HANOVER, N.H. — The No. 16 Columbia men's tennis team stretched its win streak to six with a 7-0 win over No. 40 Dartmouth to remain undefeated in Ivy League play at the Boss Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Lions improve to 15-3 with a perfect 5-0 conference record, while Dartmouth falls to 14-7, 3-2 Ivy.
 
It was the second meeting between the two teams yet this season after Columbia won a 4-1 decision over the Big Green in the second round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on January 27.
 
Columbia came out strong, winning the bottom two doubles courts to claim the early one-point advantage. Columbia's two team of Rian Pandole/Victor Pham improved to 16-1 on the season with a 6-3 win before Adam Ambrozy/Jason Lui earned a 6-3 triumph on court three. The Lions' 33rd-ranked pair of William Matheson/Jack Lin led No. 19 Charlie Broom/David Horneffer, 5-4, when the point was clinched.
 
Senior Timothy Wang helped extend Columbia's lead to two, winning in straight sets at the five position to stay unbeaten in Ivy League matches so far this season. Sophomore Austen Huang advanced to an impressive 12-1 mark in singles matches this season, bringing the score to 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 win on court six.
 
On court four, it was 104th-ranked Pandole who clinched the team victory, defeating Dartmouth's Peter Conklin in a second-set tiebreaker, 6-1, 7-6 (6).
 
The remaining courts were played out, with No. 125 Ambrozy lengthening the lead to 5-0 in straight sets before No. 32 Pham earned a three-set win over 60th-ranked Charlie Broom for his fifth ranked singles win of the season. At court two, 22nd-ranked Lin completed the sweep, fighting off two match points to win 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (11) in a 10-point third-set breaker.
 
Columbia continues its road weekend Sunday at No. 38 Harvard at 1 p.m. ET. The winner will be the last unbeaten team in the league as the Crimson handed Cornell its first conference loss today, 4-3. Harvard sits at 18-5 overall, 5-0 Ivy with the win.
 
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