Finn Dusenbery

Long hours, dull work, no pay. What activity fits this description? Prison work? No—writing and editing for Spec Sports.

In matches against UMBC and UMass this weekend, women’s tennis is looking to rebound from back-to-back losses at Boston University and Boston College.

With the men splitting their first non-conference matches of the season and the women losing to both of their opponents, this weekend provided mixed results for the Columbia tennis teams.

It was sweet success for Justin Chow and Bogdan Borta at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional tournament, as the two teamed up to win the doubles title against Ryan Gormley and Brendan Lynch of Penn State, 8-1, securing a berth in the National Indoor Tournament next weekend.

Men’s tennis heads to Princeton tomorrow for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Regional Championships, an indoor tournament that will feature the best 128 colleges and universities in the Northeast.

Men's tennis had an outstanding year, as for the first time in seven seasons, the Lions won the Ivy title and earned a place in the NCAA tournament. They are slotted to play Ohio State, the second seed in the nation.

The NCAA draw for men's tennis is in: Columbia is set to play at Ohio State in its first-round match next week.

Columbia players didn't watch the selection show, which aired on ESPNNews, because they were busy with term papers. "I don't think anyone watched the show together," senior captain Marty Moore said.

Men's tennis scored a landmark victory yesterday against Penn, 4-1, earning a spot in the NCAA tournament in two weeks. For the first time since the 2000 season, the Lions will compete on a national level.

The Lions seized the momentum swiftly by scoring the doubles point.

Men's tennis, having already won a share of the Ivy title with Penn, faces the Quakers in a playoff Sunday with a berth in the 2007 NCAA tournament at stake.

Senior captain Marty Moore was anxious yesterday morning. He flipped on the radio and jumped in the shower with the afternoon match against Penn on his mind, knowing that the Columbia men's tennis team would share the Ivy title with Penn if it won. He pondered peacefully.

Men's tennis, presently 4-1 on the Ivy season and 13-4 overall, is stoked for the final weekend of Ivy competition, with matches scheduled on Friday and Saturday against Princeton and Penn, respectively.

Men's tennis captured two crucial wins over the weekend against Yale (7-10, 1-3 Ivy) and Brown (5-2, 0-4 Ivy) to extend the team's Ivy record to 4-1 and their overall record to 13-4.

Junior Jared Drucker had a fabulous weekend, winning three of his four matches and clinching the win for the team against Brown.

Men's tennis, 11-4 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League, and coming off a disappointing loss at Harvard, 5-2, welcomes Yale and Brown to the Dick Savitt Tennis Center on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Men's tennis left Boston crestfallen on Saturday as Harvard blasted the Lions for a 5-2 victory. The loss came just one day after a confidence-building 6-1 win against Dartmouth.

Senior captain Marty Moore believed that the loss was due in some part to Harvard's jeering fans.

Men's tennis, having beaten Cornell in its Ivy opener 5-2, travels to Dartmouth for a 3 p.m. match against the Big Green today.

Columbia men's tennis won its first match of the Ivy season with a 5-2 victory over Cornell on Saturday to bring its record to 10-3 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League. Four out of six singles matches went to three sets in Columbia's riveting home opener.

Head coach Bid Goswami's doubles preparation last week paid dividends as Columbia captured the doubles point with wins at first and second position.

Men's tennis opens the all-important Ivy season tomorrow at home against Cornell as the winner of the Ancient Eight receives a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Lions enter the match riding a three game win streak with a 9-3 nonconference record.

Senior captain Marty Moore eagerly awaits the match.

Columbia men's tennis decimated St. Joseph's, 7-0, on Friday to bring their non-Ivy record to an impressive 9-3. The Lions dominated from beginning to end, winning all seven matches, including the three doubles contests, in straight sets. With the overwhelming victory, the Lions' confidence has shot to astral heights.

Men's tennis (8-3) plays its last non-Ivy match of the season at home today against St. Joseph's.

