HANOVER, N.H. – The men's tennis team began its defense of the ECAC Indoor Championships title with a 4-2 victory over Brown in the quarterfinals on Saturday at Dartmouth's Boss Tennis Center. Junior Quoc-Daniel Nguyen led the Big Red with victories in both matches he played in on the day.
 
After fifth-seeded and 61^st-ranked Brown (3-3) opened by winning the doubles point, fourth-seeded and 62^nd-ranked Cornell (5-2) countered by winning four of the five completed singles matches. Junior Sam Fleck got the Big Red on the board by cruising to a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the No. 3 position, then Casares Rosa won a second-set tiebreaker at No. 2 to give Cornell a 2-1 lead.
 
Nguyen followed suit with his own straight-set victory in a tiebreaker, but Brown quickly countered with a win at the No. 5 spot to bring the score, 3-2. Sophomore Stefan Vinti then clinched the match for the Big Red with a 6-4, 6-5(1) victory at the No. 1 spot. Vinti and Casares Rosa are now a combined 7-0 from the top two singles positions.
 
With the win, the Big Red advances to a 5 p.m. Sunday semifinal against top-seeded and 25th-ranked Harvard. Cornell defeated Harvard in last season's event, when the Crimson was also the No. 1 seed.
 
#62 CORNELL 4,  BROWN 2
ECAC Indoor Championships quarterfinal; at Hanover, N.H.
Doubles
1. Justin To/Lucas Da Silveira (B) def. #34 Sam Fleck/Chris Vrabel, 6-5(6)
2. Jason Luu/Quoc-Daniel Nguyen def. Brandon Burke/Will Spector (B), 6-3
3. Dan Hirschberg/Greg Garcia def. Bernardo Casares Rosa/Alex Sidney (C), 6-2
Singles
1. Stefan Vinti (C) def. To, 6-5, 6-5(1)
2. Casares Rosa (C) def. Burke, 6-3, 6-5(4)
3. Fleck (C) def. Spector, 6-3, 6-1
4. Sidney (C) vs. Garcia, unfinished 6-5(8), 5-6(2), 0-5
5. Sam Fife (B) def. Vrabel, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
6. Nguyen (C) def. Hirschberg, 6-4, 6-5(4)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1), Singles (3,2,6,5,1)
Records: Cornell 5-2, Brown 3-3