HANOVER, N.H. — The men's tennis won all three singles matches that went to three sets Sunday, surging past Dartmouth for a 5-2 victory at Boss Tennis Center which marked its first in Ivy League play this season.
 
Cornell (9-7, 1-2 Ivy League) started the day by securing the doubles point, then Dartmouth (9-10, 0-2) rallied with victories at the top two singles positions. Sophomore Chris Vrabel tied the match at 2 with his singles victory at the No. 4 position, closed it out in a tiebreaker.
 
In the remaining three singles matches, Dartmouth won the first set only to have Cornell win the second set. Senior Alex Sidney closed out his No. 6 match emphatically with a 6-0 triumph in the third set. Junior Stefan Vinti won 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3, and sophomore Colin Sinclair capped the impressive comeback at No. 5, winning 2-6, 6-1, 7-6.
 
Cornell returns home for its first Ivy League matches at Reis Tennis Center this season. The Big Red hosts Brown at 1 p.m. Saturday, then Yale at 1 p.m. Sunday.
 
#55 CORNELL 5, #50 DARTMOUTH 2
Sunday's results; at Boss Tennis Center; Hanover, N.H.
Singles
1. #86 Dovydas Sakinis (D) def. Sam Fleck, 6-3, 6-2
2. #91 Chris Kipouras (D) def. Bernardo Casares Rosa, 6-4, 6-2
3. Stefan Vinti (C) def. Ciro Riccardi, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
4. Chris Vrabel (C) def. George Wall, 6-1, 7-6
5. Colin Sinclair (C) def. Max Schmidt, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6
6. Alex Sidney (C) def. Sam Todd, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0
Doubles
1. Casares Rosa/Vrabel (C) vs. #21 Kipouras/Sakinis, 6-6 (DNF)
2. Fleck/Sinclair (C) def. Schmidt/Brendan Tannenbaum, 7-5
3. Quoc-Daniel Nguyen/Vinti (C) def. Diego Pedraza/Wall, 6-2