Columbia Bests Yale 4-3
NEW YORK, NY. - The Yale men's tennis team (9-9, 1-2 Ivy) lost 4-3 to the Columbia Lions (7-12, 1-2 Ivy) on Saturday. The Bulldogs captured the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2, but were just edged out by the Lions in the singles matches.
Despite wins from sophomores John Huang and Daniel Hoffman at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, the Bulldogs were unable to capture another singles point for the win. However, all the other matches were hard-fought, finishing in three sets.
The Bulldogs will play Cornell on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Ithaca.
report by Courtney Kaplan '13, Yale Sports Publicity
| Position | Yale University | Columbia University | Winner | Score |
| #1 Singles | Marc Powers | Haig Schneiderman | Columbia University | 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 |
| #2 Singles | John Huang | Cyril Bucher | Yale University | 6-2, 6-1 |
| #3 Singles | Daniel Hoffman | Nathaniel Gery | Yale University | 7-5, 6-1 |
| #4 Singles | Erik Blumenkranz | John Yetimoglu | Columbia University | 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 |
| #5 Singles | Joel Samaha | Tizian Bucher | Columbia University | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 |
| #6 Singles | Jordan Abergel | Rajeev Deb-Sen | Columbia University | 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 |
| #1 Doubles | Daniel Hoffman Marc Powers |
Cyril Bucher Tizian Bucher |
Yale University | 8-1 |
| #2 Doubles | Erik Blumenkranz Joel Samaha |
Haig Schneiderman Rajeev Deb-Sen |
Yale University | 8-4 |
| #3 Doubles | Calvin Bennett John Huang |
John Yetimoglu Nathaniel Gery |
Columbia University | 8-4 |