10th-Ranked Men’s Tennis Bounces Back to Defeat No. 30 Princeton, 4-0

Friday, April 5

New York, N.Y.

2:00 PM

Columbia

#30 Princeton

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Lem Photography

10th-Ranked Men’s Tennis Bounces Back to Defeat No. 30 Princeton, 4-0

4/5/2024 7:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

Columbia earns its first Ivy League win of the season

By: Garret Sulak

NEW YORK – The 10^th-ranked Columbia men's tennis team bounced back after last week's loss to Cornell with a 4-0 victory over No. 30 Princeton on Friday afternoon at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.

The Lions improve to 15-3 overall this season with a 1-1 mark in Ivy League action.

Columbia pulled away down the stretch to claim the doubles point and take the early lead over Princeton to start Friday's match. The 16^th-ranked duo of Theo Winegar and Michael Zheng worked a break that helped them take a lead and secure the 6-3 win over No. 31 Paul Inchauspe and Filippos Astreinidis in the top doubles.

Moments later, the No. 44 pair of Nicolas Kotzen and Max Westphal finished off a 6-4 win against Landon Ardila and Evan Wen in the No. 2 spot to clinch the doubles point for the Lions.

Alex Kotzen and Henry Ruger were deadlocked in a 5-5 match against Sebastian Sec and Alan Kam in the No. 3 doubles when the point was clinched, so their match was abandoned.

Nicolas Kotzen claimed the first singles victory of the afternoon with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Sec in the No. 3 spot. Ruger put Columbia ahead, 3-0 with a win over Wen in the No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-1.

Hugo Hashimoto clinched Columbia's 4-0 victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kam in the No. 5 singles.

Columbia finishes the weekend on the road at No. 55 Penn. First serve in Philadelphia is set for 1 p.m.

RESULTS
#10 Columbia 4, #30 Princeton 0

Singles
1. #20 Michael Zheng (COL) vs. #39 Paul Inchauspe (PRI) 6-3, 3-4 (unfinished)
2. #87 Alex Kotzen (COL) vs. Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRI) 6-7(5) (unfinished)
3. Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Sebastian Sec (PRI) 6-0, 6-1
4. Max Westphal (COL) vs. Landon Ardila (PRI) 6-1, 4-5 (unfinished)
5. Hugo Hashimoto (COL) def. Alan Kam (PRI) 6-1, 6-2
6. Henry Ruger (COL) def. Evan Wen (PRI) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. #16 Theo Winegar/Michael Zheng (COL) def. #31 Paul Inchauspe/Filippos Astreinidis (PRI) 6-3
2. #44 Nicolas Kotzen/Max Westphal (COL) vs. Landon Ardila/Evan Wen (PRI) 6-4
3. Alex Kotzen/Henry Ruger (COL) vs. Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam (PRI) 5-5 (unfinished)

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,6,5)

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