked up the next two points to take a 3-2 lead before Bantam senior captain Julius Benthin (Norderstadt, Germany) earned a 3-1 victory at the No. 8 position to tie it at 3-all.

Penn took a 4-3 lead to set Chuah and Trinity junior Khamal Cumberbatch (St. James, Barbados) for some late heroics. Cumberbatch tied the match at 4-4 with a 3-1 win at the bottom of the ladder and Chuah came through at the Nom 3 spot to give Trinity the narrow victory.

MATCH RESULTS
Trinity v. Pennsylvania
1. Mohamed Sharaf d. Nathan Tze Bing Kueh, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-9
2. Nicholas Spizzirri d. Abdelrahman Nassar, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-8
3. Joachim Chuah d. Roger Alber Baddour, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
4. Omar Hafez d. Ahmed Ismail 11-6, 9-11, 11-0, 11-5
5. Dillon Huang d. Marawan ElBorolossy, 5-11, 11-1, 11-6, 11-4
6. Saksham Chodhary d. Daniel Simon, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4
7. Benedek Takacs d. Dana Santry, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 9-7 (conduct match)
8. Julius Benthin d. Tushar Shahani, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
9. Khamal Cumberbatch d. Abdelrahman Dweek, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
Trinity (Conn.) 5, Pennsylvania 4