ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell women's tennis team knocked off a nationally-ranked opponent on Friday with a 6-1 victory over Buffalo at Reis Tennis Center.
 
Cornell (2-7) won the top and bottom doubles matches comfortably to take an early lead, then continued that momentum into the first set of singles. The Big Red rolled to victories in the first four, then Alexandra Savu made it five by prevailing in a tiebreaker at #6.
 
The second sets featured much of the same, with freshman Lan Mi (#1) and sophomore Lauren Stein (#3) wrapping up tidy victories in quick order to give the Big Red a 3-0 lead. Senior Valerie Ho clinched the match by closing out a straight-set win at #5. Savu closed out her match in the second set before the last remaining matches went to super tiebreakers. Senior Katherine Nguyen won hers at #2 to close out the scoring for Cornell.

With the win, the Big Red improves to 5-2 all-time against Buffalo. Cornell was originally scheduled to face Binghamton on Saturday, but that match was postponed until Wednesday, March 30 due to inclement weather in the area.The Big Red will now hit the road for its next three matches, starting with a visit to Army West Point at noon on Saturday, March 19.
 
CORNELL 6, #72 BUFFALO 1
At Reis Tennis Center; Ithaca, N.Y.
Singles
1. Lan Mi (C) def. Pia Schwarz, 6-3, 6-2
2. Katherine Nguyen (C) def. Hsin-Yuan Shih, 6-2, 4-6, (10-5)
3. Lauren Stein (C) def. Gabriella Akopyan, 6-0, 6-1
4. Ambre Amat (B) def. Maria Adiaconitei, 6-3, 1-6, (10-4)
5. Valerie Ho (C) def. Azra Deniz Comlek, 6-3, 7-5
6. Alexandra Savu (C) def. Mariana Carvajal Torres, 7-6(4), 6-3
Doubles
1. Adiaconitei/Stein (C) def. Comlek/Schwarz, 6-1
2. Ho/Nguyen (C) vs. Amat/Lolina Schietekat Sedas, DNF (4-4)
3. Mi/Savu (C) def. Akopyan/Nikoleta Antoniou-Karademitrou, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3), Singles (3,1,5,6,4,2)