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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