No. 11 Men’s Tennis Comes Up Short At No. 15 Harvard

Sunday, April 16

Cambridge, Mass.

1:00 PM

Columbia University

#15 Harvard

No. 11 Men’s Tennis Comes Up Short At No. 15 Harvard

4/16/2023 10:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

By: Garret Sulak

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – In their third meeting of the season, Harvard took a 4-3 win to notch its second win over Columbia in 2023.

Columbia won the previous meeting between the teams in the ECAC Championship match after Harvard won the season opener at the ITA Kickoff Classic event. The Lions are now 16-3 overall for the season and 3-1 in conference play with three Ivy League matches remaining on the schedule.

The Lions got the afternoon started by taking the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 3 spots. The duo of Theo Winegar and Michael Zheng cruised to a 6-1 win over No. 60 Daniel Milavsky and Harris Walker in the No. 1 spot. Alex Kotzen and Roko Horvat followed that up with a 7-5 win over Henry Von Der Schulenburg and Alan Yim to clinch the doubles point.

Nicolas Kotzen and Max Westphal teamed up at the No. 2 spot. They trailed Ronan Jachuck and Steven Sun, 5-6 as the match went unfinished once the Lions clinched the doubles point.

The Crimson answered back at the start of singles play as No. 34 Walker battled to defeat No. 108 Westphal in a three-set, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 win.

Alex Kotzen fought through two tiebreakers at the No. 4 spot to earn a 7-6(3), 7-6(5) win over Milavsky as Columbia reclaimed the lead, 2-1.

Harvard's Sun followed that with a three-set, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win against Henry Ruger in the No. 5 spot. Nicolas Kotzen then came back from a set down to post a 4-6, 7-6(6), 3-6 win against Valdemar Pape in the No. 6 singles to give the Lions a 3-2 lead.

The Crimson would win the last two singles matches at the No. 1 and 3 spots to finish off the 4-3 win. No. 30 Schulenburg took a 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 win against No. 24 Zheng in the No. 1 singles. No. 115 Jachuck clinched the Harvard win with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5) victory in the No. 3 singles.

RESULTS

#15 Harvard – 4, #11 Columbia – 3

Doubles

Theo Winegar/Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. No. 60 Daniel Milavsky/Harris Walker, 6-1
Ronan Jachuck/Steven Sun vs. Nicolas Kotzen/Max Westphal (Columbia), DNF 6-5
Alex Kotzen/Roko Horvat (Columbia) def. Henry von der Schulenburg/Alan Yim, 7-5

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles

No. 30 Henry von der Schulenburg def. No. 24 Michael Zheng (Columbia), 5-7, 7-5, 6-0
No. 34 Harris Walker def. No. 108 Max Westphal (Columbia), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 115 Ronan Jachuck def. Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Alex Kotzen (Columbia) def. Daniel Milavsky, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
Steven Sun def. Henry Ruger (Columbia), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Valdemar Pape, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 3-6

Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 6, 1, 3

UP NEXT

The Lions return home next weekend for a pair of Ivy League matches against No. 75 Yale and Brown. Columbia will host Yale for a 1 p.m. match Saturday before hosting Brown on Sunday for a 1 p.m. first serve.

FOLLOWING THE LIONS

Stay up to date on all things Columbia Men's Tennis by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsMTEN), Instagram (@culionsmten) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).