NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Marist men's tennis team fell to a powerful Columbia squad Saturday afternoon by a score of 7-0.
Senior Matt Himmelsbach (Longmeadow, Mass.), playing at the second singles position, forced his opponent to a third set 7-6, 6-7, 6-1. Himmelsbach also paired with Joris Van Eck (Ospel, The Netherlands) to win an exciting doubles match, 9-8 (10-5). However, Columbia won the other two doubles matches to take the point.
The Red Foxes (2-1, 1-0 MAAC) will take a couple of weeks off before returning to action in early March at the Yale Invitational March 3-4. They will then make a spring break trip with dual matches in Texas and Louisiana before resuming MAAC play.
Singles
1. Winston Lin (COL) def. Joris van Eck (MAR) 6-1, 5-0, retired
2. Nathaniel Gery (COL) def. Matt Himmelsbach (MAR) 7-6, 6-7, 6-1
3. Ashok Narayana (COL) def. Lorenzo Rossi (MAR) 6-1, 7-5
4. Bert Vancura (COL) def. Will Reznek (MAR) 6-0, 6-3
5. John Yetimoglu (COL) def. Dalen Klassen (MAR) 6-4, 6-1
6. Rajeev Deb-Sen (COL) def. Joseph Dube (MAR) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Ashok Narayana/Max Schnur (COL) def.
Will Reznek/
Lorenzo Rossi (MAR) 8-5
2. Joris van Eck/
Matt Himmelsbach (MAR) def. Bert Vancura/Winston Lin (COL) 9-8 (10-5)
3. Cyril Bucher/Tizian Bucher (COL) def.
Billy Bishop/
Matteo Giudici (MAR) 8-3
