CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18, 2008 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sophomore Baset Chaudhry (Lahore, Pakistan) dominated the No. 1 match against the nation's top-ranked player, Mauricio Sanchez (Mexico City, Mexico) with a 3-0 victory to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 8-1 win over the Princeton University Tigers in the College Squash Association (CSA) National Team Championship (Potter Trophy) Finals this afternoon at Harvard University. Trinity, ranked No. 1 in the nation, earns its 10th consecutive intercollegiate national championship crown and extends the nation's longest intercollegiate winning streak in any sport to 183 matches in a row.
Junior Rushabh Vora (Mumbai, India) started the match off with a quick, 3-0 win in the No. 9 match and juniors Manek Mathur (Mumbai, India) and Supreet Singh (Mumbai, India) posted 3-1 wins at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively to give Trinity a 3-0 lead. Bantam senior co-captain Simba Muhwati (Harare, Zimbabwe) won, 3-0, at No. 8 and freshman Parth Sharma (Jaipur, India) posted a 3-0 win at No. 5 to give Trinity the title after just five individual matches were completed. Trinity junior Gustav Detter (
Malmoe, Sweden) and freshman Andres Vargas (Bogota, Colombia) also posted victories, while senior Tom McKay (Ridgewood, N.J.) defeated Bantam freshman Randy Lim (Penang, Malaysia), 3-1, to account for the lone Tiger points.
The Trinity squash team, under the direction of former United States National Team coach Paul Assaiante (14th season, 241-10), has taken an innovative approach to building its program, using the College's impressive reputation around the globe to recruit international athletes from nations where squash is a major sport. Currently, Trinity boasts top players from Mexico, Jamaica, Sweden, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Trinity is a small, Division III school with an enrollment of just over 2,000 students, but it competes against the Ivy League and other Division I schools in squash. Trinity has a unique student following in the sport and has recently been recognized on a national level in features by the Associated Press, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated. |
