ITHACA, N.Y. – The men's tennis team won three singles matches Sunday against visiting Dartmouth, but lost the doubles point en route to a 4-3 defeat at Reis Tennis Center.
 
The 60th-ranked Big Green (15-2, 1-1 Ivy League) swept the three doubles matches, but the Big Red answered with victories in straight sets at the top two spots in singles. Sophomore Venkat Iyer defeated Michael Laser at No. 1, 6-3, 6-1, and freshman Sam Fleck was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Xander Centenari at the No. 2 spot.
 
Freshman Quoc-Daniel Nguyen accounted for the third point for Cornell (7-14, 0-3) with a three-set victory over Brandon DeBot at the No. 6 spot, 7-6(1), 4-6, 1-0. The win was Nguyen's 10th on the season, tying him with classmate Alex Sidney for the most on the team in singles play.
 
Cornell will take to the road in its next matches, playing its first away matches in the Ivy League portion of its schedule with contests on April 14 at Brown and April 15 at Yale.
 
#60 DARTMOUTH 4, CORNELL 3
Sunday, April 8
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Venkat Iyer (C) def. Michael Laser, 6-3, 6-1
2. Sam Fleck (C) def. Xander Centenari, 6-1, 6-1
3. Cameron Ghorbani (D) def. Danny Riggs, 6-4, 6-2
4. Chris Kipouras (D) def. Alex Sidney, 6-1, 6-3
5. Chris Ho (D) def. Jason Luu, 6-3, 6-1
6. Quoc-Daniel Nguyen (C) def. Brandon DeBot, 7-6(1), 4-6, 1-0
Doubles
1. Laser/Alex de Chatellus (D) def. Fleck/Luu, 8-3
2. Centenari/DeBot (D) def. Riggs/Sidney, 8-4
3. Ghorbani/Jacobs (D) def. Iyer/Nguyen, 8-4
Record
Dartmouth 15-2, 1-1 Ivy; Cornell 7-14, 0-3