ITHACA, N.Y. – The men's tennis team started a busy weekend at Reis Tennis Center with a convincing 4-0 victory over Radford. Juniors Alex Sidney and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen, and sophomore Stefan Vinti all won both singles and doubles matches for Cornell (2-1).
 
The Big Red started off by winning the doubles point for the first time this season. Sidney teamed with freshman Bernardo Casares Rosa to win the No. 2 match, 6-2, then Nguyen and Vinti outlasted their competition at No. 3, 6-5, to give the home side a 1-0 lead.
 
Cornell, ranked 62^nd in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, then closed out the match by winning the first three singles matches to be completed. Vinti, a sophomore transfer from Mississippi State, won his first decision for the Big Red, 6-1, 6-3, over Nick Sayer at the No. 1 position. Sidney topped Janken Thoen, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4, and Nguyen breezed by of Aymeric Autones, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 6 position.
 
The Big Red is back in action at 8 a.m. Sunday, when it plays host to Georgia State at Reis Tennis Center.
 
#62 CORNELL 4, RADFORD 0
Friday's results; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Doubles
1. Patrick O'Keefe/Nick Sayer (R) def. Jason Luu/Chris Vrabel, 6-2.
2. Bernardo Casares Rosa/Alex Sidney (C) def. Aymeric Autones/Janken Thoen, 6-2.
3. Quoc-Daniel Nguyen/Stefan Vinti (C) def. Nick Ascarrunz/Joe Mills, 6-5.
Singles
1. Vinti (C) def. Sayer, 6-1, 6-3.
2. Casares Rosa (C) vs. Ascarrunz, unfinished (6-1, 5-3).
3. Luu (C) vs. O'Keefe, unfinished (4-6, 4-2).
4. Sidney (C) def. Thoen, 6-1, 6-3.
5. Vrabel (C) vs. Mills, unfinished (6-2, 5-1).
6. Nguyen (C) def. Autones, 6-2, 6-1.
Records: Cornell 2-1, Radford 0-1