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ITHACA, N.Y. – After finishing as the Ivy League runner-up for the past two seasons, the No. 50 Big Red men's tennis team earned a share of its first ever Ivy League title this afternoon, defeating No. 58 Princeton, 4-3, at the Reis Tennis Center in Ithaca, N.Y. The win improves Cornell to 23-4 overall and 6-0 in the Ivy League for its first conference title since winning the EITA crown in 1949. The Big Red can win the title outright with a victory at Columbia on April 23.

Cornell grabbed the doubles point with a pair of electrifying 9-8 wins by No. 1 Jonathan Jaklitsch/Evan Bernstein and No. 3 Mirza Klis/Evan McElwain.

Bernstein stretched the Big Red's lead to 2-0 with a commanding victory over Dan Richardson (6-2, 6-1), but Augie Bloom answered with a three-set thriller over Mirza Klis.

Back-to-back wins by No. 2 Andy Gauthier and No. 4 Jeremy Feldman sealed the victory for the Big Red, with Feldman breaking Yohei Siow in a slugfest to give Cornell the title.

Princeton closed the match with a pair of three-set thrillers by No. 6 Alex Faust and No. 1 Matija Pecotic.


No. 50 Cornell def. No. 58 Princeton; 4-3
Doubles
1. Jaklitsch/Bernstein (COR) def. Pecotic/Siow (PRIN); 9-8
2. Shoji/Lin (PRIN) def. Gauthier/Feldman (COR); 8-6
3. Klis/McElwain (COR) def. Faust/Bloom (PRIN); 9-8

Singles
1. Pecotic (PU) def. Jaklitsch (COR); 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
2. Gauthier (COR) def. Spindler (PU); 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Bloom (PU) def. Klis (COR); 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
4. Feldman (COR) def. Siow (PU); 7-6, 6-4
5. Bernstein (COR) def. Richardson (PU); 6-2, 6-1
6. Faust (PU) def. McElwain (COR); 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-0)

Order of Finish
Doubles: 2, 1, 3
Singles: 5, 3, 2, 4, 6, 1