Patel Leads Columbia at Ivy League Qualifier - Columbia University Athletics

Friday, October 23

Princeton, N.J.

Columbia

Ivy League Qualifier

10/26/2026 4:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis

?Lions get three wins in consolation bracket

PRINCETON, N.J. — Columbia men's tennis competed at the Ivy League Qualifier, hosted by Princeton at the Meadows Complex, Oct. 23-24. Shaan Patel advanced to the singles main draw round of 16 and teamed with Andrew Kotzen to reach the doubles quarterfinals. The Lions also collected three singles victories and a doubles win in the consolation draws.

Columbia opened play Friday, Oct. 23, in the singles main draw round of 32. Patel earned a three-set victory over Brown's Lukas Phimvongsa, 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4, taking the deciding set to advance.

Charlie Valentine also pushed Princeton's Aleksander Mitric to three sets, responding to a first-set tiebreaker loss with a 6-3 second-set win before falling, 7-5, in the third.

Andrew Kotzen fell to Yale's Krish Gupta, 6-4, 7-6(3), while Jung Hee You dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to Penn's Bharadwaj Shaurya.

In doubles, Kotzen and Patel defeated Yale's Bryan Assi and Jason Shuler, 8-3, in the main draw round of 16. You and Valentine narrowly fell to Brown's Lukas Phimvongsa and Justin Lin, 8-7(4).

Patel returned to singles action Saturday, Oct. 24, facing Cornell's Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar in the main draw round of 16 and falling 6-3, 6-2.

Kotzen and Patel also competed in the doubles quarterfinals, pushing Harvard's Nathan Blokhin and Kolos Kincses to a tiebreaker before falling, 8-7(5).

The Lions found success in the consolation draws, earning three singles victories. Kotzen defeated Cornell's Rushil Khosla, 6-4, 6-1, while Valentine posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over Cornell's Jack Casciato. You secured a three-set victory over Yale's Ethan Chung, 6-3, 4-6(10-6), taking the opening set before prevailing in the deciding-set tiebreaker.

You and Valentine closed out the weekend with an 8-6 victory over Yale's Krish Gupta and Ethan Chung in the doubles consolation quarterfinals.

Columbia continues its fall on Friday as it travels to South Bend, Ind., to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.

Tournament Results
Singles Main Draw Round of 32 - Friday, Oct. 23

Krish Gupta (Yale) def. Andrew Kotzen (COL), 6-4, 7-6(3)
Bharadwaj Shaurya (PENN) def. Jung Hee You (COL), 6-2, 6-2
Aleksander Mitric (Princeton) def. Charlie Valentine (COL), 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-5
Shaan Patel (COL) def. Lukas Phimvongsa (Brown), 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4

Doubles Main Draw Round of 16 - Friday, Oct. 23

Lukas Phimvongsa/Justin Lin (Brown) def. Jung Hee You/Charlie Valentine (COL), 8-7(4)
Andrew Kotzen/Shaan Patel (COL) def. Bryan Assi/Jason Shuler (Yale), 8-3

Singles Main Draw Round of 16 - Saturday, Oct. 24

Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (COR) def. Shaan Patel (COL), 6-3, 6-2

Consolation Round of 16 - Saturday, Oct. 24

Andrew Kotzen (COL) def. Rushil Khosla (Cornell), 6-4, 6-1
Jung Hee You (COL) def. Ethan Chung (Yale), 6-3, 4-6(10-6)
Charlie Valentine (COL) def. Jack Casciato (Cornell), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 24

Nathan Blokhin/Kolos Kincses (HAR) def. Andrew Kotzen/Shaan Patel (COL), 8-7(5)

Doubles Consolation Quarterfinals - Saturday, Oct. 24

Jung Hee You/Charlie Valentine (COL) def. Krish Gupta/Ethan Chung (Yale), 8-6

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