PRINCETON, New Jersey — After earning All-America honors a season ago, ninth-ranked junior
Jack Lin went undefeated at the Farnsworth Ivy-Plus Tournament to open up the fall season, winning the Tiger Draw which featured five ranked players.
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All four of Lin's victories came in straight sets, first upending Indiana's William Piearsky, 6-3, 6-2, on Friday, before defeating Brown's Peter Litsky and No. 106 Scott Jones of Tennessee on Saturday. In the final, Lin took down Texas' Evin McDonald, 6-3. 6-1.
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Lin was one of four Lions who participating in the event, joined by sophomore
Ben Gollin, junior
Austen Huang and junior
Jason Lui.
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The Lions will be back in action this weekend as Lin travels to compete in the Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu, while members of the team will head to Charlottesville, Virginia, for the UVA Blue & Orange Classic.
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Full results from the Ivy-Plus tournament are below: Â
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 20
Doubles
Cheng/Shymansky (Yale) def. Gollin/Lui (Columbia), 8-7 (7)
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Singles
#9 Lin (Columbia) def. Piearsky (Indiana), 6-3, 6-2
Aggarwal (Kentucky) def. Gollin (Columbia), 6-1, 6-3
Huang (Columbia) def. Rosales (SMU), 6-4, 6-4
Lui (Columbia) def. Chen (Kentucky), 6-3, 6-3
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
Singles
#9 Lin (Columbia) def. Litsky (Brown), 6-2, 6-0
#9 Lin (Columbia) def. #106 Jones (Tennessee), 6-3, 6-4
Gollin (Columbia) def. Redding (Indiana), 4-6, 6-4. 1-0 (8)
Carlin (Michigan State) def. Gollin (Columbia), 6-3, 6-2
Lui (Columbia) def. Fletchall (Indiana), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Leon (SMU) def. Lui (Columbia), 6-1, 6-2
Huang (Columbia) def. Walker (Brown), 6-2, 6-0
Huang (Columbia) def. Talcott (William & Mary), 6-0, 6-1
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
Doubles
Gollin/Lui (Columbia) def. Sarita/Agarwal (Princeton), 8-1
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Singles
#9 Lin (Columbia) def. McDonald (Texas), 6-3, 6-1
Stodder (Tennessee) def. Gollin (Columbia), 7-6 (2), 6-2
Walker (Harvard) def. Huang (Columbia), 6-3, 6-3
Peters (Princeton) def. Lui (Columbia), 6-2, 6-1
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