NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sophomore Lev Kazakov won in both singles and doubles, and the men's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the ECAC Indoor Championships on Friday with a 4-1 victory over Penn at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
 
Kazakov teamed with junior Jake Hansen, competing at the No. 1 doubles position for the first time this season. They won, 6-3, but Penn (2-4) took the other doubles matches to capture the day's first point.
 
Cornell (3-3) stormed through singles unscathed, with Kazakov (No. 3) and sophomore Pietro Rimondini (No. 5) giving the Big Red the lead. Freshman Alafia Ayeni was next off court with a 7-6, 6-2 win at No. 2 to give Cornell a 3-1 lead with the remaining three matches into a third set, then senior Daniel Grunberger wrapped it up from the No. 4 spot, improving to 5-1 in dual matches this season.
 
The Big Red will next take on second-seeded Harvard at 6 p.m. Saturday in the semifinals. The other semifinal will see top-seeded Dartmouth battle with Princeton at noon. All of this weekend's matches from the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center will be broadcast on subscription-based Ivy League Network.
 
CORNELL 4, PENN 1
At Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center; New Haven, Conn.
Singles
1. David Volfson (C) vs. Josh Pompan, DNF (3-6, 6-4, 1-1)
2. Alafia Ayeni (C) def. Dmitry Shatalin, 7-6, 6-2
3. Lev Kazakov (C) def. Max Cancilla, 6-3, 6-4
4. Daniel Grunberger (C) def. Nicholai Westergaard, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
5. Pietro Rimondini (C) def. Noah Makarome, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
6. Jack Hansen (C) vs. Gabe Rappoport, DNF (5-7, 6-4, 1-1)
Doubles
1. Hansen/Kazakov (C) def. Huryn/Shatalin, 6-3
2. Pompan/Westergaard (P) def. Ayeni/Bynoe, 6-2
3. Cancilla/Funk (P) def. Volfson/McAllister, 6-4
Order of finish: Singles (3,5,2,4)