PHILADELPHIA – The men's tennis team opened play at the ECAC Indoor Championships on Friday with a 4-0 quarterfinal loss to host Penn at Hecht Tennis Center.
 
Seeded fourth in the field of seven Ivy League teams, Cornell (2-5) conceded the doubles point to start the day. But the Big Red answered with Joseph McAllister cruising to win his first set at No. 6 singles. The rest of the singles matches were close in the first set, but Penn prevailed in the rest of them – capped with a tiebreaker win at No. 3. That left Penn (7-1) in command, and they clinched the victory with straight-set wins at positions 1,2 and 4.
 
With the loss, Cornell will remain idle until the tournament's fifth-place match at 9 a.m. Sunday. The Big Red will take on the winner of a Saturday morning match between Brown and Yale.
 
PENN 4, CORNELL 0
At Hecht Tennis Center; Philadelphia, Pa.
Singles
1. Kyle Mautner (P) def. #101 Lev Kazakov, 7-5, 6-1
2. Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Daniel Soyfer, 6-4, 6-2
3. Evan Bynoe (C) def. Kevin Zhu, DNF
4. Dmitry Shatalin (P) def. Pietro Rimondini, 6-4, 6-1
5. Jake Hansen (C) def. Noah Makarome, DNF
6. Joseph McAllister (C) def. Jason Hildebrand, DNF
Doubles
1. Mautner/Shatalin (P) def. Hansen/Soyfer, 6-2
2. Kazakov/McAllister (C) vs. Graziani/Zhu, DNF
3. Max Cancilla/Aleks Huryn (P) def. Rimondini/Eero Vasa, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3), Singles (2,1,4,3)