ARLINGTON, Texas — The No. 9 Columbia men's tennis team opened up its three-match road stretch on Monday evening with a 6-1 victory over UT Arlington at the UTA Tennis Center. The win marked 37th-year head coach Bid Goswami's 500th win at Columbia.
 
The Lions improve to 9-1 overall, extending their win-streak to five straight matches. UTA falls to 8-5 on the season.
 
Action opened up with a closely-contested doubles point, but Columbia came up on the winning end to grab the early advantage. After Victor Pham and Rian Pandole teamed up for a 6-4 victory on court three, it would come down to the No. 2 court where Jack Lin and Austen Huang overcame a 6-5 deficit to win the tiebreaker and clinch the first point.
 
On the top court, 31st-ranked Pham extended Columbia's lead to two, winning 6-4, 6-2 over UTA's Enrique Pardo. Junior Alex Keyser saw the court for the first time this dual season, picking up an impressive 6-0, 6-1 win on court for to bring the Lions within one of the team victory. Huang sealed it with a 6-5, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles.
 
Columbia tacked on two more points to its total as senior Timothy Wang and 76^th-ranked junior Adam Ambrozy turned in winning performances on courts six and three, respectively.
 
UTA earned its lone point of the match as No. 11 Lin dropped a tough 10-point third-set tiebreak at No. 2 singles.
 
Columbia will return to action Wednesday, March 21, for the second match in its Lone Star State trip, taking on No. 12 TCU at 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
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#9 Columbia 6, UT Arlington 1
UTA Tennis Center – Arlington, Texas
March 18, 2019
 
Singles (Order of Finish: 1-4-5-6-3-2)
1. #31 Victor Pham (CU) def. Enrique Pardo (UTA) 6-4, 6-2
2. Guanarteme Nuez (UTA) def. #11 Jack Lin (CU) 7-6, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
3. #76 Adam Ambrozy (CU) def. Mauricio Rio (UTA) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Alex Keyser (CU) def. Miguel Cabrera (UTA) 6-1, 6-0
5. Austen Huang (CU) def. Alejandro Hayen (UTA) 6-4, 7-5
6. Timothy Wang (CU) def. Eduard Simo (UTA) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3-1-2)
1. Guanarteme Nuez/Mauricio Rio (UTA) def. William Matheson/Adam Ambrozy (CU) 7-6
2. Jack Lin/Austen Huang (CU) def. Enrique Pardo/Eduard Simo (UTA) 7-6
3. Victor Pham/Rian Pandole (CU) def. Miguel Cabrera/Alejandro Hayen (UTA) 6-4
 
 
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