No. 19 Lions Down Dartmouth on First Day of ECAC Championships

Friday, February 17

Hanover, N.H.

6:00 PM

Columbia University

Dartmouth

No. 19 Lions Down Dartmouth on First Day of ECAC Championships

2/18/2023 12:14:00 AM | Men's Tennis

ECAC Championships Bracket

Columbia is now 4-1 overall

By: Garret Sulak

HANOVER, N.H. – The No. 19 men's tennis team continued its strong start to the season Friday night as the Lions posted a 4-1 win over Dartmouth in the first round of the ECAC Championships at Dartmouth's Alexis Boss Tennis Center.

The duo of Alex Kotzen and Roko Horvat got the match started with a 6-1 win against Carlos Guerrero Alvarez and Hikaru Takeda in the No. 3 singles. Theo Winegar and Nicolas Kotzen then sealed the doubles point for the Lions with a 6-2 win over Alex Knox-Jones and Logan Chang at the No. 2 spot.

No. 14 Michael Zheng started singles action with an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win against Alvarez in the No. 1 singles to give the Lions a 2-0 advantage. Henry Ruger followed that up with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at the No. 5 singles against Takeda.

Knox-Jones posted Dartmouth's only team point of the match as earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Winegar in the No. 6 spot.

No. 32 Horvat capped off the Columbia win as he battled through a three-set match to take a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win against Miles Groom in the No. 2 singles.

RESULTS

DOUBLES
1 - Max Westphal/Michael Zheng (Columbia) led Waleed Qadir/Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 5-3
2 - Theo Winegar/Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Alex Knox-Jones/Logan Chang (Dartmouth), 6-2
3 - Alex Kotzen/Roko Horvat (Columba) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) 6-1

SINGLES
1 - Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-1
2 - Roko Horvat (Columbia) def. Miles Groom (Dartmouth), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
3 - Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) led Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-1, 5-7, 4-3 unfinished
4 - Max Westphal (Columbia) led Henry Ren (Dartmouth), 5-7, 6-3, 3-1 unfinished
5 - Henry Ruger (Columbia) def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-2
6 - Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Theo Winegar (Columbia), 6-4, 6-4

UP NEXT

The Lions advance to the second round of the ECAC Championships where they will face Penn for a 6 p.m. first serve Saturday.

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