Sophomore Michael Zheng played in Columbia’s first-ever NCAA singles championship final on Saturday, falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to University of Alabama’s Filip Planinsek. The furthest a Columbia player had ever reached before this year was the quarterfinals, a record held by Winston Lin, CC ’15.

In his fourth consecutive three-set match, sophomore Michael Zheng emerged victorious over the University of Arizona’s Colton Smith on Friday in Columbia’s first-ever NCAA men’s singles semifinal appearance.

School is out, but the tennis grind never stops for this year’s men’s team. After their historic win over No. 9 University of Arizona (26-4) on May 11, the Lions traveled to Stillwater, Oklahoma, on May 16 for the first NCAA quarterfinals appearance in program history.

Men’s tennis traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, over the weekend, serving up its final conference wins of the 2023-24 regular season and clinching the Ivy League championship for the first time since 2019.

Through rain, shine, and wind, the men’s tennis team marches on. After bulldozing through Dartmouth on Saturday, the Lions beat Harvard in their rematch after losing to the Crimson in February’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association D1 Men’s Team Indoor Championship.

It was a banner weekend for the men’s tennis team, who notched two 4-0 wins over conference competitors Princeton and Penn. The matches mark a rebound for the team after a shocking loss to Cornell in its Ivy opener.

Cornell men’s tennis clinched a 6-1 victory this past weekend over the Lions to pull off a shocking upset in both teams’ Ivy opener.

Men’s tennis conducted last Saturday a precise demolition at home against in-state opponents Marist College and Wagner College ahead of Ivy competition, which begins this upcoming Saturday.

Much like the rest of the tennis world, the Columbia men’s tennis team decamped to sunny California last week.

As the hosts of this year’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association D1 Men’s Team Indoor Championship this weekend, Columbia was under unique pressure to perform. The team was drawn against a familiar foe for its first round—No. 8 Harvard (7-4), the only other Ivy team in the tournament.