NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Dartmouth men's tennis team suffered a 4-0 loss to No. 10 Columbia on Saturday afternoon, opening its weekend of back-to-back road matches.
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The Lions earned the doubles point with victories on Courts 2 and 3 before clinching with a trio of two-set triumphs in singles.
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Hikaru Takeda was the only Big Green player to win a set, doing so in his first at No. 6 singles against Theo Winegar.
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Another ranked opponent awaits Dartmouth, who travels to No. 30 Cornell for a 1 p.m. start on Sunday, April 14.
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DOUBLES
Theo Winegar/Michael Zheng (Columbia) vs.
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez/
Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) 5-2, unfinished
Nicolas Kotzen/Max Westphal (Columbia) def.
Henry Ren/
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 6-2
Alex Kotzen/Henry Ruger (Columbia) def.
Miles Groom/
Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth), 6-4
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SINGLES
Michael Zheng (Columbia) def.
Henry Ren (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-2
Alex Kotzen (Columbia) vs.
Miles Groom (Dartmouth) 6-1, 4-3, unfinished
Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def.
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-2
Max Westphal (Columbia) vs.
Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) def.
Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) 6-2, 6-1
Theo Winegar (Columbia) vs.
Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth) 4-6, 4-2, unfinished
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