Orlando, Fla. – Fourth-ranked and second-seeded Columbus State University registered a 4-0 victory over the 15th-seeded Le Moyne College men's tennis team on Thursday night in the NCAA Championships Round of 16 at the USTA National Campus.
 
The Dolphins finish the season at 15-5 after advancing to the Round of 16 for the second straight year.
 
Columbus State, which improved to 19-3, took a 1-0 lead in the match by claiming the point in the doubles competition. Graduate student Tom Jarry (Paris, France/CNED Toulouse/Emmanuel) and senior Ethan Miller (Swindon, England/Cirencetser Kingshill School) put the Dolphins up with a 6-4 victory at the first position over Santiago Perez and Tommaso Schold. The Cougars evened the doubles at one as Andrea Sandrone and Felix Steen posted a 6-4 win at the third spot over seniors Kacper Piekarek (Wroclaw, Poland/Autorskrie Licea Artystyczne Akademickie/Missouri-Kansas City) and Rodrigo Beires (Porto, Portugal/Agrupamento de Escolas Garcia de Orta/Universidade Portucalense). Javier Cueto and Pietro Martinetti clinched the point for Columbus Ste with a 6-4 victory over sophomore Peter Hatton (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt/Club Med Academics/Army West Point) and graduate student Manuel Righi (Bologna, Italy/IPC Manfredi - ITC Tanari/Concordia (N.Y.)/Universita di Bologna).

The Cougars won the first three singles match to finish to clinch the victory. At the fifth position, Armin Trkjlk cruised to a 6-1 win in the first set and then edged Miller in the second, 6-4, to put Columbus State up 2-0. Schold made it 3-0 with back-to-scores of 6-3 at the third spot against Righi, who suffered just his second loss of the season. Sandrone closed out the victory with a 6-4, 7-5 win over senior Felipe Cruz (San Jose, Costa Rica/Blue Valley School/Saint Louis) at the sixth position.