ITHACA, N.Y. — Freshman Alafia Ayeni won in both singles and doubles, but the men's tennis team suffered its second 4-3 loss of the weekend after Sunday's match against Penn at Reis Tennis Center.
 
The teams split the six singles matches after the doubles point was essentially decided in a tiebreaker at the No. 3 position. Ayeni and sophomore Lev Kazakov had the lone doubles victory for the Big Red at the No. 1 spot.
 
Four third sets were needed to decided singles matches after the Quakers won at No. 1 in straight sets and sophomore Joseph McAllister prevailed at No. 6, 6-2, 6-4. Junior Jake Hansen followed suit at No. 5, winning his fifth straight singles match to reach completion. Like Hansen, Ayeni also won in three sets from the No. 2 spot.
 
Cornell (7-9, 0-2 Ivy League), which entered the weekend ranked 47th in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, will return to Reis Tennis Center for a pair of big league matches next weekend. The Big Red hosts 33rd-ranked Dartmouth at 1 p.m. Saturday, then 28th-ranked Harvard at 1 p.m. Sunday.
 
PENN 4, #47 CORNELL 3
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Kyle Mautner (P) def. David Volfson, 6-4, 6-1
2. Alafia Ayeni (C) def. Josh Pompan, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
3. Dmitry Shatalin (P) def. Daniel Grunberger, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. Max Cancilla (P) def. Pietro Rimondini, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
5. Jake Hansen (C) def. Nicholai Westergaard, 4-6, 6-1, 6-5
6. Joseph McAllister (C) def. Noah Makarome, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. Ayeni/Kazakov (C) def. Mautner/Shatalin, 6-4
2. Pompan/Westergaard (P) def. McAllister/Volfson, 6-3
3. Cancilla/Aleks Huryn (P) def. Grunberger/Hansen, 7-6