NEW YORK – The sixth-ranked Columbia men's tennis team posted a 7-0 win over Hofstra on Friday night at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center to improve to 3-0 overall this season.
Columbia captured the doubles point to take the early lead with wins in the two and three doubles matches. The 75
th-ranked duo of
Hugo Hashimoto and
Jayden Templeman posted a 6-2 win over Josh Reynolds and Enaut Garcia-Beitia in the No. 3 doubles.
Nicolas Kotzen and
Michael Zheng clinched the doubles point for the Lions with a 6-3 win against Noa Forste-Dinell and Maxim Michael in the top doubles match.
Thanaphat Boosarawongse and
Max Westphal paired up in the No. 2 spot, but their match was abandoned as the Lions clinched the doubles point.
Zheng, Kotzen, Westphal, Hashimoto, Boosarawongse and Templeman turned in singles victories to complete Columbia's 7-0 victory over Hofstra.
No. 33 Hashimoto registered the first singles victory of the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Matthew Garcia in the No. 4 singles. Westphal followed moments later with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Noa Forste-Dinell in the three singles. No. 1 Zheng then finished off a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Josh Reynolds in the top singles match to give Columbia a 4-0 lead.
The Lions finished playing the remaining three singles matches after taking a 4-0 advantage. Boosarawongse knocked off Enaut Garcia in the No. 5 spot, 6-3, 6-2. Templeman earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Vincent Turina in the six singles. No. 42 Kotzen capped off the match with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Maxim Michaels in the No. 2 singles.
RESULTS
No. 6 Columbia 7, Hofstra 0
Doubles
1.
Nicolas Kotzen/
Michael Zheng (COL) def. Noa Forste-Dinell/Maxim Michaels (HOFSTRA) 6-3
2.
Thanaphat Boosarawongse/
Max Westphal (COL) vs. Vincent Turina/Matthew Garcia (HOFSTRA) 5-6, unfinished
3. #75
Hugo Hashimoto/
Jayden Templeman (COL) def. Josh Reynolds/Enaut Garcia (HOFSTRA) 6-2
Singles
1. #1
Michael Zheng (COL) def. Josh Reynolds (HOFSTRA) 6-0, 6-2
2. #42
Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Maxim Michaels (HOFSTRA) 7-5, 6-3
3.
Max Westphal (COL) def. Noa Forste-Dinell (HOFSTRA) 6-2, 6-1
4. #33
Hugo Hashimoto (COL) def. Matthew Garcia (HOFSTRA) 6-2, 6-0
5.
Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Enaut Garcia (HOFSTRA) 6-3, 6-2
6.
Jayden Templeman (COL) def. Vincent Turina (HOFSTRA) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (4,3,1,5,6,2)
UP NEXT
Columbia returns to action Sunday with a top 25 matchup inside the Milstein Family Tennis Center. The Lions will take on No. 21 NC State for a 2:30 p.m. first serve.
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