PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The top-ranked Trinity College Men's Squash team defeated third-ranked Harvard University, 5-3, in the Potter Cup Final of the 2026 College Squash Association (CSA) Championships at the Arlen Specter Squash Center Sunday afternoon. The Bantams finish with a perfect 19-0 record, posting the 16^th perfect season in program history en route to their 18^th National Championship, and first since the 2017-18 season.
 
What Happened:

• The Bantams dispatched #8 Princeton (7-2) and #5 Yale (8-1) in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals, respectively, to earn a spot in the Potter Cup Final.
• Trinity opened the scoring when Joachim Chuah defeated Denis Gilevskiy in four games at the #1 position. Harvard quickly responded as Jacob Lin defeated Dmytro Shcherbakov in four games at #7 to level the team score.
• Harvard took the lead when Christian Capella staged a dramatic comeback against Wa-Sern Low at #4. After losing the first two games, Capella won the next three to give Harvard a 2–1 advantage.
• Trinity answered soon after when Benedek Takacs defeated Omar Azzam in three games at #3. Although the match was decided in straight games, it was a tightly contested 52-minute battle, bringing the team score back to 2–2.
• Momentum continued to swing when Daniel Simon defeated Segev Rome in three games at #8 to give Trinity a 3–2 lead. Harvard responded once again when Maddox Moxham defeated Huzaifa Ibrahim in four games at #5 to level the match at 3–3.
• With the championship on the line, Muhammad Ashab Irfan delivered a crucial victory for Trinity, defeating David Costales in three games at #2 to put Trinity ahead 4–3 and within one point of the title.
• Attention then turned to the #9 match, where Ishant Shah of Harvard won the opening game against Javier Romo Lopez, raising the possibility that the match might come down to the final courts. Romo Lopez responded by winning the next three games to secure the decisive fifth point for Trinity.
• The final match between Segundo Portabales and Alexander Broadbridge at #6 had begun but was halted after two games at 1–1 as a dead rubber once Trinity clinched the team victory.

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Results:
Trinity 5, Harvard 3

• #1 – Joachim Chuah (Trinity) def. Denis Gilevskiy (Harvard) – 3–1
• #2 – Muhammad Ashab Irfan (Trinity) def. David Costales (Harvard) – 3–0
• #3 – Benedek Takacs (Trinity) def. Omar Azzam (Harvard) – 3–0
• #4 – Christian Capella (Harvard) def. Low Wa-Sern (Trinity) – 3–2
• #5 – Maddox Moxham (Harvard) def. Huzaifa Ibrahim (Trinity) – 3–1
• #6 – Segundo Portabales (Trinity) vs. Alexander Broadbridge (Harvard) – 1–1, match stopped (dead rubber)
• #7 – Jacob Lin (Harvard) def. Dmytro Shcherbakov (Trinity) – 3–1
• #8 – Daniel Simon (Trinity) def. Segev Rome (Harvard) – 3–0
• #9 – Javier Emilio Romo Lopez (Trinity) def. Ishant Shah (Harvard) – 3–1

Source: College Squash Association