NEW YORK, N.Y. - 10 NESCAC men's squash athletes representing four institutions competed in the 2026 CSA Individual Championships men’s bracket on January 23 through 27 in New York City.
All five Trinity players reached the round of 32. The Bantam duo of Muhammad Ashab Irfan and Joachim Chuah advanced to the semifinals with Irfan, the No. 4 seed, finishing as the runner-up following a 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-3) setback to second-seeded Omar Hafez of the University of Pennsylvania in the championship match.
In Pool D play, Trinity’s Huzaifa Ibrahim defeated Shaurya Bawa of Columbia, 3-1 (11-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-7) to claim the Pool D title.
2026 CSA Men's Individual Championships - Jan. 23-27, 2026 - New York, NY
NESCAC Results
Round of 64
Youssef Sarhan, Cornell d.
Santiago Medina, Tufts – 3-2 (12-10, 11-6, 1-11, 7-11, 13-11)
Low Wa-Sern, Trinity d. Youssef Bastawy, Drexel – 3-0 (11-6, 11-1, 11-4)
Huzaifa Ibrahim, Trinity d. Joe Smythe, Dickinson – 3-1 (11-0, 11-13, 13-11, 11-6)
Yusuf Sheikh, Columbia d.
Devon Osborne, Amherst – 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4)
Denis Gilevskiy, Harvard d.
Hamza Wessam, Colby – 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-4)
Marwan Abdelsalam, Penn d.
Nachiket Desai, Tufts – 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-9)
Arvav Bhagwati, Yale d. Roman Parisi, Amherst – 3-2 (9-11, 13-15, 11-3, 11-9, 11-4)
Benedek Takacs, Trinity d. Philip Hyun Su Price, MIT – 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6)
Avi Agarwal, Princeton d.
Seif Ashraf, Colby – 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
Round of 32
Low Wa-Sern, Trinity d. David Costales, Harvard – 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-7)
Juan Jose Torres, UVA d.
Huzaifa Ibrahim, Trinity – 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5)
Muhammad Ashab Irfan, Trinity d. Maddox Moxham, Harvard – 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5)
Joachim Chuah, Trinity d. Guido Lindner, Drexel – 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
Benedek Takacs, Trinity d. Arav Bhagwati, Yale – 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5)
Round of 16
Low Wa-Sern, Trinity d. Juan Jose Torres, UVA – 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-2)
Muhammad Ashab Irfan, Trinity d. Lachlan Sutton, Yale – 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-8)
Joachim Chuah, Trinity d. Denis Gilevskiy, Harvard – 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)
Benedek Takacs, Trinity d. Juan Irisarri, UVA – 3-2 (11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Quarterfinals
Omar Azzam, Harvard d.
Low Wa-Sern, Trinity – 3-2 (11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9)
Muhammad Ashab Irfan, Trinity d. Salman Khalil, Penn – 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-3)
Joachim Chuah, Trinity d. Marwan Abdelsalam, Penn – 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-3)
Omar Hafez, Penn d.
Benedek Takacs, Trinity – 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-9)
Semifinals
Muhammad Ashab Irfan, Trinity d. Omar Azzam, Harvard – 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-9)
Omar Hafez, Penn d.
Joachim Chuah, Trinity – 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 3-11, 11-4)
Final
Omar Hafez, Penn d.
Muhammad Ashab Irfan, Trinity – 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-3)
