ITHACA, N.Y. – The men's tennis team will play for the ECAC Men's Indoor Tennis Championships on Sunday after toppling top-seeded Harvard in the semifinals, 4-2, on Saturday.
 
The Big Red, seeded fourth in the tournament and 73rd in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, won its fourth consecutive match to improve to 6-1 on the season. Cornell will take on second-seeded Columbia in the finals at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Cornell started off Saturday's match by winning two of three doubles matches against top-seeded and 47th-ranked Harvard. Sophomores Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen won in a tiebreaker at No. 2, while classmates Kyle Berman and Sam Fleck won 8-5 at the No. 3 spot to secure the opening point.
 
In singles, the Big Red won three of the four matches that were completed – all in straight sets. Those victories came courtesy of junior Venkat Iyer (No. 1), Nguyen (No. 4) and Luu (No. 5).
 
Sunday's other matches are scheduled for 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Admission to the general public is free.
 
4-CORNELL 4, 1-HARVARD 2
Saturday; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Venkat Iyer (C) def. D. Nguyen, 6-2, 7-5
2. Sam Fleck (C) vs. Chaudhuri, 6-3, 3-4 (DNF)
3. Steinroeder (H) def. Alex Sidney, 6-2, 6-4
4. Quoc-Daniel Nguyen (C) def. A. Nguyen, 7-5, 6-3
5. Jason Luu (C) def. Hu, 6-2, 6-4
6. MacMaster (H) def. Kyle Berman (C), 7-6(3), 6-4
Doubles
1. D. Nguyen/MacMaster (H) def. Iyer/Sidney, 8-2
2. Luu/Nguyen (C) def. A. Nguyen/Hu, 8-7(4)
3. Berman/Fleck (C) def. Chaudhuri/Steinroeder, 8-5