ITHACA, N.Y. – Playing for the first time since moving into the Oracle/ITA rankings last week, the #16 Cornell men's tennis team won its fourth-straight match on Sunday, Feb. 23, defeating Tulsa by a final score of 4-2. The #16 ranking is the second highest team rank in program history.
 
A win on Sunday improves Cornell's overall record to 7-1 on the season as the team heads into a bye week. The team resumes competition with a trek through the Hawkeye State to face Drake, Louisville and Iowa on March 6-8.
 
Tulsa mounted a 2-1 lead over the Big Red to open the match, taking two of three doubles matches and a match at No. 4 singles. Cornell won the first doubles match of the morning, as Daniel Soyfer and Lev Kazakov defeated Stefan Hampe and Jarod Hing, 6-0, at No. 2 doubles. The Hurricanes fought back, earning wins at No. 1 and No. 3 to clinch the doubles point.
 
Soyfer picked up the first singles win of the day for Cornell with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Boriss Kamdem at No. 6. A win on Sunday kept Soyfer unbeaten in duals with a 6-0 record, a team-best. After Evan Bynoe was defeated at No. 4 singles by Connor Di Marco, the Big Red began to take over.
 
A win at No. 2 singles by Alafia Ayeni tied the dual up at 2-2, as he bested Hing in three sets, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3. Ayeni now owns a 5- 1 record at No. 2 singles this season. Kazakov gave Cornell its first lead of the day with his win at No. 3 singles, coming back from a set one loss to triumph over Hampe, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.
 
Pietro Rimondini closed the match out for the Big Red at No. 5 singles with his 1-6, 6-0, 7-6(5) win over Ezequiel Santalla.
 
Four singles wins on Sunday improves Cornell's overall singles record to 33-5 in the dual season along with a 14-7 record in doubles matches.
 

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Cornell 4, Tulsa 2
Ithaca, N.Y.

Singles
1. #110 Eero Vasa (COR) vs. Kody Pearson (TUL), 4-6, 7-6, 3-3, unfinished
2. Alafia Ayeni (COR) def. Jarod Hing (TUL), 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
3. Lev Kazakov (COR) def. Stefan Hampe (TUL), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
4. Connor Di Marco (TUL) def. Evan Bynoe (COR), 6-1, 6-2
5. Pietro Rimondini (COR) def. Ezequiel Santalla (TUL), 1-6, 6-0, 7-6(5)
6. Daniel Soyfer (COR) def. Boriss Kamdem (TUL), 6-3, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. Connor Di Marco/Kody Pearson (TUL) def. Eero Vasa/Alafia Ayeni (COR), 6-4
2. Daniel Soyfer/Lev Kazakov (COR) def. Stefan Hampe/Jarod Hing (TUL) , 6-0
3. Ezequiel Santalla/Dan Siddell (TUL) def. Evan Bynoe/Pietro Rimondini (COR), 6-2