No. 13 Men’s Tennis Hosts No. 40 Cornell in Regular Season Finale

Saturday, April 29

New York, N.Y.

1:00 PM

Columbia University

#40 Cornell

No. 13 Men’s Tennis Hosts No. 40 Cornell in Regular Season Finale

4/28/2023 12:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Garret Sulak

NEW YORK – The No. 13 Lions will wrap up the regular season Saturday afternoon at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center with a match against No. 40 Cornell. First serve is set for 1 p.m.

IVY LEAGUE ACTION

Columbia enters the weekend with an 18-3 overall record and 5-1 Ivy mark. The Lions went 2-0 last weekend with wins at home against Yale and Brown.

The Lions got the weekend started with a 5-2 win over Yale before capping it off with a 7-0 sweep of Brown.

LIONS IN THE RANKINGS

Two singles players and one doubles group are currently featured in the ITA rankings. First-year Michael Zheng has been ranked all spring. He came in at No. 14 in the first singles rankings and reached the No. 8 spot. Zheng is currently ranked No. 33 as the highest ranked individual on the team with a 16-4 record this spring that is highlighted by a nine-match win streak lasting from February to April. Max Westphal checked in at No. 111 in the most recent singles rankings as he is 12-4 in spring dual matches. Westphal and Theo Winegar came in at No. 44 in the doubles rankings.

As a team, the Lions started the season ranked No. 22 in the ITA team rankings. Columbia currently sits at No. 13 in the current ITA rankings.

Columbia jumped one spot up to No. 21 after the first week of dual action. The Lions then moved up to No. 19 and jumped to No. 11 after defeating Harvard to win the ECAC Championship.

The Lions reached their highest ranking of the season three weeks ago as they took the No. 9 spot before losing at No. 20 Tennessee.

This is the ninth year in a row that the Columbia men's tennis team has achieved a top-25 ranking. This is also the fourth time since 2018 that the Columbia men's tennis team has been ranked in the top 10.

THE MATCHUP

Cornell enters the weekend with a 17-5 overall record and 4-2 mark in Ivy League play. The Big Red is on a three-match win streak after defeating Brown and Yale last weekend at home. Cornell's two Ivy losses came to Penn and Harvard.

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