NCAA Bracket

Courtesy of Columbia Athletics Communications

WACO, Texas -- The final score will be no indication of how tight the Round of 16 match between Virginia and Columbia men's tennis was. The Cavaliers defeated the Lions 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships for the 11th straight year, but Columbia left it all on the indoor courts in Waco, Texas.

The Lions arrived in Texas in droves because Columbia is still in finals. Part of the team arrived on Tuesday and some arrived in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, a mere 12 or so hours before the team was set to compete.

Weather set in, and the matches were forced indoors, where Columbia is right at home, and the Lions were ready to play.

Virginia won the doubles point with an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles and an 8-4 win at No. 1. Ashok Narayana and Dragos Ignat were locked up at 7-7 at No. 2 before the Cavs took the point.

Columbia won three first sets and lost one in a tie breaker. Eighth-ranked Ryan Shane defeated No. 17 Winston Lin 6-3, 6-4 to give the Cavs a 2-0 lead.

All but one singles (No. 4) were in the second set when Narayana lost a first-set tie-breaker to Collin Altamirano. Max Schnur battled back from a 6-2 loss in the first to tightly contested second set.

Mike Vermeer won his first set 6-3, before falling in the second 6-4. Shawn Hadavi won his first set 6-2 and was tied 5-5 in the second when Virginia clinched the match.

With a 2-0 lead, Virginia got a win at No. 4 singles when Thai-Son Kwiatkowski defeated Schnur 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) to take a 3-0 advantage. 

Narayana struggled to recover from the tie breaker and fell 6-0 in the second set to give Virginia the 4-0 win.

The Lions finished the season 16-6 in one of the most successful seasons in program history.

No. 3 Virginia 4, No. 17-32 Columbia 0
Doubles
1. No. 2 Shane/Luca Corinteli (UVA) def. No. 46 Lin/Vermeer (COL), 8-3
2. No. 42 Kwiatkowski/Mac Styslinger (UVA) vs. No. 84 Narayana/Ignat (COL), 7-7 DNF
3. Altamirano/Aragone (VIRGINIA) def. Schnur/Bert Vancura (COL), 8-4

Singles
1. No. 8 Ryan Shane (UVA) def. No. 17 Winston Lin (COL), 6-3, 6-4
2. No. 20 Mitchell Frank (UVA) vs. No. 107 Dragos Ignat (COL), 2-6, 6-2 DNF
3. No. 77 Collin Altamirano (UVA) def. Ashok Narayana (COL), 7-6 (0), 6-0
4. No. 19 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. Max Schnur (COL), 6-2, 7-6 (6)
5. Alexander Ritschard (UVA) vs. Mike Vermeer (COL), 3-6, 6-4, 2-0 DNF
6. J.C. Aragone (UVA) vs. Shawn Hadavi (COL), 6-2, 5-5 DNF

Order of Finish: Doubles: 3, 1; Singles: 1, 4, 3