No. 9 Columbia Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 21 Pepperdine on the Road

Thursday, March 20

Malibu, Calif.

10:00 p.m. ET

Columbia University

#21 Pepperdine

No. 9 Columbia Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 21 Pepperdine on the Road

3/21/2025 1:16:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

Lions winning streak halted at five matches

MALIBU, Calif. – The ninth-ranked Columbia men's tennis team saw its five-match winning streak end Thursday evening when No. 21 Pepperdine defeated the Lions 4-1, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

Columbia falls to 10-4 overall and is now 1-1 on the road. The Lions go .500 on the Southern California road trip, which saw Columbia defeat No. 6 San Diego on Monday evening.

Pepperdine (11-6) took control of the match early, winning the doubles point thanks to wins on the one and two matches. Hugh Winter and Edward Winter defeated the 35th-ranked duo of Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng 6-2. At the number two spot, Linus Halldin/Maxi Homberg held on to defeat Sachin Palta/Max Westphal 7-6 (7-5).

In the singles matches, the Lions got a win from first-year Thanaphat Boosarawongse, who defeated David Fix in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Edward Winter got the better of top-ranked Michael Zheng, winning 6-3, 7-5. Pepperdine secured the match with wins from Lasse Peortner over Max Westphall (7-6, 6-2) and Linus Halldin over Hugo Hashimoto (7-5, 6-4).

RESULTS
#21 Pepperdine 4 , #9 Columbia 1
Doubles
1. Hugh Winter / Edward Winter (PEPP) def. #35 Nicolas Kotzen / Michael Zheng (COL)
2. Linus C. Halldin / Maxi Homberg (PEPP) def. Max Westphal / Sachin Palta (COL)
3. Hugo Hashimoto / Jayden Templeman (COL) vs. Aleksa Pisaric / Lasse Poertner (PEPP), 6-6 (unfinished)

Singles
1. #28 Edward Winter (PEPP) def. #1 Michael Zheng (COL) 6-3, 7-5
2. Maxi Homberg (PEPP) vs. Nicolas Kotzen (COL) 1-6, 7-5, 3-1, unfinished
3. Lasse Poertner (PEPP) def. #123 Max Westphal (COL) 7-6, 6-2
4. Linus Halldin (PEPP) def. #59 Hugo Hashimoto (COL) 7-5, 6-4
5. Aleksa Pisaric (PEPP) vs. Sachin Palta (COL) 3-6, 6-3, 2-0, unfinished
6. Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. David Fix (PEPP) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,1,3,4,)

UP NEXT
Columbia begins Ivy League play on Saturday, March 29 when Cornell comes to the Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center. That match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.

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