ITHACA, N.Y. – Freshman Marika Cusick and senior Shannon Comolli won singles matches, but the women's tennis dropped a 5-2 decision to Brown on Sunday at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Brown (13-7, 2-2) started off by winning the first two doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Comolli then outlasted her opponent at No. 5 singles to earn a straight-set victory and tie the match at 1.
 
The Bears won the next three singles clashes to clinch the match. Cusick then won her No. 3 match in a third-set super tiebreaker. Freshman Alexandra D'Ascenzo was tied with her opponent in the third set before they went to their own super tiebreaker, in which Brown prevailed.
 
Cornell (7-8, 0-5) will wrap up the home portion of its schedule at 2 p.m. Friday against Princeton before concluded the season at noon Sunday at Penn.
 
BROWN 5, CORNELL 2
Sunday's results; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Doubles
1. Hannah Camhi/Dayna Lord (B) def. Marika Cusick/Alexandra D'Ascenzo, 8-5
2. Sarah Kandath/Nikita Uberoi (B) def. Shannon Comolli/Lauren Frazier (C), 8-6
3. Christy Kung/Dena Tanenbaum (C) vs. Ammu Mandalap/Ashley Noyes, unfinished (6-6)
Singles
1. Lord (B) def. Tanenbaum, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
2. Camhi (B) def. D'Ascenzo, 6-7(6), 6-4, 4-3(4)
3. Cusick (C) def. Uberoi, 6-4, 5-7, (10-6)
4. Kandath (B) def. Frazier, 6-3, 6-4
5. Comolli (C) def. Mandalap, 6-4, 7-5
6. Noyes (B) def. Kung, 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2), Singles (5,1,6,4,3,2)
Records: Cornell 7-8 (0-5 Ivy), Brown 13-7 (2-2 Ivy)