Over spring break the Columbia men's tennis team completed its grueling road trip to Texas during which they played against the four highly ranked teams of Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M, Texas Arlington, and Texas San Antonio. Of the four games, the Lions scored two victories over Arlington and San Antonio, winning 5-1 and 5-2, respectively.

Men's tennis, boasting a 5-1 record, receives Loyola-Marymount from Los Angeles in a matchup at the Dick Savitt Center today at 1 p.m.
The Lions, just two weeks away from the Ivy season, anticipate that Loyola-Marymount will put up a tough fight. "We expect them to be very good," junior Jared Drucker said.

The Columbia women's tennis team split two home matches over the weekend, dropping a narrow 4-3 match to Army on Friday but posting a resounding victory the next day against Rutgers, 6-1.

"I was disappointed to lose," Columbia head coach Rob Kresberg said, about the match against Army.

After a three-week break, women's tennis resumes its season this Friday against Army, a team the Lions dispatched swiftly 7-0 last season.

Men's tennis had mixed results at home over the weekend, scoring a convincing win against St. John's, 4-1, and falling to 27th-ranked Alabama, 7-0.

Senior captain Marty Moore, who pushed his Alabama opponent Billy Mertz to three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, was philosophical in defeat.

Men's tennis, 4-0 on the non-Ivy season, welcomes nationally ranked Alabama to the Dick Savitt Center on Saturday.

Despite picking up a 5-2 win against Manhattan at the Dick Savitt Center, Columbia men's tennis surrendered two disconcerting losses at the very top of their lineup in first and second singles. Junior Mark Clemente, playing number-one, lost to freshman and native Romanian Mihai Nichifor, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, and junior Jared Drucker, in the number-two slot, fell 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, to junior Peter Czink.

Men's tennis, currently 3-0 in non-Ivy competition, plays Manhattan at 2 p.m. today at the Dick Savitt Center.

Men's tennis scored an easy 6-1 victory at home against Radford over the weekend, improving its non-Ivy record to 3-0.

Pre-match apprehension on the part of Columbia proved to be misplaced. What junior and number-one singles player Jared Drucker had warned would be a "tough match" turned out to be a humiliating blow-out.

Confidence is high right now on the men's tennis team as it enters its match against Radford today, having surrendered only a single point between the Lions' 7-0 and 6-1 wins against Binghamton and Army, respectively.

Men's head coach Bid Goswami, who shuffled the lineup between games against Binghamton and Army, will field a lineup with junior Jared Drucker playing number one singles and junior Mark Clemente playing number two.

Men's tennis shut out Binghamton 7-0 Friday at the Dick Savitt Center and then traveled to West Point the following morning to plaster Army 6-1.

Head coach Bid Goswami's lineup had some surprises in it, most notably junior Jared Drucker's promotion to number-one singles in the Army match and freshman Jonathan Wong's positioning at number-three and four singles.

Men's tennis plays its first match as a team today against Binghamton at 2 p.m. at the Dick Savitt Center. Head coach Bid Goswami has said that Columbia looks like a strong team for the regular season, and he expects positive results.

Senior captain Marty Moore, the figurehead of Columbia tennis, begins his swan song as a Columbia tennis player this Friday when the Lions play Binghamton-and what a sweet song it should be for one of Columbia's most memorable players of recent past.

Four years at Columbia have given Moore ample perspective on Ivy tennis.

Men's tennis begins its spring season this Friday against Binghamton at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center. For yet another year, the Lions come equipped to compete for the Ivy title. Junior stand-outs Mark Clemente, the long-time, number-one singles player, and Jared Drucker, qualifier in the fall National Indoor Tournament, bring star-power to the top half of the lineup, while veteran seniors Marty Moore and Paul Ratchford solidify lower ranks.

Men's tennis opened its season at the Dick Savitt Center with a number of impressive individual performances at the Columbia Classic, a round-robin tournament in which players compete for themselves rather than for their colleges. In the A flight, the section of the tournament reserved for the best players, junior Jared Drucker made a run to the semifinals, and junior Mark Clemente sealed victory in the finals with a win over defending champion Louis Desmarteaux of St.

