Junior
Christine Ordway won "A" flight titles in both singles and doubles on Sunday, highlighting a strong weekend for the Big Red at the Cornell Fall Invitational at Reis Tennis Center. The Cornell men's team also had a successful weekend, capturing three titles at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational.
Ordway defeated teammate
Ryann Young in the "A" Singles final in Ithaca, 6-4, 6-1, then paired with freshman
Gabby Sullivan to win the "A" Doubles in another all-Cornell championship. The tandem topped teammates
Sara Perelman and Young, 8-5.
Sullivan also won the "A" singles backdraw in a marathon match with NJIT's Monica Graff, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 11-9. Junior Sarah O'Neil finished fourth in the championship portion of the bracket.
The Big Red won the top three spots in the "B" Singles final with a trio of freshmen.
Lauren Frazier beat classmate
Nina Turudic in the final, 6-2, 5-7, 10-7, and Perelman rallied to defeat Binghamton's Marina Bykovskaya in the third-place match, 0-6, 6-2, 10-6. Freshman
Courtney Malinchak finished second in "C" Singles, with junior
Kirsten Kohagen beating Binghamton's Jen Fridman, 7-5, 6-1, for third place.
Freshman
Rosemary Li won the "C" Singles backdraw, also finishing second in the "B" Doubles bracket with O'Neil. Kohagen and Malinchak won the backdraw bracket.
The Cornell's men's team won three titles at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational. Freshmen
Jason Luu and
Kyle Berman captured singles championships, and the team of
Venkat Iyer and
Alex Sidney were tops in "B" Doubles.
Luu, one of the 3-4 seeds in the "C" bracket, beat Columbia's Bert Vancura in straight sets in the final. Top-seeded Berman topped Ian Laster in the "E" bracket final, 7-5, 6-2. Iyer and Sidney topped Princeton's Matt Siow and Matt Spindler in the "B" doubles final, 8-2.
Sophmore
Evan McElwain took second in "D" Singles, falling to Penn's Jeremy Court in a three-set final. Junior
Zhongming Chen advance to the semifinals. Freshman
Alex Sidney won the "B" Singles consolation bracket.
Both Big Red tennis teams are back in action next weekend, Sept. 23-25. The men will compete in the Virginia/NY Invitational, and the women hit the road for the first time to the Cissie Leary Invitational in Philadelphia.
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight A singles main
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight A singles backdraw Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight B singles main
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight B singles backdraw
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight C singles main
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight C singles backdraw
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight A doubles main
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight A doubles backdraw Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight B doubles main
Cornell Fall Invitational, Flight B doubles backdraw
Princeton / Farnsworth Invitational, final draws
