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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Order of finish: 3, 5, 2
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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
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Order of finish: 2, 3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Order of finish: 3, 5, 2
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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
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Order of finish: 2, 3
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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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