ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's tennis team opened the Ivy League portion of its schedule with a 6-1 loss to Columbia this afternoon at the Reis Tennis Center. The Big Red swept the double matches to earn the double point.

Cornell is back in action next weekend against St. Bonaventure and Stony Brook. The Big Red will welcome both teams to the Reis Tennis Center on Saturday, March 13 at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively.

Columbia def. Cornell 6-1 

Doubles:
1. Gauthier and Feldman (COR) def. Wong and Nichifor (COL) 9-8
2. Jaklitsch and Klis (COR) def. Gery and Schneiderman (COL) 8-5
3. Fife and Bernstein (COR) def. Kung and Deb-Sen (COL) 9-8 

Singles:
1. Jon Wong (COL) def. Jon Jaklitsch (COR) 6-4, 7-6
2. Mihai Nichifor (COL) def. Andy Gauthier (COR) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6
3. Haig Schneiderman (COL) def. Jeremy Feldman (COR) 6-7, 7-5, 10-6
4. Rajeev Deb-Sen (COL) def. Jon Fife (COR) 6-7, 6-3, 11-9
5. Cyril Bucher (COL) def. Mirza Klis (COR) 6-1, 6-1
6. Nate Gery (COL) def. Ashish Bhandari (COR) 7-6, 6-4