Columbia University
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Men's Tennis Nips Harvard, 4-3, to Remain Undefeated In Ivy League Play
4/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Columbia and Harvard split the six singles matches and the match came down to the doubles point, where Jimmy Moore and Marty Moore and Jared Drucker and Dan Urban won, clinching the victory for the Lions, who improve to 12-2 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League.
Mark Clemente, Drucker and Urban each won their singles matches, and it was the doubles point that decided the match.
Jimmy Moore and Marty Moore captured an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles and Harvard took the 8-6 win at No. 2. Jared Drucker and Dan Urban won a close 9-8 (2) victory at No. 3 as the Lions took two of three in doubles to gain the win.
Columbia will continue its Ivy League slate on Friday, April 14 at Yale at 2:30 p.m.
Singles
No. 1 - Ashwin Kumar (H) def. Jimmy Moore (C), 7-6, 0-6, 6-1
No. 2 - Mark Clemente (C) def. Chris Clayton (H), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 - Sasha Ermakov (H) def. Paul Ratchford (C), 5-7, 6-2, 7-6
No. 4 - Dan Nguyen (H) def. Marty Moore (C), 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 - Jared Drucker (C) def. Shantanu Dhaka (H), 6-3, 6-1,
No. 6 - Dan Urban (C) def. Scott Denenberg (H), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - Moore/Moore (C) def. Kumar/Brandon Chiu (H), 8-3
No. 2 - Danenberg/Gideon Valkin (H) def. Ratchford/Scott Robbin (C), 8-6
No. 3 - Drucker/Urban (C) def. Dhaka/Nguyen (H), 9-8 (2)
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