PHILADELPHIA – Hamilton College dominated the bottom portion of the ladder and the Continentals edged the St. Lawrence University Saints 5-4 in a Summers Cup semifinal at the 2026 College Squash Association (CSA) Divisional Team Championships inside Arlen Specter US Squash Center on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 28.
Hamilton (11-10 overall) defeated St. Lawrence by the same score in Canton, N.Y., on Feb. 8. The Continentals were 23rd in the Feb. 23 CSA varsity team rankings and seeded third in the Summers Cup draw. The Saints were 27th in the varsity team rankings and the seventh seed in the Summers Cup draw.
Jacob Li '29 came up with the clutch performance of the day for Hamilton. Li dropped the first two games of his fifth position match against Alexander Scott but rallied for the victory by taking the last three, including 12-10 in the third game.
Lucas Walden '28 was edged by Harrison Callaway in the first game of his match at the sixth position before roaring back with wins in the next three.
Cooper Jessop '27 won by default at the seventh position.
Carlo Caffuzzi '27 and
William Gianopulos '29 swept their opponents in three games at the eighth and ninth positions, respectively. Caffuzzi, who joined the team in January after studying off campus in the fall, improved his record to 8-4. Gianopulos extended his match win streak to nine and has a team-best record of 14-6.
The Continentals take on NESCAC foe Bowdoin College in the Summers Cup final on Sunday, March 1 at noon.
RESULTS
2026 CSA Divisional Team Championships
Summers Cup Semifinal
No. 23 Hamilton 5, No. 27 St. Lawrence 4
#3 seed vs. #7 seed
February 28, 2026
Arlen Specter US Squash Center (Philadelphia)
1. Mina Yousef (SL) d.
Jacob Shulman 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4)
2. Miguel Posada Villa (SL) d.
Atreyus Bhavsar 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)
3. Emirhan Sen (SL) d.
Tobey Suratt 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-1)
4. Patrick Walford (SL) d.
Joseph Applebaum 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-8)
5.
Jacob Li (H) d. Alexander Scott 3-2 (10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9)
6.
Lucas Walden (H) d. Harrison Callaway 3-1 (10-12, 11-2, 13-11, 11-5)
7.
Cooper Jessop won by default
8.
Carlo Caffuzzi (H) d. Gavin Cassidy 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-8)
9.
William Gianopulos (H) d. Dmitry Stepanenko 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-4)
Records: St. Lawrence 8-11; Hamilton 11-10.
