Friday, May 3
New York, NY
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
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Columbia University
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Bobcats Fall to No. 8 Columbia in NCAA Tournament
5/3/2024 5:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team fell 4-0 in a hard-fought match with No. 8 Columbia to finish their historic season on Friday afternoon.
The match was highlighted by the battles at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Despite losing their match, Ayato Arakaki and Donovan Brown pushed Columbia's duo of A. Kotzen and Ruger to a 7-5 set. At No. 1 doubles Shaurya Sood and Daniel Velek were within a game of taking Columbia's 16th ranked duo of T. Winegar and M. Zheng to a tiebreaker before the match was suspended.
The Lions were able to clinch with wins at No. 2, 3, 4 singles to end the Bobcats season. Carlos Braun Simo was up in the second set of his match when play was suspended for the clinching point.
SINGLES RESULTS
Daniel Velek (QU) vs. No. 23 Zheng (COL): 2-6, 1-5, dnf.
No. 100 A. Kotzen (COL) Def. Ayato Arakaki (QU): 6-3, 6-2
N. Kotzen (COL) Def. Shaurya Sood (QU): 6-1, 6-2
Carlos Braun Simo (QU) vs. Westphal (COL): 2-6, 4-4, dnf.
Hashimoto (COL) Def. Finn Burridge (QU): 6-1, 6-3
Donovan Brown (QU) vs. Ruger (COL): 4-6, 0-4, dnf.
Order of finish: 3, 5, 2
DOUBLES RESULTS
Daniel Velek / Shaurya Sood (QU) vs. No. 16 Winegar / Zheng (COL): 5-6, dnf.
N. Kotzen / Westphal (COL) Def. Finn Burridge / Carlos Braun Simo (QU): 6-2
Ruger / A. Kotzen (COL) Def. Donovan Brown / Ayato Arakaki (QU): 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 3
NOTES
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The match was highlighted by the battles at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Despite losing their match, Ayato Arakaki and Donovan Brown pushed Columbia's duo of A. Kotzen and Ruger to a 7-5 set. At No. 1 doubles Shaurya Sood and Daniel Velek were within a game of taking Columbia's 16th ranked duo of T. Winegar and M. Zheng to a tiebreaker before the match was suspended.
The Lions were able to clinch with wins at No. 2, 3, 4 singles to end the Bobcats season. Carlos Braun Simo was up in the second set of his match when play was suspended for the clinching point.
SINGLES RESULTS
Daniel Velek (QU) vs. No. 23 Zheng (COL): 2-6, 1-5, dnf.
No. 100 A. Kotzen (COL) Def. Ayato Arakaki (QU): 6-3, 6-2
N. Kotzen (COL) Def. Shaurya Sood (QU): 6-1, 6-2
Carlos Braun Simo (QU) vs. Westphal (COL): 2-6, 4-4, dnf.
Hashimoto (COL) Def. Finn Burridge (QU): 6-1, 6-3
Donovan Brown (QU) vs. Ruger (COL): 4-6, 0-4, dnf.
Order of finish: 3, 5, 2
DOUBLES RESULTS
Daniel Velek / Shaurya Sood (QU) vs. No. 16 Winegar / Zheng (COL): 5-6, dnf.
N. Kotzen / Westphal (COL) Def. Finn Burridge / Carlos Braun Simo (QU): 6-2
Ruger / A. Kotzen (COL) Def. Donovan Brown / Ayato Arakaki (QU): 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 3
NOTES
- QU won 37 games, the most for a Bobcat team in the NCAA tournament since before 2010 when the Bobcats took 24 games at Stanford.
- It was almost the most games won by a MAAC team in the NCAA Tournament since Monmouth in 2019 took 48 games from No. 16 Columbia.
- QU finishes at 14-11, its best record since 2016.
- No. 8 Columbia will host Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tomorrow afternoon.
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