Eighth-ranked Columbia Men’s Tennis Hosts No. 40 Cornell in Ivy League Clash

Saturday, March 29

New York, N.Y.

1:00 PM

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#40 Cornell

Eighth-ranked Columbia Men’s Tennis Hosts No. 40 Cornell in Ivy League Clash

3/28/2025 10:20:00 AM | Men's Tennis

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Lions look to extend home winning streak to five

NEW YORK – The 8th-ranked Columbia men's tennis team is back home at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center on Saturday to No. 40 Cornell. First serve Saturday is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Action from the Milstein Family Tennis Center this weekend will be broadcast live through Columbia's stretch portal. Fans can also follow the action live via live scores online.

LIONS IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Columbia continues to be represented well in the most recent ITA singles and doubles rankings released this week. Three Lions are ranked in singles, while two doubles pairs earned rankings.
Michael Zheng continues to sit at the top of the ITA Division I singles rankings, while teammates Nicolas Kotzen sits at No. 42 this week and Max Westphal checks in at No. 123.

The duo of Zheng and Hugo Hashimoto earned the highest doubles ranking for the Lions at No. 22. Zheng and Kotzen came in at No. 35.

Singles
#1 – Michael Zheng
#42 – Nicolas Kotzen
#123 – Max Westphal

Doubles
#22 – Michael Zheng, Hugo Hashimoto
#35 – Michael Zheng, Nicolas Kotzen

LAST TIME OUT
Columbia saw its five-match winning streak end last Thursday evening in Malibu, Calif., when No. 21 Pepperdine defeated the Lions 4-1, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Pepperdine (11-6) took control of the match early, winning the doubles point thanks to wins on the one and two spots. 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).

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