ITHACA, N.Y. — Freshman David Volfson defeated a nationally-ranked opponent in singles and also teamed with junior Colin Sinclair to win the No. 1 doubles match, but the men's tennis team was defeated by Dartmouth, 4-2, on Sunday in an Ivy League match at Reis Tennis Center.
 
In a matchup of two teams who have narrowly missed securing at-large bids to the NCAA tournament in each of the last two seasons, 40th-ranked Dartmouth (13-8, 1-1 Ivy) wrestled away the doubles point. Volfson and Sinclair cruised to a 6-2 victory at the No. 1 spot, but the Big Green countered by winning the remaining matches in tiebreakers.
 
The visitors then won the first singles match to be completed before 56th-ranked Cornell (8-10, 1-2 Ivy) fought back to tie it at 2. Sinclair blanked his opponent in the second set at the No. 2 spot, then Volfson wrapped up a tidy straight-set victory over 81st-ranked Dovydas Sakinis at No. 1.
 
Even though Dartmouth was on the verge of wrapping up its third point with a three-set win at No. 6, Cornell was gaining steam in the last two matches — both of which it needed to win to take the match. Freshman Karlo Lozic won the second set of his No. 5 match to force a third, and senior Stefan Vinti was up a break in the second set of his match at No. 3. Vinti would go on to force a third set, but the Big Green clinched at No. 5.
 
Cornell travels to New England next weekend for Ivy League matches at 1 p.m. Saturday at Brown and 1 p.m. Sunday at Yale.
 
#40 DARTMOUTH 4, #56 CORNELL 2
Singles
1. David Volfson (C) def. #81 Dovydas Sakinis, 6-2, 6-4
2. Colin Sinclair (C) def. Ciro Riccardi, 6-4, 6-0
3. George Wall (D) vs. Stefan Vinti, DNF
4. Max Fliegner (D) def. Chris Vrabel, 6-2, 6-0
5. Max Schmidt (D) def. Karlo Lozic, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
6. Roko Glasnovic (D) def. Bernardo Casares Rosa, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
1. Sinclair/Volfson (C) def. Tannenbaum/Wall, 6-2
2. Fliegner/Sakinis (D) def. Casares Rosa/Vrabel, 7-6
3. Glasnovic/Schmidt (D) def. Dylan Brown/Vinti, 7-6
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3), Singles (4,2,1,6,5)
Records: Cornell 8-10, 1-2; Dartmouth 13-8, 1-1 Ivy