Trinity Men Down Rochester 7-2 by David Kingsley January 25, 2014 Hartford, Conn.
- First-year Affeeq Ismail(Kuching, Malaysia) won of four early matches
for the Trinity College Bantams, sweeping his opponent in the No. 8
position in the lineup by a combined score of 33-11, to lead the
Trinity College Bantams to a 7-2 victory over the visiting University
of Rochester Yellowjackets in men's squash action this afternoon at
Kellner Center. Defending National Champion Trinity, ranked No. 1 in
the nation, remains perfect this year at 11-0 with its 30th straight
win and its 161st consecutive victory at home. No. 5-Ranked Rochester
drops to 6-3 with its second straight setback.
Trinity senior captain
Matthew Mackin(Greenwich, Conn.) made quick work of his No. 9 opponent
with an 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 win, and sophomore Zeyad Elshorafy(Alexandria,
Egypt), Ismail, and junior Elroy Leong(Selangor, Malaysia) won shortly
after to give the Bantams a 4-0 lead. Rochester's Mario Yanez won, 3-1,
over Bantam junior Vrishab Kotian(Mumbai, India) at No. 3, but Trinity
junior Moustafa HamadaAlexandria, Egypt) answered with a 3-0 win to
give the Bantams the win after six matches. Sophomores Karan
Malik(Mumbai, India) and Juan Vargas(Bogota, Colombia) added wins for
Trinity, and Neil Cordell won for Rochester a the No. 1 spot.
MATCH RESULTS 1. R-Neil Cordell d. Miled Zarazua, 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 5-11, 8-11 2. TC-Karan Malik d. Ryosei Kobayashi, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 2-11, 11-9 3. R-Mario Yanez d. Vrishab Krotian, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11 4. TC-Juan Vargas d. William Mohr, 11-2, 5-11, 8-11, 11-2, 18-16 5. TC-Elroy Leong d. Aria Fazelimanesh, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 6. TC-Zeyad Elshorafy d. Karm Kumar, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 7. TC-Moustafa Hamada d. Meng Xiaomen, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 8. TC-Alfeeq Ismail d. Jesse Cramer 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 9. TC-Matthew Mackin d. Christian Riedelsheimer, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 Trinity (Conn.) 7, Rochester 2
