CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a packed Murr Center this afternoon, No. 2 Harvard Men's Squash (7-0, 3-0 Ivy) took on No. 6 Trinity (9-0, 5-0 NESCAC).  The Crimson grabbed the first three wins to pull ahead early before Denis Gilevskiy secured the clinching win.

Harvard Highlights

• George Crowne continued his domination of opponents by taking down Abdelrahman Nassar (Trinity) 3-0 at the No. 2 poisition.  Crowne only dropped 13 points on the day, the least by any Crimson player. 
• Tate Harms, Denis Gilevskiy, David Costales, and Neel Joshi all swept their opponents. 
• Denis Gilevskiy was able to clinch the win for the Crimson with his 3-0 victory over Ahmed Ismail at the No. 5 position with three matches outstanding.  Gilevskiy outscored his opponent 33-24, the second-best margin of any Crimson player on the day. 
• Marwan Tarek stretched his unbeaten season record to 6-0 with his 3-1 win over Mohamed Sharaf (Trinity).  Tarek has played all six matches at the No. 1 position for the Crimson. 
• Harvard grew their lead in the all-time series against Trinity to 34-30.  The Crimson have now won the last five contests between the two squads. 

Results

Harvard – 6, Trinity – 3

1. Marwan Tarek def. Mohamed Sharaf (Trinity), 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7)
2. George Crowne def. Abdelrahman Nassar (Trinity), 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-2)
3. Joachim Chuah (Trinity) def. Ido Burstein, 3-2 (11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-3, 12-10)
4. Tate Harms def. Marawan ElBorolossy (Trinity), 3-0 (13-11, 13-11,11-3)
5. Denis Gilevskiy def. Ahmed Ismail (Trinity), 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8)
6. David Costales def. Julius Benthin (Trinity), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
7. Neel Joshi def. Danial Izham (Trinity), 3-0 (16-14, 12-10,11-8)
8. Benedek Takacs (Trinity) def. Ishant Shah, 3-0 (13-11, 12-10, 11-8)
9. Khamal Cumberbatch (Trinity) def. Ayush Menon, 3-2 (11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 10-12, 11-9)

 
Order of finish: 2, 4, 7, 6, 9, 3, 5, 9, 1

Next up

The Crimson will return to action next weekend with a pair top five matchups for their first weekend back-to-back of the season.  Harvard is set for a battle in both contests as they face No. 3 Princeton and No. 2 Penn on January 21 and 22, respectively.  The three Ivy League teams make up the top three on the men's half of college squash.