PHILADELPHIA — Five of six singles matches went to three sets, but the men's tennis team came up short in a 5-1 loss to Princeton on Sunday in the finals of the ECAC Indoor Championships at Penn's Hecht Tennis Center.
 
Junior Colin Sinclair accounted for the Big Red's lone point, winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 2 position in singles. Princeton (8-2) started the day by winning two doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead, then it won the No. 1 singles match in straight sets to go up 2-0.
 
Every other match went to a third set, with second-seeded and 45th-ranked Princeton's first ECAC title since 2008 clinched at the No. 3 position. Cornell (3-6), which entered the weekend as the fourth seed and ranked 60th in the nation, was in its first ECAC final since 2013 — when it swept Columbia to take the title.
 
Cornell returns to action at noon Saturday when it visits 47th-ranked Penn State.
 
#45 PRINCETON 5, #60 CORNELL 1
Singles
1. Diego Vives (P) def. David Volfson, 6-2, 6-2
2. Colin Sinclair (C) def. Thomas Colautti, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. #123 Alexander Day (P) def. Bernardo Casares Rosa, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
4. Joshua Yablon (P) def. Chris Vrabel, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
5. Karlo Lozic (C) vs. Kial Kaiser, DNF (6-1, 5-7, 5-6)
6. Luke Gamble (P) def. Karim Arem, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. Day/Gamble (P) def. Sinclair/Volfson, 6-3
2. Casares Rosa/Vrabel (C) vs. Vives/Wasserman, DNF (4-4)
3. Colautti/Yablon (P) def. Arem/Lozic, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3), Singles (1,2,6,3,4)
Records: Cornell 3-6, Princeton 8-2