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No. 4 Southern California Blanks No. 29 Men's Tennis at BNP Paribas Challenge
3/23/2015 9:24:00 AM | Men's Tennis
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – After splitting its first two matches at the BNP Paribas Collegiate Tennis Challenge presented by Oracle, the No. 29 Columbia men's tennis team faced off against Southern California in the third-place match. The Lions could not overcome the fourth-ranked Trojans as they fell, 4-0, inside the Indian Wells Tennis Garden to claim fourth.
USC (14-3) locked up the doubles point and zipped through three straight singles wins to secure the victory.
The 50th-ranked tandem of Eric Johnson and Max de Vroome handed Winston Lin and Mike Vermeer, who sit 57th in the nation, their first lost of the season, 6-4, in the second slot. The Trojans sealed the first point of the day with a 7-5 victory at No. 1 as No. 20 Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur fell to No. 4 Roberto Quiroz and Yannick Hanfmann.
On the third singles court, Johnson downed Schnur quickly, 6-0, 6-1. Meanwhile, on court one, No. 16 Lin was bested by No. 8 Hanfmann, 6-2, 6-1, as USC earned its third point of the day.
The match was put away when Shawn Hadavi lost to No. 50 de Vroome, 7-6(7-5), 6-4, in the fifth position.
The Lions retur to action Saturday, March 28 when Columbia opens its Ivy League schedule versus Cornell at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center.
#4 USC 4 #29 Columbia 0
Singles
1 - #8 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) defeated #16 Winston Lin (COL) 6-2, 6-1
2 - #20 Roberto Quiroz (USC) vs. #83 Dragos Ignat DNF
3 – Eric Johnson (USC) defeated Max Schnur (COL) 6-0, 6-1
4 - #35 Jonny Wang (USC) vs. Ashok Narayana DNF
5 - #50 Max de Vroome (USC) def. Shawn Hadavi (COL) 7-6(7-5), 6-4
6 - #51 Nick Crystal (USC) vs. Mike Vermeer DNF
Doubles
1 - #4 Roberto Quiroz/Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #20 Ashok Narayana/Max Schnur (COL) 7-5
2 - #50 Eric Johnson/Max de Vroome (USC) def. #57 Winston Lin/Mike Vermeer (COL) 6-4
3 – Nick Crystal/Thibault Forget (USC) vs. Bert Vancura/Dragos Ignat (COL) DNF
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3, 1, 5)
