NEW YORK — Freshman David Volfson won his matches in both singles and doubles, but the 47th-ranked Cornell men's tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision to Michigan on Saturday afternoon at the National Tennis Center in Flushing.
 
Volfson and junior Colin Sinclair teamed up to win the No. 2 doubles match, 6-3, but Michigan came out on top in the other two doubles matches by the same margin to secure the opening point.
 
Volfson's over Jathan Malik at No. 1 was his first in collegiate dual singles matches. Ranked the second-best newcomer in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association earlier this year, Volfson stormed back to win in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
 
Cornell returns to action in the Ivy-Big Ten Challenge on Sunday morning with a match against Iowa in Princeton, N.J.
 
MICHIGAN 4, #47 CORNELL 1
Singles
1. David Volfson (C) def. Jathan Malik, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Chris Vrabel (C) vs. Davis Crocker, DNF
3. Alex Knight (M) def. Colin Sinclair, 6-3, 7-5
4. Bernardo Casares Rosa (C) vs. Runhao Hua, DNF
5. Carter Lin (M) def. Stefan Vinti, 6-1, 6-1
6. Myles Schalet (M) def. Karim Arem, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
1. Hua/Knight (M) def. Casares Rosa/Vrabel, 6-3
2. Sinclair/Volfson (C) def. Crocker/Gabe Tishman, 6-3
3. Tyler Gardiner/Malik (M) vs. Arem/Vinti, 6-3