ITHACA, N.Y. – Junior Sam Fleck won his No. 1 singles match and the men's tennis also locked up the doubles point Saturday, but it wasn't enough in a 4-2 loss to Dartmouth in a showdown of nationally-ranked Ivy League squads at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Cornell (10-6, 0-2 Ivy League) got off to a good start, with the junior doubles team of Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen winning at the No. 1 spot against a tandem ranked 20th in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Freshmen Bernardo Casares Rosa and Colin Sinclair also won at the No. 3 spot in a tiebreaker to lock down the opening point for the hosts.
 
Fleck accounted for the Big Red's second point with a close victory at the No. 1 singles spot, 7-6, 7-5. There were three other matches that needed tiebreakers, but the Big Green prevailed in each of them – including a third-set tiebreaker at the No. 2 position.
 
Cornell is back in action at 2 p.m. Sunday when it plays host to Harvard at Reis. Live scores for the match will be posted here.
 
#41 DARTMOUTH 4, #46 CORNELL 2
Saturday's results; at Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Doubles
1. Jason Luu/Quoc-Daniel Nguyen (C) def. #20 Cameron Ghorbani/Brendan Tannebaum, 8-5
2. Brandon DeBot/Dovydas Sakinis (D) def. #69 Sam Fleck/Chris Vrabel, 8-7
3. Bernardo Casares Rosa/Colin Sinclair (C) def. Chris Kipouras/Diego Pedraza, 8-7
Singles
1. Fleck (C) def. Sakinis, 7-6, 7-5
2. Kipouras (D) def. Casares Rosa, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(7)
3. DeBot (D) def. Stefan Vinti, 7-6, 7-5
4. Alex Sidney (C) vs. Pedraza, unfinished
5. Ghorbani (D) def. Luu, 6-4, 7-6
6. George Wall (D) def. Vrabel, 6-3, 6-4
Records: Cornell 10-6, 0-2 Ivy; Dartmouth 14-4, 1-0