Trinity Beats Cornell 6-3 in Potter Quarters by David Kingsley February 14, 2014 - Cambridge, Mass.
- The Trinity College Bantams advanced to the College Squash
Association (CSA) National Men's Team Championship (Potter Trophy)
Semifinals this afternoon with a 6-3 victory over the Cornell
University Big Red at Harvard University. Defending National
Champion Trinity, seeded No. 2 in the eight-team field, improves to
17-1 with its second win in a row and will face the No. 3-seeded Yale
University Bulldogs in the semifinals at Harvard tomorrow at
noon. No. 7-seeded Cornell falls to 9-6 with its second 6-3
setback this season against the Bantams, and will play No. 6-seeded
Rochester in the consolation round tomorrow.
Trinity received 3-0
victories by senior co-captain Matthew Mackin (Greenwich, Conn.),
junior Vrishab Kotian (Mumbai, India), and rookie Affeeq Ismail
(Kuching, Malaysia). Bantam junior John Lamont (Montreal, Quebec)
and sophomore Zeyad Elshorafy (Alexandria, Egypt) posted 3-1 triumphs.
MATCH RESULTS 1. C- Nicholas Sachvie d. Miled Zarazua, 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 2. C- Aditiya Jagtap d. Karan Malik, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 3. TC- Vrishab Kotian d. Kevin Flannery, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 4. TC- Juan Vargas d. Bryan Keating, 11-7, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5 5. TC- Zeyad Elshorafy d. Gustav Runersjo, 11-7, 6-11, 11-1, 11-8 6. C- Rishi Jalan d. Moustafa Hamada, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6 7. TC- Affeeq Ismail d. Graham Dietz, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 8. TC- Matthew Mackin d. Abhijit Malik, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 9. TC- John Lamont d. Harry Freeman, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9 Trinity (Conn.) 6, Cornell 3
