PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - After a first round bye, #1 Trinity Men's Squash stepped onto the hardwood in the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Team Championships where they edged Drexel 5-4 in the quarterfinals. Bantams will advance to the semifinals in the Potter Cup where they will compete against #5 Yale University.
Joachim Chuah Han Wen grabbed the first win of the match with 3-2 score over the Dragons' Yuri Pollak Pelbart, Bantams trailed 2-1 in the match. Ahmed Ismail went on to collect a 3-1 victory at the close of the second wave of matches, Drexel held onto their lead, 4-2.
In the final three matches the Bantams caught their second wind as Adbelrahman Nassar notched a 3-1 win to cut the deficit to 4-3 against the Dragons. In the final two matches both Mohamed Sharaf and Julius Benthin registered a pair of 3-1 victories clinching a 5-4 win advancing them to the next round of the championships.
Trinity vs Drexel College Results
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Mohamed Sharaf vs Nicolas Serna (7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8)3-1
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Aly El Tokhy vs Youssef Bastawy (6-11, 2-11, 11-6, 8-11 )1-3
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Joachim Chuah vs Yuri Pollak Pelbart (11-13, 11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-5)3-2
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Abdelrahman Nassar vs Haris Qasim (11-4, 11-4, 5-11, 13-11)3-1
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Benedek Takacs vs Fritiof Jacobsson (5-11, 7-11, 11-6, 7-11)1-3
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Khamal Cumberbatch vs Guido Lindner (12-14, 1-11, 13-11, 10-12)1-3
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Julius Benthin vs Jose Andres Lopez (11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 11-9)3-1
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Ahmed Ismail vs Sean Murphy (11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9)3-1
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Danial Izham vs Darien Benn (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-13)2-3
Trinity Men's Squash will compete tomorrow, Saturday, Mar. 2nd at 11AM against Yale University in the semifinals of the Potter Cup at the Arlen Specter Squash Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
