NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Senior Daniel Grunberger improved to 6-1 in singles during the dual season, but the men's tennis team was defeated by Harvard, 4-1, in the semifinals of the ECAC Indoor Championships on Saturday at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
 
Grunberger won in straight sets at the No. 4 position, but Harvard won a pair of three-set matches to clinch. The freshman team of Alafia Ayeni and Evan Bynoe also won at No. 2 doubles for Cornell (3-4).
 
The loss sends the Big Red to the third-place match, where it will take on Princeton at 4 p.m. Sunday. All of this weekend's matches from the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center will be broadcast on subscription-based Ivy League Network.
 
HARVARD 4, CORNELL 1
At Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center; New Haven, Conn.
Singles
1. Kenny Tao (H) def. David Volfson, 6-4, 6-3
2. Alafia Ayeni (C) vs. Andy Zhou, DNF (7-5, 6-7, 1-2)
3. Lev Kazakov (C) vs. Jean Thirouin, DNF (6-4, 6-7(3), 1-4)
4. Daniel Grunberger (C) def. Robert Wrzesinski, 6-3, 6-3
5. Grant Solomon (H) def. Pietro Rimondini, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1
6. Andrew Ball (H) def. Jake Hansen, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. Tao/Weber (H) def. Hansen/Kazakov (C), 7-6
2. Ayeni/Bynoe (C) def. Thirouin/Zhou, 7-6(4)
3. Solomon/Morrow (H) def. McAllister/Volfson, 6-3