No. 16 Lions Readied for Challenging Road Weekend at Dartmouth, Harvard

Saturday, April 20

Hanover, N.H.

1:00 PM

Columbia University

Dartmouth

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

No. 16 Lions Readied for Challenging Road Weekend at Dartmouth, Harvard

4/19/2019 10:36:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Columbia takes on No. 40 Dartmouth on Saturday before traveling to No. 38 Harvard Sunday

NEW YORK — The No. 16 Columbia men's tennis team continues its Ivy League slate with a pair of road matches at No. 40 Dartmouth Saturday and No. 38 Harvard Sunday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET.

Columbia is one of the final three unbeaten teams in league play, sitting at 14-3 overall with a 4-0 conference mark. Last weekend, the Lions took down No. 50 Princeton, 5-2, on Friday before blanking Penn, 7-0, on Sunday at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center.

"I think these last three matches will be our three toughest in the league," said Columbia head coach Bid Goswami. "These matches in the Ivy League, it's always about who comes ready, how much energy you have, how much poise and focus you have."

The Lions' lineup features three ranked doubles teams in No. 12 Jackie Tang/Jack Lin, No. 33 Lin/William Matheson and No. 63 Adam Ambrozy/Tang, as well as five ranked singles players in No. 22 Lin, No. 32 Victor Pham, No. 98 Tang, No. 104 Rian Pandole and No. 125 Ambrozy.

SCOUTING NO. 40 DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth enters Saturday's game with a 14-6 overall record, including a 3-1 mark in Ivy League matches. Since dropping its opening league contest against Princeton, Dartmouth has won three straight and sits one match back in the league standings.

Saturday's contest features a rematch of the ITA Kick-Off pairing which saw Columbia earn a 4-1 triumph over the Big Green to advance to the ITA National Indoors.

Dartmouth is led by junior Charlie Broom, who sits at No. 60 in the ITA singles rankings. Broom also teams with David Horneffer to form the 19th-ranked tandem.

SCOUTING NO. 38 HARVARD
Heading into the weekend, the Crimson are 17-5, 4-0 Ivy, but will face off against Cornell (13-8, 4-0 Ivy) on Saturday afternoon. Last weekend, Harvard defeated Yale, 6-1, and Brown, 4-0.

The Crimson's lineup includes two ranked doubles teams in No. 58 Logan Weber/Andy Zhou and No. 60 Brian Shi/Logan Weber.

ON DECK
Columbia will wrap up the regular season next Saturday, April 27, against Cornell at 1 p.m. The match will serve as Senior Day for Columbia's four seniors Pham, Matheson, Jack Turchetta and Timothy Wang.

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