ORLANDO, Fla. — Columbia sophomore Jack Lin wrapped up his run in the 2019 NCAA Division I Singles Championship, dropping a hard-fought match to Mississippi State's Giovanni Oradini on Wednesday evening at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.
 
The first set was back-and-forth to begin, but after being knotted at 2-2, Lin won four of the next five games to gain the early advantage. Oradini would come back and claim the second set, 6-4, sending the match to a decisive third. After trailing 5-3, Lin would battle to take one game back, but Oradini held serve to ultimately take the match and advance to tomorrow's quarterfinal.
 
With his second-round win on Tuesday, Lin became the fifth All-American in program history and the first since Winston Lin '15CC advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament in 2015.
 
Lin ends the season with an overall 28-8 mark in singles competition. He was named the 2019 ITA Northeast Region Player to Watch in addition to earning All-Ivy League singles and doubles selections.
 
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2019 NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
Singles
Round of 64
No. 22 Jack Lin (COL) def. No. 35 Alex Lebedev (ND), 6-2, 7-5
No. 37 Victor Pham (COL) def. No. 27 Carlos Divar (GT), 6-2, 6-2
 
Round of 32
No. 22 Jack Lin (COL) def. No. 31 Carlos Aguilar (TAMU), 7-6 (6), 6-2
No. 12 Yuya Ito (TEXAS) def. No. 37 Victor Pham (COL), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
 
Round of 16
No. 61 Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. No. 22 Jack Lin (COL), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
 
Doubles
Round of 32
No. 6 Timo Stodder/Preston Touliatos (TENN) def. No. 30 Jack Lin/William Matheson (COL), 6-0, 4-6, 12-10