ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's tennis team improved to 4-0 in dual matches with a doubleheader sweep of Penn State and St. Bonaventure on Sunday at Reis Tennis Center.
Senior captain
Evan Bynoe clinched the 4-3 victory over the Nittany Lions in the day's first match, winning in straight sets at #4 singles. Penn State (0-2) started off by capturing the doubles point despite a Cornell victory at the #1 spot by senior
Alafia Ayeni and junior
Vladislav Melnic.
All six singles matches were decided in straight sets, with the Big Red winning in each of the top four spots to improve to 29-13 all-time against Penn State.
The night concluded with a 7-0 sweep of St. Bonaventure, keeping Cornell undefeated in 14 all-time matches against the Bonnies.
Cornell 4, Penn State 3
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. #18
Alafia Ayeni (CU) def. Chikaya Sato, 6-1, 6-4
2.
Vladislav Melnic (CU) def. Malik Bhatnagar, 6-4, 6-1
3.
Radu Papoe (CU) def. Charl Morgan, 6-1, 6-1
4.
Evan Bynoe (CU) def. Miko Eala, 7-6, 6-2
5. Loren Byers (PSU) def.
Adit Sinha, 7-6, 6-0
6. Sam Bossem (PSU) def.
Jack McCarthy, 6-4, 7-6
Doubles
1. Ayeni/Melnic (CU) def. Sato/Bora Sengul, 6-2
2. Eala/Morgan (PSU) def. McCarthy/Sinha, 7-5
3. Bhatnagar/Alexander Karman (PSU) def. Bynoe/
Samuel Paquette, 6-3
Cornell 7, St. Bonaventure 0
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1.
Adit Sinha (CU) def. Stijn Paardekooper, 7-6, 6-3
2.
Jack McCarthy (CU) def. Marco Rivolo, 6-3, 6-2
3.
Samuel Paquette (CU) def. Norka Sanchez, 6-3, 6-0
4.
Nathan Mao (CU) def. Luke Riemann, 6-3, 6-2
5.
Muhammad Dossani (CU) def. William Schneideman, 6-0, 6-0
6.
Matthew Druyanoff (CU) def. Luke Young, 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
1. Bynoe/Paquette (CU) def. Paardekooper/Rivolo, 6-4
2. Mao/
Radu Papoe (CU) def. Sanchez/Schneideman, 6-2
3. Dossani/Sinha (CU) def. Reimann/Young, 6-0