Trinity Men Beat No 4 St Lawrence 6-3 by David Kingsley
Amr Khalifa
February 8, 2014
- Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore Juan Vargas (Bogota, Colombia) won the
deciding match, 3-0, in the No. 4 spot to lead the Trinity College
Bantams past the visiting St. Lawrence University Saints in men's
squash action this afternoon at Kellner Center. Top-ranked Trinity
improves to 16-1, rebounding from its first loss since 2012 on Tuesday
against No. 2-ranked Harvard. The Saints, ranked No. 4 nationally, fall
to 10-3 with their first loss in three matches. Trinity should secure
the No. 2 seed in next weekend's College Squash Association (CSA)
National Championships (Potter Trophy) at Harvard.
Juniors Vrishab Kotian
(Mumbai, India) and Moustafa Hamada (Old Bridge, N.J.) gave Trinity a
2-1 lead after the first wave with wins at No. 3 and No. 6,
respectively. Sophomore Zeyad Elshorafy (Alexandria, Egypt) won
quickly, 3-0, in the No. 5 match, and senior captain No. 8 Matthew
Mackin (Greenwich, Conn.) won, 3-1, for a 4-2 Trinity advantage after
two waves. Kotian won the fifth Trinity point, 11-1, 12-10, 11-7, and
rookie Affeeq Ismail (Kuching, Malaysia) won a five-setter at No. 7 to
round out the Bantam scoring.
MATCH RESULTS 1. SL-Amr Khalifa d. Miled Zarazua, 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 2. SL-Moustafa Bayoumy d. Karan Malik, 11-3, 10-12, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8 3. TC-Vrishab Kotian d. Ibrahim Khan, 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 4. TC-Juan Vargas d. Vir Seth, 11-1, 12-10, 11-7 5. TC-Zeyad Elshorafy d. Kyle Ogilvy, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 6. TC-Moustafa Hamada d. Sebastian Riedelsheimer, 11-7, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6 7. TC-Affeeq Ismail d. Anderson Good, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6 8. TC-Matthew Mackin d. Chris Fernandez, 11-13, 13-11, 11-4, 11-5 9. SL-Duncan Maxwell d. John Lamont, 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8 Trinity (Conn.) 6, St. Lawrence 3
