Men's Squash Falls to Trinity in CSA Quarterfinals

Friday, February 24

Hartford, Conn.

3:00 PM

Princeton University

Trinity

Men's Squash Falls to Trinity in CSA Quarterfinals

February 25, 2023 | Men's Squash

Princeton, NJ - The Princeton Men's squash team fell to the Trinity College Bantams in the College Squash Association Team Championship Quarterfinals on Friday afternoon 3-5.

The Bantams took the victory on their home court to advance to Saturday's semifinal round.

Despite Federico Sosa's five game, 3-2 victory at the No. 9 position to start off scoring for the Tigers, Trinity took a 4-1 lead with wins from the No. 1, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 7 position.

Princeton saw another victory at the No. 2 position when Karim Elbarbary defeated his opponent 3-1, and at the No. 5 position where Alhassan Khalil took an exciting 3-2 victory to secure another Princeton point to put the Tigers just behind Trinity, 3-4.

The match came down to Gordon Lam and Julius Benthin at the No. 8 position. Both players alternated wins back and forth for a 2-2 tie, and despite a hard-fought effort from Lam, Benthing was able to clinch the match for Trinity with a final 11-4 win in the fifth game, and secure the Bantam win.

The ninth match was not played between Ahmed Hussein and Ahmed due to Trinity's clinch.

Up Next

Princeton will play No. 7 Drexel in a first round, consolation match at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25th.

Results

Trinity 5, Princeton 3

Daelum Mawji def. by Mohamed Sharaf 1-3 (6-11,13-11,8-11, 6-11)
Karim Elbarbary def. Abdelrahman Nassar 3-1 (6-11,11-9,11-8,11-8)
Thomas Rosini def. by Joachim Chuah 1-3 (9-11,5-11,11-9,8-11)
Ahmed Hussein and Ahmed Ismail DNF
Alhassan Khalil def. Marawan ElBorolossy 3-2 (6-11, 11-13, 11-9, 14-12, 11-2)
Alastair Cho def.by Daniel Simon 2-3 (8-11,10-12,13-11,11-8,9-11)
Zain Ahmed def. by Benedek Takacs 0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 7-11)
Gordon Lam def. by Julius Benthin 2-3 (7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 4-11)
Federico Sosa def. Shomari Khamal Cumberbatch 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-2, 11-7)