Eighth-ranked Columbia Men’s Tennis Hosts Brown and Yale

Saturday, April 5

New York, N.Y.

1:00 PM

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Eighth-ranked Columbia Men’s Tennis Hosts Brown and Yale

4/4/2025 11:28:00 AM | Men's Tennis

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Lions look to make it five in a row at home when Ivy League foes come to town

NEW YORK – The 8th-ranked Columbia men's tennis team is back home at the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center this weekend, hosting Brown and No. 50 Yale on Saturday and Sunday. First serve for both matches is scheduled for 1 p.m.

LIVE COVERAGE
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 (11-4, 1-0 Ivy) 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 moves up to No. 38 this week, Hugo Hashimoto checks in at No. 76.

The duo of Zheng and Hashimoto earned the highest doubles ranking for the Lions at No. 31. Zheng and Kotzen came in at No. 34.

Singles
#1 – Michael Zheng
#36 – Nicolas Kotzen
#76 – Hugo Hashimoto

Doubles
#31 – Michael Zheng, Hugo Hashimoto
#34 – Michael Zheng, Nicolas Kotzen

LAST TIME OUT
Columbia opened Ivy League play with an emphatic 4-0 sweep over No. 40 Cornell last Saturday.

The Lions made quick work of the Big Red in the doubles matches. Columbia's top duo of Michael Zheng/Nicolas Kotzen defeated Cornell's top doubles team of Rushil Khosla/Eric Verdes, 6-1. Max Westphal and Sachin Palta secured the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Cornell's Nathan Mao/Radu Papoe in the No. 2 spot.

In the singles matches, Cornell did not make it easy on Columbia. Jayden Templeman got a big win early at the No. 6 spot, defeating Nathan Mao in straight-sets (7-5, 6-3).

With the Lions leading 2-0, Max Westphal came back to defeat Jack McCarthy 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the no. 3 spot. Then, in the No. 1 spot, top-ranked Zheng clinched the dual match against No. 47 Radu Papoe, winning 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

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