ITHACA, N.Y. – The women's tennis team won its eighth straight match to start the spring season for the first time since the program started in 1973 with a 7-0 sweep of Binghamton on Friday at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Cornell won all nine matches on the day, starting off with the three doubles matches. The No. 2 tandem of senior Christine Ordway and junior Ryann Young had the best margin of victory, defeating Shea Brodsky and Alexis Tashiro, 8-2. Both the No. 1 team of sophomore Lauren Frazier and senior Sarah O'Neil and the No. 3 pairing of freshmen Christy Kung and Dena Tanenbaum secured 8-6 victories.
 
The Big Red then rolled through the six singles matches, winning each tilt in straight sets. O'Neil dropped just two games in her match against Katherine Medianik at the No. 1 position, as did Ordway against Alexis Tashiro at No. 2. Cornell is now 44-4 in singles and 20-3 in doubles. Binghamton fell to 3-10 with the loss, with Cornell having won 13 of the 15 all-time matches between the two programs.
 
Cornell will now depart on its annual Spring Break trip, taking on Coastal Carolina at 1 p.m. Monday and College of Charleston at 1 p.m. Tuesday on a swing through South Carolina. The Big Red will then return for Ivy League play, starting with a home match against Columbia on March 30.
 
CORNELL 7, BINGHAMTON 0
Friday; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Sarah O'Neil (C) def. Katherine Medianik, 6-2, 6-0.
2. Christine Ordway (C) def. Alexis Tashiro, 6-1, 6-1.
3. Ryann Young (C) def. Sara Kohtz, 6-0, 6-4.
4. Dena Tanenbaum (C) def. Shea Brodsky, 6-2, 6-2.
5. Laila Judeh (C) def. Agatha Ambrozy, 7-5, 6-4.
6. Lauren Frazier (C) def. Jessie Rubin, 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles
1. Frazier/O'Neil (C) def. Ambrozy/Medianik, 8-6.
2. Ordway/Young (C) def. Brodsky/Tashiro, 8-2.
3. Christy Kung/Tanenbaum (C) def. Missy Edelblum/Kohtz, 8-6.