Men's Tennis

Columbia Vaults to No. 17 in ITA Rankings

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Four-time defending Ivy League champion Columbia earned the No. 17 position in the latest Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s Rankings, as the Ivy League opened the dual match season 21-6.
 
LEAGUE NOTES
  • Columbia (3-0) is 1-of-6 Ivies that are unbeaten in dual match play thus far, joining Brown (4-0), Cornell (1-0), Dartmouth (4-0), Harvard (5-0) and Princeton (2-0).
  • The Lions were ranked No. 23 in the Jan. 3, Jan. 17 and Jan. 24 Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Rankings, before vaulting to No. 17 on Jan. 31 following a 4-1 victory over then-No. 25 Texas Tech on Jan. 28. 
  • Nine Ivy League singles players are ranked among the ITA Top 125: No. 19 Victor Pham of Columbia, No. 38 Jackie Tang of Columbia, No. 95 David Volfson of Cornell, No. 99 Andy Zhou of Harvard, No. 106 Evan Bynoe of Cornell, No. 109 Joseph McAllister of Cornell, No. 110 Andrew Ball of Harvard, No. 114 Ryan Seggerman of Princeton and No. 122 Timothy Wang of Columbia.
  • Four Ivy League doubles pair also earned ITA Top 60 recognition: No. 15 Victor Pham and Jackie Tang of Columbia, No. 31 Jack Lin and William Matheson of Columbia, No. 50 Fedor Andrienko and Stefan Doehler of Yale and No. 60 Kenny Tao and Lucas Koelle of Harvard.
 
LEAGUE RESULTS
Friday, Jan. 19
Harvard def. SMU, 4-3 | Recap
 
Saturday, Jan. 20
Brown def. Bryant, 5-2 | Recap
No. 23 Columbia def. Old Dominion, 4-3 | Recap
Dartmouth def. Binghamton, 7-0 | Recap
Dartmouth def. Quinnipiac, 7-0 | Recap
Yale def. Santa Clara, 4-2 | Recap
Yale def. Army, 4-0 | Recap
 
Sunday, Jan. 21
Brown def. Quinnipiac, 7-0 | Recap
Harvard def. UT Arlington, 6-1 | Recap
Old Dominion def. Penn, 4-3 | Recap
Florida Atlantic def. Yale, 4-2 | Recap
 
Thursday, Jan. 25
Cornell def. Wichita State, 6-1 | Recap
 
Saturday, Jan. 27
Brown def. Fordham, 6-1 | Recap
Brown def. Fairfield, 7-0 | Recap
No. 23 Columbia def. Ole Miss, 4-1 | Recap
Dartmouth def. Buffalo, 4-0 | Recap
Dartmouth def. St. John’s, 4-0 | Recap
Harvard def. Auburn, 5-2 | Recap
William & Mary def. Penn, 4-3 | Recap
No. 2 Ohio State def. Yale, 4-0 | Recap
 
Sunday, Jan. 28
No. 23 Columbia def. No. 25 Texas Tech, 4-1 | Recap
Harvard def. Utah, 5-2 | Recap
Harvard def. Bryant, 5-2 | Recap
VCU def. Penn, 4-2 | Recap
Princeton def. Michigan State, 5-2 | Recap
Princeton def. Wagner, 6-1 | Recap
Tulsa def. Yale, 4-3 | Recap