Greenville, S.C. – The No. 47 Big Red men's tennis team kicked off its spring break trip with a 5-2 victory over Furman (3-13) this afternoon at the Mickel Tennis Center in Greenville, S.C. With the win, Cornell extends its winning streak to 10 matches, improving to 16-3 on the season.

The Big Red swept all three doubles matches to earn the point, before picking up victories by No. 3 Mirza Klis, No. 4 Evan Bernstein, No. 5 Jeremy Feldman and No. 6 Venkat Iyer.

Cornell is back in action on Wednesday, March 23 as it takes on UNC-Wilmington at 2 p.m.


No. 47 Cornell def. Furman; 5-2

Singles
1. Sawyer Duncan (FUR) def. Jonathan Jaklitsch (COR); 7-6, 6-1
2. Andrew Mellow (FUR) def. Andy Gauthier (COR); 6-4, 6-2
3. Mirza Klis (COR) def. Andrei Chvetsov (FUR); 6-0, 6-4
4. Evan Bernstein (COR) def. Alex Christ (FUR); 6-4, 6-2
5. Jeremy Feldman (COR) def. Tyler Droll (FUR); 6-3, 6-1
6. Venkat Iyer (COR) def. Joel Cook (FUR); 7-6, 6-3

Doubles
1. Andy Gauthier/Jeremy Feldman (COR) def. Sawyer Duncan/Andrew Mellow (FUR); 8-3
2. Jonathan Jaklitsch/Evan Bernstein (COR) def. Alex Christ/Joel Cook (FUR); 8-1
3. Mirza Klis/Evan McElwain (COR) def. Andrei Chvetsov/Tyler Droll (FUR); 8-5