WACO, Texas – The sixth-ranked Columbia men's tennis team couldn't recover after dropping the doubles point as No. 11 Stanford posted a 4-1 win over the Lions in the first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships on Friday afternoon.
With Columbia and fourth-ranked Ohio State both falling in their first-round matches, the Lions will now be faced with a top 10 battle in the back draw on Saturday. Ohio State faltered against No. 21 UCF on Friday. Saturday's match will mark the fifth straight contest against a top 25 opponent to continue an extremely tough slate for the Lions.
Stanford posted victories in the one and three doubles matches to start the match with a 1-0 advantage as a team. The Stanford duo of Nicholas Godsick and Henry Von Der Schulenburg took a 6-3 win against No. 62
Hugo Hashimoto and
Jayden Templeman in the No. 3 doubles. Max Basing and Kyle Kang clinched the doubles point for Stanford with a 6-3 victory over No. 45
Michael Zheng and
Nicolas Kotzen in the top doubles.
Max Westphal secured Columbia's only singles victory of the match by defeating No. 119 Henry Von Der Schulenburg in the No. 3 spot, 6-2, 6-3. Westphal, No. 41 Hashimoto and
Sachin Palta won the first set of their matches as Columbia attempted a comeback in singles. However, Stanford pulled away down the stretch to earn the team victory.
RESULTS
#11 Stanford 4, #6 Columbia 1
Doubles
1. Max Basing/Kyle Kang (STAN) def. #45
Michael Zheng/
Nicolas Kotzen (COL) 6-3
2. #86
Max Westphal/
Sachin Palta (COL) vs. Samir Banerjee/Alexander Razeghi (STAN) 4-5 (unfinished)
3. Nicholas Godsick/Henry Von Der Schulenburg (STAN) def. #62
Hugo Hashimoto/
Jayden Templeman (COL) 6-3
Singles
1. #31 Samir Banerjee (STAN) def. #1
Michael Zheng (COL) 6-3, 7-6(4)
2. #114 Max Basing (STAN) def. #40
Nicolas Kotzen (COL) 7-6(5), 7-5
3.
Max Westphal (COL) def. #119 Henry Von Der Schulenburg (STAN) 6-2, 6-3
4. #41
Hugo Hashimoto (COL) vs. Hudson Rivera (STAN) 6-4, 3-6, 3-2 (unfinished)
5.
Sachin Palta (COL) vs. Nicholas Godsick (STAN) 6-2, 2-6, 3-5 (unfinished)
6. Alexander Razeghi (STAN) def.
Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) 6-2, 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,1,6,2)
UP NEXT
Columbia meets No. 4 Ohio State in the back draw on Saturday. First serve from Baylor's Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center is set for 10 a.m. ET.
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