Men's Tennis

Semifinal field set for ECAC Men’s Indoor Tennis Championship

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference hosted the first round of the Men’s Indoor Tennis Championship on Friday, with four teams – Columbia, Cornell, Penn and Princeton – advancing to Saturday’s semifinal contests. The tournament is being hosted by Princeton University at Lenz Tennis Center and will continue throughout the weekend.
 
Brown and Yale will kick off the consolation bracket on Saturday at 9:00 a.m., with Harvard and Dartmouth set to follow at 12:00. Columbia and Cornell will meet at 3:00 p.m. for a spot in the finals, with Penn and Princeton meeting in the other semifinal beginning at 6:00 p.m. looking to advance to Sunday’s championship match.

Friday Results
#1 Columbia def. #8 Brown 4-0
  • Doubles (3, 1)
    1. N. Kotzen/Ena (Columbia) def. Sodan/Bravo (Brown)
    2. Palta/Zheng (Columbia) vs. Hernandez/Phimvongsa (Brown) unfinished
    3. Boosarawongse/Govila (Columbia) def. Murphy/Wasserman (Brown) 6-1
 
  • Singles (1, 3, 6)
    1. Zheng (Columbia) def. Sodan (Brown) 6-2, 6-2
    2. N. Kotzen (Columbia) vs. Phimvongsa (Brown) unfinished
    3. Palta (Columbia) def. Hernandez (Brown) 6-0, 6-2
    4. Boosarawongse (Columbia) vs. Yang (Brown) unfinished
    5. Thorat (Columbia) vs. Wasserman (Brown) unfinished
    6. Govila (Columbia) def. Bravo (Brown) 6-3, 6-0
 
#4 Cornell def. #5 Yale 4-3
  • Doubles (2, 1, 3)
    1. Fernandes/Verdes (Cornell) def. Gogineni/Liao (Yale) 6-4
    2. Shuler/Tsoi (Yale) def. Khosla/Senthil Kumar (Cornell) 6-2
    3. Pinzon/Teodorovic (Cornell) def. Li/Chung (Yale) 6-3
 
  • Singles (3, 6, 2, 1, 4, 5)
    1. Gogineni (Yale) def. Fernandes (Cornell) 6-4, 7-6
    2. Liao (Yale) def. Verdes (Cornell) 7-6, 6-1
    3. Teodorovic (Cornell) def. Shuler (Yale) 6-3, 6-4
    4. Pinzon (Cornell) def. Ji (Yale) 6-4, 7-6
    5. Senthil Kumar (Cornell) def. Chung (Yale) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
    6. Li (Yale) def. Gold (Cornell) 6-3, 6-3
 
#6 Penn def. #3 Harvard 4-3
  • Doubles (1, 2, 3)
    1. Graziani/Sandler (Penn) def. Privara/Blokhin (Harvard) 6-3
    2. Murali/Kinscses (Harvard) def. Vales/S. Bharadwaj (Penn) 6-2
    3. McDonald/Perera (Harvard) def. Rutter/P. Bharadwaj (6-4)
 
  • Singles (1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6)
    1. Graziani (Penn) def. Privara (Harvard) 6-1, 6-3
    2. Butera (Penn) def. Murali (Harvard) 6-3, 6-4
    3. S. Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Blokhin (Harvard) 6-4, 6-2
    4. Perera (Harvard) def. Chung (Penn) 6-2, 6-3
    5. Lee (Harvard) def. Rutter 7-5, retired
    6. Vales (Penn) def. Ktiri (Harvard) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5
 
#2 Princeton def. #7 Dartmouth 4-0
  • Doubles (3, 1)
    1. Inchauspe/Ardila (Princeton) def. Groom/Ren (Dartmouth) 6-4
    2. Wen/Short (Princeton) vs. Patel/Wang (Dartmouth) unfinished
    3. Sec/Mitric (Princeton) vs. Bao/Halmos (Dartmouth) 7-5
 
  • Singles (3, 5, 6)
    1. Inchaupse (Princeton) vs. Treacy (Dartmouth) unfinished
    2. Ardila (Princeton) vs. Groom (Dartmouth) unfinished
    3. Sec (Princeton) def. Pade (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-0
    4. Markovits (Princeton) vs. Bao (Dartmouth) unfinished
    5. Mitric (Princeton) def. Wang (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-0
    6. Reznik (Princeton) def. Patel (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-4