No. 43 Columbia Outlasts No. 36 Washington, 4-0

ATHENS, Ga.  – The University of Washington men’s tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 43 Columbia on Sunday in the consolation match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend hosted by the University of Georgia.

The Dawgs lost the doubles point with Viktor Farkas and Max Manthou falling 6-2 and Michael Chamerski and Wendall Watanabe being outlasted 6-1. Down 1-0 heading into singles action, freshman Gal Hakak took Ashok Narayana to a tiebreak in the second set but ended up falling 6-4, 6-5 (7-0) in the No. 3 match.

Emmett Egger, playing in the No. 1 spot, was defeated by eighth-ranked Winston Lin 6-3, 6-3, and Jeff Hawke’s three-set loss to Max Schnur (4-6, 6-0, 6-1) clinched the match for the Lions.

Up next for the Dawgs is a road match at No. 24 Tulsa on Feb. 1.

Tennis Match Results
Columbia vs Washington
Jan 26, 2014 at Athens, Ga.

#43 Columbia 4, #36 Washington 0

 Singles competition
1. #8 Winston Lin (CU) def. Max Manthou (WASH) 6-3, 6-3
2. Emmett Egger (WASH) vs. Dragos Ignat (CU) 4-6, 5-5, unfinished
3. #125 Ashok Narayana (CU) def. Gal Hakak (WASH) 6-4, 6-5 (7-0)
4. Max Schnur (CU) def. Jeff Hawke (WASH) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
5. Viktor Farkas (WASH) vs. Bert Vancura (CU) 0-0, unfinished
6. Mike Vermeer (CU) vs. Daffra Sanon (WASH) no result

 Doubles competition
1. Emmett Egger/Jeff Hawke (WASH) vs. #14 Max Schnur/Ashok Narayana (CU) 5-1, unfinished
2. Winston Lin/Mike Vermeer (CU) def. Viktor Farkas/Max Manthou (WASH) 6-2
3. Richard Pham/Dragos Ignat (CU) def. Michael Chamerski/Wendell Watanabe (WASH) 6-1

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (3,1,4)
Doubles point clinched at 9:27 a.m. (24 min.)
Singles point clinched at 11:09 a.m. (1 hour, 31 min.)
Official: Clark Weaver  T-2:09