NEW YORK, N.Y. – The No. 1 Trinity College men's squash team pecked its way to an 8–1 victory over host No. 7 Columbia University Sunday afternoon at SL Green StreetSquash. With the win, the Bantams improve to 10–0 on the season, while the Lions fall to 5–5.

How It Happened

Trinity's Joachim Chuah (No. 1), Wa-Sern Low (No. 4), Segundo Portabales (No. 6), Eyad Awad (No. 8), and Daniel Simon (No. 9) delivered straight-set sweeps over their Lions opponents.

Muhammad Ashab Irfan (No. 2), Benedek Takacs (No. 3), and Huzaifa Ibrahim (No. 5) claimed 3–1 victories after well-fought four-set matches. Dmytro Shcherbakov took the second set from Columbia's Varun Fuloria, 14–12, but dropped the third and fourth to surrender the match.

Match Results — Trinity 8, Columbia 1

No. 1: Joachim Chuah def. Yusuf Sheikh, 3–0 (11–3, 11–2, 11–3)
No. 2: Muhammad Ashab Irfan def. Franklyn Smith, 3–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–5, 11–7)
No. 3: Benedek Takacs def. Arhan Chandra, 3–1 (11–6, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9)
No. 4: Wa-Sern Low def. Ahmad Haq, 3–0 (11–5, 11–2, 11–5)
No. 5: Huzaifa Ibrahim def. Imad Athar, 3–1 (14–12, 4–11, 11–9, 11–9)
No. 6: Segundo Portabales def. Shaoqian Du, 3–0 (11–6, 11–6, 11–4)
No. 7: Varun Fuloria def. Dmytro Shcherbakov, 3–1 (11–8, 12–14, 11–8, 11–9)
No. 8: Eyad Awad def. Laszlo Godde, 3–0 (11–8, 11–3, 11–9)
No. 9: Daniel Simon def. Thomas Soltanian, 3–0 (11–5, 11–6, 11–4)

Next Up

Trinity travels to No. 4 Yale University on Wednesday, February 11, for a 5:30 p.m. matchup at the Brady Squash Center.