No. 33 Men’s Tennis Takes Down Bryant

Sunday, March 29

1:00 PM

Columbia

Bryant

3/29/2026 4:34:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Lions sweep Bulldogs to get back into the win column.

NEW YORK – The 33rd-ranked Columbia men's tennis team made quick work of visiting Bryant, defeating the Bulldogs 7-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
With the win, Columbia improves to 10-6 on the year and 7-2 at home.

The Lions seized the momentum early, securing the doubles point by quickly dispatching the Bulldogs. Columbia's 3-seed pairing of Thanaphat Boosarawongse and Abhishek Thorat cruised to a 6-0 victory over Manveer Boparai and Myles Peterson. Meanwhile, the number two tandem of Sachin Palta and Andrew Ena also soundly defeated Bryant's duo of Forbes Hollingsworth and Will Pellegrini 6-2.

On court one, the Lions' duo of Nicolas Kotzen and Michael Zheng defeated Daniel Baquero and Miguel Angel Machado 6-3 to claim all three matches and the doubles point for Columbia.

In singles play, the Lions clinched the match with a series of straight-set victories. No. 64 Sachin Palta gave the Lions a 2-0 lead when he soundly defeated Forbes Hollingsworth 6-0, 6-0. Thanaphat Boosarawongse followed suit in the three spot with a dominating 6-0, 6-2 performance over Manveer Boparai.

No. 8 Michael Zheng clinched the match with an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win over Miguel Angel Machado, giving the Lions a 4-0 overall victory.

No. 31 Nicolas Kotzen, Abhishek Thorat, and Jung Hee You all won their respective matches in straight sets to give Columbia a 7-0 overall victory. Kotzen defeated Will Pellegrini 6-3, 6-2 in the two-seed. Thorat soundly beat Daniel Baquero 6-2, 6-0 in the five-spot. And you closed out the match by besting Myles Peterson 6-4, 6-2 in the six seed.

Columbia returns to action on April 4th when they travel to take on Brown to open Ivy League conference play.

RESULTS
Singles
1. #8 Michael Zheng (COL) def. Miguel Angel Machado (BRY), 6-2, 6-2
2. #31 Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Will Pellegrini (BRY), 6-3, 6-2
3. Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) def. Manveer Boparai (BRY), 6-0, 6-2
4. #64 Sachin Palta (COL) def. Forbes Hollingsworth (BRY), 6-0, 6-0
5. Abhishek Thorat (COL) def. Daniel Baquero (BRY), 6-2, 6-0
6. Jung Hee You (COL) def. Myles Peterson (BRY), 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
1. Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (COL) def. Daniel Baquero/Miguel Angel Machado (BRY), 6-3
2. Sachin Palta/Andrew Ena (COL) def. Forbes Hollingsworth/Will Pellegrini (BRY), 6-2
3. Thanaphat Boosarawongse/Abhishek Thorat (COL) def. Manveer Boparai/Myles Peterson (BRY), 6-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,3,1,2,5,6)

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