NEW YORK – The eighth-ranked Columbia men's tennis team posted a 7-0 victory over No. 46 Tulsa on Friday night inside the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
Columbia improves to 7-3 overall this season with a 6-1 mark at home after defeating Tulsa. The Lions will wrap up the weekend Sunday with another home match against No. 67 Penn State.
Columbia secured the critical doubles point to start the match with a 1-0 advantage. The Lions turned in victories in the one and three doubles.
No. 48
Michael Zheng and
Nicolas Kotzen opened the scoring with a 6-2 win against Alex Okonkwo and Timothy Seger in the top-seeded match. The Tulsa duo of Luis Felipe Miguel and Gus Tettamble responded by defeating
Max Westphal and
Sachin Palta 6-4 in the No. 2 doubles. The Columbia duo of
Hugo Hashimoto and
Jayden Templeman held off Will Pellegrini and Calum Jestin to clinch the doubles point for the Lions with a 6-4 victory in the No. 3 pairing.
With all of the singles matches tightly contested, Kotzen opened the scoring in the No. 2 spot with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Miguel. Palta and Hashimoto followed suit, earning wins in the No. 6 and No. 4 positions to clinch the victory for the Lions. Palta bested Tettamble 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), while Hashimoto rallied to defeat Nikola Puntaric 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Zheng, Westphal, and
Thanaphat Boosarawongse closed out the match with the final three singles wins. Zheng outlasted Okonkwo 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2 in the top singles match, while Westphal downed Seger 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in No. 3 singles. Boosarawongse ended the proceedings, rallying to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 over Reiya Komagata in the No. 5 spot.
RESULTS
#8 Columbia 7, #46 Tulsa 0
Doubles
1. #48
Michael Zheng/
Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Alex Okonkwo/Timothy Seger (TUL) 6-2
2. Gus Tettamble/Luis Felipe Miguel (TUL) def.
Max Westphal/
Sachin Palta (COL) 6-4
3.
Hugo Hashimoto/
Jayden Templeman (COL) def. Will Pellegrini/Calum Jestin (TUL) 6-4
Singles
1. #1
Michael Zheng (COL) def. Alex Okonkwo (TUL) 6-4, 6-7(1-7), 6-2
2. #36
Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Luis Felipe Miguel (TUL) 7-5, 6-3
3. #116
Max Westphal (COL) def. Timothy Seger (TUL) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. #50
Hugo Hashimoto (COL) def. Nikola Puntaric (TUL) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
5.
Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Reiya Komagata (TUL) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
6.
Sachin Palta (COL) def. Gus Tettamble (TUL) 6-2, 7-6(7-5)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,6,4,3,1,5)
UP NEXT
Columbia finishes the weekend at home Sunday against No. 67 Penn State. First serve inside the Milstein Family Tennis Center is slated for 2:30 p.m.
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