NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Vignesh Gogineni earned an upset victory over No. 6 Michael Zheng in singles, but the No. 39 men's tennis team had its six-match winning streak snapped Sunday with a 5-2 loss to No. 37 Columbia at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
 
Gogineni defeated Zheng, who entered the match with 18 singles victories and is the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, a four-time All-American, and a back-to-back NCAA Individual Champion in straight sets, 7–6 (3), 6–3. Captain Eric Li also picked up a win for the Bulldogs in a three-set battle (7-5, 4-6, 10-6).
 
With the victory, the Lions improved to 13-6 overall (3-0 Ivy), and the Bulldogs dropped to 15-6 overall (2-1 Ivy).
 
Doubles

• Nicolas Kotzen/ Zheng (Columbia) vs. No. 79 Gogineni/Edward Liao (Yale) 5-5 unfinished
• Sachin Palta/Andrew Ena (Columbia) def. Jason Shuler/Dylan Tsoi (Yale) 6-3
• No. 44 Aditya Govila/Thanaphat Boosarawongse (Columbia) def. Li/Jim Ji (Yale) 6-2

 
Singles

• No. 45 Gogineni (Yale) def. No. 6 Zheng (Columbia) 7-6 (3), 6-3
• No. 44 Kotzen (Columbia) def. Liao (Yale) 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• No. 74 Palta (Columbia) def. Shuler (Yale) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Li (Yale) def. Boosarawongse (Columbia) 7-5, 4-6, 10-6
• Abhishek Thorat (Columbia) def. Ji (Yale) 6-3, 6-4
• Govila (Columbia) def. Tsoi (Yale) 6-3, 6-2

 
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