No. 9 Men’s Squash Falters Against No. 1 Trinity

Tuesday, January 5

Kline & Specter Squash Center

4:00 p.m.

Drexel University

No. 1 Trinity

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

No. 9 Men’s Squash Falters Against No. 1 Trinity

1/5/2016 6:05:00 PM | Men's Squash

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 9 Drexel men's squash team (7-3) dropped its Tuesday matchup to open 2016 to the No. 1 Trinity Bantams (4-0) by a final of 9-0 at the Kline & Specter Squash Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

Junior Michael Thompson turned in a hard-fought loss in five games from the No. 4 position for Drexel as he fell to Trinity's Affeeq Ismail. Ismail took the first game, but Thompson grabbed the next two for the 2-1 Dragon lead. Ismail eventually won games four and five to take the match, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7.

The men will now gear up for an important matchup with No. 7 Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. on Saturday, Jan. 16 at noon.

No. 1 Trinity 9, No. 9 Drexel 0
1| Rick Penders (Trinity) def. Omar El Atmas (Drexel); 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 5-2 default
2| Michael Craig (Trinity) def. Atticus Kelly (Drexel); 11-3, 11-7, 11-6
3| Juan Vargas (Trinity) def. Bransten Ming (Drexel); 13-11, 11-7, 11-5
4| Affeeq Ismail (Trinity) def. Michael Thompson (Drexel); 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7
5| Tom De Mulder (Trinity) def. Luke Willemse (Drexel); 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
6| Omar Allaudin (Trinity) def. Noel Solomon (Drexel); 2-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
7| James Evans (Trinity) def. Mark Kauf (Drexel); 11-7, 11-6, 11-1
8| Tor Christofferson (Trinity) def. Nat Fry (Drexel); 11-8, 11-9, 11-1
9| Nku Patrick def. Joey Gingold (Drexel); 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
Order of Finish: 6, 8, 2, 9, 4, 7, 5, 1, 3