Men's tennis opens its season today with the Columbia Classic, a round-robin invitational tournament at Baker Field's Dick Savitt Tennis Center.

Ending their season with strong performances at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament, Columbia's indoor tennis teams will now prepare for tougher competition in the spring. Junior Jared Drucker made an improbable and memorable run to the National Indoor Tennis Championships this year.

Jared Drucker's stellar fall season ended over the weekend in Columbus, Ohio, at the Indoor National tournament. The junior earned entry into the prestigious event by placing second in a regional tournament that awarded its top two finishers with a berth at Indoor Nationals.

Jared Drucker plays today at Indoor Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. It was a long road to get a spot at the tournament, and will be an even greater challenge to succeed. But Drucker has transformed as a tennis player over the indoor season, and as he faces the top players in the country, he has one more chance to show how much he's improved.

With a 6-4, 6-4 dispatching of Penn State's Brendan Lynch in the semifinal match of the Regional Championships in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Columbia junior Jared Drucker earned a spot in this year's prestigious National Indoor Tournament. However, he would not be able to cap his brilliant campaign with bragging rights, as he lost to second-seeded Arvid Puranen of Virginia Tech 6-1, 6-0 in the final match.

After four days of play, junior Jared Drucker is the only Columbia singles player still competing at the International Tennis Association Regional tournament at the University of Pennsylvania. Drucker, the 17th-seeded player in a field of 128, plays his semifinal match today against Brendan Lynch of Penn State.

The men's tennis team's six best players drove themselves to Philadelphia last night for the International Tennis Association Regional Championships. At stake is an individual berth in National Indoors, as top Columbia players Mark Clemente, Paul Ratchford, Marty Moore, Jared Drucker, Jonathan Wong, and Justin Chow will all compete in a massive singles draw of 128 players and a more modest doubles draw of 32 players.

Women's tennis competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament over the weekend, but their two wins couldn't stand up in a tournament with some of the nation's top programs. The field included such strong squads as Duke, South Carolina, Harvard, and Yale.

Playing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament this past weekend, Columbia made it as far as the final match, but a loss to Penn closed the door on a postseason bid. Columbia, seeded fifth in a draw of 16, made a run that included victories over Ivy League opponents Yale and Brown before Penn won the tournament with four straight wins against the Lions.

The men's tennis team will play arguably its most important event of the fall season as it travels to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships tomorrow in Flushing, N.Y. The winner of the ECAC tournament is guaranteed a much-coveted spot in a larger national tournament, in which the highest-ranked teams play.

By Finn dusenbery

Spectator Staff Writer

Columbia Tennis earned some encouraging victories at Princeton's Farnsworth Invitational to open their season. Marty Moore made the semi-finals in the A flight of singles before losing to UPenn's Jason Pinsky, the number one seed and eventual tournament winner.

After intense practices the past two weeks to determine the starting lineup, Columbia's tennis teams are finally ready to begin play at the Princeton Invitational tournament tomorrow.

While the focus during the past two weeks has been on practicing to attain in-season form, the reticence of the Lions on the Invitational belies the substantial amount of thought and consideration they have given to tomorrow's matches, as the competition at Princeton will be stiff.

Last season, men's tennis suffered a disappointing finish despite an optimistic beginning. Standing at an impressive 9-2 before Ivy League competition, the Lions defeated Cornell and Dartmouth and took a commanding position in the hunt for the Ivy title. Their next match was a harrowing 4-3 victory against longtime rival Harvard in which freshman Dan Urban played through painful cramps to secure the win.

While Men's tennis showed flashes of brilliance early in the season, erratic and inconsistent play dismissed hopes of an Ivy League title. The Lions finished the year at 13-5 overall and 4-3 in Ivy League competition, good enough for a share of third place in the conference.