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GW Men's Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision to Columbia
Francisco Dias Leads Colonials with Singles and Doubles Victories
The GW men's tennis team fell to Ivy League foe Columbia, 5-2, Friday afternoon.

 
The GW men's tennis team fell to Ivy League foe Columbia, 5-2, Friday afternoon.
  

Feb. 10, 2012

Box Score

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The George Washington men’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Ivy League foe Columbia at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center on Friday afternoon in the first of a two-day swing in New York City.

The Lions (3-0) jumped ahead quickly, winning two-of-three doubles matches. Notching the win for the Colonials (3-5) was the No. 2 duo of senior Ugur Atalay and freshman Francisco Dias, who defeated John Yetimoglu and Nathaniel Gery in a super-tiebreaker, 9-8 (10-2).

In the No. 1 doubles spot junior Alexander van Gils and sophomore Ulrik Thomsen fell to Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur, 8-2, and junior Leonardo Lapentti and sophomore Viktor Svensson dropped an 8-4 decision to Winston Lin and Bert Vancura in the No. 3 spot.

Dias went on to win his No. 1 singles match in convincing fashion, downing Lin by 6-0, 6-4 sets. Lapentti defeated Schnur in the No. 6 spot, 6-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8) to give GW its final victory of the day.

Atalay dropped a 7-5, 7-5 decision to Gery in the No. 2 match and van Gils fell to Narayana, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 3. In the No. 4 spot Vancura defeated Svensson, 6-2, 6-4 and senior Richard Blumenfeld fell to Yetimoglu, 7-5, 6-1.


 

 

The Colonials travel across town to the United States Tennis Association National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., to face Big East opponent St. John’s. Action is set for 1 p.m., on Saturday.


Columbia 5, George Washington 2
Singles
No. 1 – Francisco Dias (GW) def. Winston Lin (COL) – 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 – Nathaniel Gery (COL) def. Ugur Atalay (GW) – 7-5, 7-5
No. 3 – Ashok Narayana (COL) def. Alexander van Gils (GW) – 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 – Bert Vancura (COL) def. Viktor Svensson (GW) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 – John Yetimoglu (COL) def. Richard Blumenfeld (GW) – 7-5, 6-1
No. 6 – Leonardo Lapentti (GW) def. Max Schnur (COL) – 6-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles
No. 1 – Narayana/Schnur (COL) def. van Gils/Thomsen (GW) – 8-2
No. 2 – Atalay/Dias (GW) def. Yetimoglu/Gery (COL) – 9-8 (10-2)
No. 3 – Lin/Vancura (COL) def. Lapentti/Svensson (GW) 

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