NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 4 Yale men's squash team defeated No. 6 Trinity, 6-3, at the Brady Squash Center. The win puts the Bulldogs at 7-3 overall, while the Bantams fell to 12-4.
In a lively senior night atmosphere,
Eric Kim put on a strong and exciting showing in his match. Kim took the first set before his opponent took the following two by small margins. He managed to gain momentum, coming back to win the final two sets by four and two points, respectively, to take the five-set victory.
After falling by eight points in the first set,
Merritt Wurts powered to three-straight wins, including a dominating nine-point victory in the succeeding set.
Match Results
- Mohamed Sharaf (TRIN) def. Siow Yee Xian (YAL)—3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7)
- Maxwell Orr (YAL) def. Abdelrrahman Nassar (TRIN)—3-2 (11-9, 12-10, 3-11, 6-11, 15-13)
- Max Forster (YAL) def. Joachiim Chuah (TRIN) —2-2 (9-11, 14-16, 13-11, 11-6, 8-4 RE)
- Tad Carney (YAL) def. Marawan ElBorrolossy (TRIN)—3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8)
- Ahmed Ismail (TRIN) def. Jed Burde (YAL)—3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4)
- Julius Benthin (TRIN) def. Arav Bhagwati (YAL)—3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6)
- Brian Leonard (YAL) def. Benedek Takacs (TRIN)—3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4)
- Eric Kim (YAL) def. Khamal Cumberbatch (TRIN)—3-2 (11-4, 11-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9)
- Merritt Wurts (YAL) def. Advait Adik (TRIN)—3-1 (3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8)
Up Next
Yale will hit the road for the final two matches of the regular season with the first stop in Rochester Hills, Mich. against Western University on Feb. 11.
