Trinity Men Clinch Potter Cup Top Seed With 6-3 Win Over Ivy Champion Harvard by David Kingsley February 10, 2015 Hartford, Conn.
- The visiting Trinity College Bantams recorded a 6-3 victory over the
Harvard University Crimson in men’s squash action this afternoon at
Barnaby Courts. Trinity, ranked No. 1 nationally, improves to
16-1 with its fifth-straight win, while No. 3-ranked Harvard falls to
8-3 with its first loss in eight matches and its first home setback
since a 5-4 loss to the Bantams on February 12, 2013 (18 wins in a
row). The win also gives Trinity some revenge after a 9-0 loss to the
Crimson in last season’s College Squash Association (CSA) National
Championship Finals at Harvard. This year’s tournament will take
place at Trinity for the first time on February 20 to 22.
Trinity led, 2-1, after the first wave, as first-year Omar Allaudin
(Lahore, Pakistan) started things off with a 3-1 win at No. 9 and
fellow rookie James Evans (Maidstone, England) stayed perfect for his
collegiate career (15-0) with a 3-2 triumph over Harvard sophomore
Devin McLaughlin (Villanova, Pa.) in the No. 6 match. After 3-1 Harvard
win at No. 3 by freshman Bradley Smith (Lancashire, England) over
Trinity first-year Rick Penders (Maastricht, Netherlands), Bantam
senior Miled Zarazua (Mexico City, Mexico) recorded an impressive 3-0
sweep of Harvard sophomore Dylan Murray (Bronxville, N.Y.) in the No. 2
match. Zarazua won the first game, 11-4, and held off Murray in
the second, 12-10, and the third, 16-14 for a 3-1 Bantam lead.
Murray and Zarazua were ranked No. 17 and No. 18, respectively, in the
nation among individuals at the end of last season.
The teams split the final two matches of the second wave with Trinity
sophomore Affeeq Ismail (Kuching, Malaysia) winning, 3-2, at No. 8,
recovering from an 11-3 loss in the fourth game to win the fifth, 11-9,
and Harvard freshman David Ryan (Dublin, Ireland) taking the No. 5
match, 3-1. Trinity senior co-captain Moustafa Hamada
(Alexandria, Egypt) and junior Juan Vargas (Bogota, Colombia) played
side-by-side on Courts 4 and 5, respectively, vying for the clinching
fifth point, and Vargas finished off his opponent first, 3-0, in the
No. 4 position to clinch the team victory for the Bantams. Vargas
grinded out a 12-10 win in game one against Harvard sophomore Bryan Koh
(Singapore), before breezing through the next two games, 11-4, and,
11-2. Hamada completed a 3-1 win at No. 7 shortly after, while
Crimson freshman Madhaz Dhingra (Delhi, India) outlasted Bantam senior
Vrishab Kotian (Mumbai, India) at the top of the ladder for a 3-2 win
to close out the scoring.
MATCH RESULTS
1. H- Madhaz Dhingra d. Vrishab Kotian, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6
2. TC- Miled Zarazua d. Dylan Murray, 11-4, 12-10, 16-14
3. H- Bradley Smith d. Rick Penders, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7
4. TC- Juan Vargas d. Bryan Koh, 14-12, 11-4, 11-2
5. H- David Ryan d. Karan Malik, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11
6. TC- James Evans d. Devin McLaughlin, 5-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3
7. TC- Moustafa Hamada d. Matt Roberts, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-3
8. TC- Affeeq Ismail d. Tyler Olson, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9
9. TC- Omar Allaudin d. Seif Elienen, 11-4, 9-11, 117-15, 11-7 Trinity (Conn.) 6, Harvard 3
