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Men's Squash Falls To Top-Seed Trinity In Potter Cup Semifinals
2/21/2015 6:19:00 PM | Men's Squash
Hartford, Conn. - The Columbia men's squash team took on a touch challenge in the semifinal round of the Potter Cup at the CSA National Championships on Saturday, Feb. 21. The Lions faced top-seeded Trinity for the teams second meeting this season and the Bantams would once again hand Columbia a 7-2 defeat.
Despite the loss, Columbia's Osama Khalifa posted a 3-0 win at the #2 position defeating Trinity's Miled Zarazua (11-9, 14-12, 11-5). Senior Ramit Tandon also delivered a 3-0 sweep at the top position over Trinity's Vrishab Kotian (11-2, 11-3, 12-10).
Up next, the Lions will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 22 to take on Harvard in a third-place playoff match at 1:30 p.m. Live updates will be provided by HERE .
TRINITY 7, COLUMBIA 2
#1 Ramit Tandon(COLUMBIA) def. Vrishab Kotian (11-2, 11-3, 12-10)
#2 Osama Khalifa (COLUMBIA) def. Miled Zarazua (11-9, 14-12, 11-5)
#3 Rick Penders (TRINITY) def. Rishi Tandon (12-10, 11-7, 11-6)
#4 Juan Vargas (TRINITY) def. Seif Attia (3-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5)
#5 Karen Malik (TRINITY) def. Mohamed AbdelMaksoud (8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9)
#6 James Evans (TRINITY) def. Joshua Sekhar (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9)
#7 Moustafa Hamada (TRINITY) def. Danial Saleem (9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8)
#8 Affeq Ismail (TRINITY) def. Arhum Saleem (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
#9 Omar Allaudin (TRINITY) def. Alex Nalle (9-11, 1-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8)
