New York, NY -- Binghamton Men's Tennis fell to No. 8 Columbia, 4-0, in the NCAA Championship First Round Friday afternoon at the Milstein Family Tennis Center.
The Bearcats earned their second straight NCAA Tournament berth after taking home back-to-back NEC titles. Today's contest marked Binghamton's 11th NCAA appearance in program history.
RESULTS - #8 COLUMBIA 4, BINGHAMTON 0
DOUBLES
1. #41 Zheng/Kotzen (COL) def. Morais Binnie/Lotlikar (BING), 6-1
2. Westphal/Palta (COL) vs. McPherson/Weekes (BING), 5-2 unfinished
3. Hashimoto/Templeman (COL) def. Fang/Costa (BING) 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3
SINGLES
1. #2 Michael Zheng (COL) def.
William Morais Binnie (BING), 6-1, 6-2
2. #52 Nicolas Kotzen (COL) def.
Ronin Lotlikar, (BING), 6-0, 6-0
3. Max Westphal (COL) vs.
Filipe Costa (BING), 6-3, 3-2 unfinished
4. #81 Hugo Hashimoto (COL) def.
Andre Ajed (BING), 6-2, 6-2
5. #86 Sachin Palta (COL) vs.
Kyle Weekes (BING), 6-1, 4-2 unfinished
6. Thanaphat Boosarawongse (COL) vs.
Zubin Omar (BING), 6-2, 5-1 unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 4