NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Eighth-ranked Columbia won three close singles matches after claiming the doubles point to lift the Lions to a 4-0 sweep of No. 40 Cornell on Saturday afternoon at the Philip & Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center. The Lions improved to 10-5 (1-0 Ivy) with the victory, while the Big Red fell to 10-6 (0-1 Ivy).

The two teams were evenly matched throughout singles play, though the Lions were able to close out victories at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 6 in straight sets to claim the victory. Top-ranked defending NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng of Columbia won a tiebreaker in the first set and earned a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 decision over Cornell's 47th-ranked Radu Papoe in the top slot in the ladder. Adit Sinha was knotted at a set apiece and tied in the third, while Rodrigo Fernandes and Felipe Pinzon also were tied with set wins before their matches went unfinished. 

Cornell begins a three-game Ivy home stand when it welcomes Yale to Reis Tennis Center on Saturday, April 5 at 1 p.m.

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#8 Columbia 4, #40 Cornell 0
Singles
1. #1 Michael Zheng (COL) def. #47 Radu Pape (CU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2. #42 Nicolas Kotzen (COL) vs. Adit Sinha (CU) 3-6, 7-5, 3-3 unfinished
3. #123 Max Westphal (COL) def. Jack McCarthy (CU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
4. Hugo Hashimoto (COL) vs. Rodrigo Fernandez (CU) 4-6, 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
5. Sachin Palta (COL) vs. Felipe Pinzon (CU) 6-1, 4-6, 3-3, unfinished
6. Jayden Templeman (COL) def. Nathan Mao (CU) 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 1, 3

Doubles
1. #35 Michael Zheng/Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def. Rushil Khosla/Eric Verdes (CU) 6-1
2. Mas Westphal/Sachin Palta (COL) def. Nathan Mao/Radu Papoe (CU) 6-3
3. Hugo Hashimoto/Jayden Templeman vs. Adit Sinha/Jack McCarthy (CU) 3-3 unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2