No. 16 Men's Tennis Matches Program?s Best Ranking in Initial ITA Poll
1/6/2015 2:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ITA Ranking
SKILLMAN, N.J. – Fresh off the program's best ever finish at the NCAA Championships and a record-setting season, the Columbia men's tennis team enters 2015 ranked 16th on the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Poll the ITA announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Lions match the top ranking in school history, which was reached earlier last season. Columbia, who competed at three premier fall tournaments and three championships this fall, ended last spring ranked No. 17.
Winston Lin headlines a pair of Lions on the singles poll as the senior comes in at No. 22 after capturing the Northeast Regional Championship and posting a 12-3 record this fall including six victories over ranked opponents.
Joining Lin on the singles list is junior Mike Vermeer who checked in at No. 124. Vermeer is also on the doubles list with partner sophomore Richard Pham at No. 21. Rounding out the doubles top-ten is Columbia's senior tandem of Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur.
The Lions will make the trip to the Peach State to open 2015 at the MLK Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech Jan. 17-19.
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