No. 10 Columbia Men's Tennis Cruises Past No. 55 Penn, 4-0

Sunday, April 7

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 PM

Columbia

#55 Penn

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Lem Photography

No. 10 Columbia Men's Tennis Cruises Past No. 55 Penn, 4-0

4/7/2024 9:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

The Lions improve to 16-3 overall this season

By: Garret Sulak

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The 10^th-ranked Columbia men's tennis team finished the weekend with two Ivy League wins after defeating Penn, 4-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Hamlin Tennis Center.

Columbia improves to 16-3 overall this season and 2-1 in Ivy League action after defeating No. 30 Princeton and No. 55 Penn this weekend.

The Lions took the doubles point to start the match with the lead. Alex Kotzen and Henry Ruger took a 6-3 win over Kian Vakili and Tal Goodman in the No. 3 doubles. The 16^th-ranked duo of Theo Winegar and Michael Zheng clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win against Manfredi Graziani and Parashar Bharadwaj in the top doubles.

No. 87 Alex Kotzen, Henry Ruger and Hugo Hashimoto picked up singles victories to lead the Lions to a 4-0 win.

Kotzen rolled in a 6-2, 6-2 win against Vakili in the No. 2 singles to put Columbia up 2-0. Ruger followed that with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Goodman in the No. 6 spot. Hashimoto clinched the Columbia victory with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Bharadwaj in the No. 5 singles.

The Lions return home for their final two home matches of the season next weekend. Columbia will host Dartmouth for a 1 p.m. first serve Saturday before finishing the weekend with a 1 p.m. match against Harvard on Sunday.

RESULTS
#10 Columbia 4, #55 Penn 0

Singles
1. #20 Michael Zheng (COL) vs. Manfredi Graziani (PENN) 6-7, 5-2 (unfinished)
2. #87 Alex Kotzen (COL) def. Kian Vakili (PENN) 6-2, 6-2
3. Nicolas Kotzen (COL) vs. Baylor Sai (PENN) 6-2, 4-5 (unfinished)
4. Max Westphal (COL) vs. Matthew Rutter (PENN) 6-4, 3-4 (unfinished)
5. Hugo Hashimoto (COL) def. Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-3, 6-4
6. Henry Ruger (COL) def. Tal Goodman (PENN) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
1. #16 Theo Winegar/Michael Zheng (COL) def. Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-4
2. #44 Nicolas Kotzen/Max Westphal (COL) vs. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (PENN) 4-3 (unfinished)
3. Alex Kotzen/Henry Ruger (COL) def. Kian Vakili/Tal Goodman (PENN) 6-3

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

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