BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Senior
Chris Vrabel won in both singles and doubles, and the men's tennis team started a demanding stretch of four straight non-league matches on the road with a 4-0 victory over Indiana on Friday afternoon.
Vrabel and classmate
Bernardo Casares Rosa won their No. 2 doubles match in a tiebreaker, then senior
Colin Sinclair and sophomore
David Volfson clinched the opening point with a win at No. 1.
Freshman
Lev Kazakov defeated a nationally-ranked opponent at No. 2 singles for the Big Red's second point, then junior
Daniel Grunberger won in straight sets at No. 5. Vrabel, ranked 115th in the nation in singles, then clinched the match for Cornell with a 6-4, 6-4 win at the No. 4 spot.
Cornell concludes this weekend's trip at 11 a.m. CST Sunday with a match at Memphis.
#18 CORNELL 4, #37 INDIANA 0
Singles
1.
David Volfson (C) vs. Kelvon Tabrizi, DNF
2.
Lev Kazakov (C) def. #125 Antonio Cembellin, 6-2, 6-3
3.
Colin Sinclair (C) vs. Matthew McCoy, DNF
4. #115
Chris Vrabel (C) def. Bennett Crame, 6-4, 6-4
5.
Daniel Grunberger (C) def. Afonso Salgado, 6-4, 6-3
6.
Pietro Rimondini (C) vs. Zac Brodney, DNF
Doubles
1. Sinclair/Volfson (C) def. Cembellin/Stefan Lugonjic, 6-4
2.
Bernardo Casares Rosa/Vrabel (C) def. Brodney/Crane, 7-6(5)
3.
Al Hill/Rimondini (C) vs. Salgado/Tabrizi, DNF
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1), Singles (2,5,4)