ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men's tennis team continued its winning ways on Sunday afternoon with a pair of victories over St. John's and Niagara at the Reis Tennis Center.
The Big Red defeated St. John's, 5-2, before posting a 6-1 victory over Niagara in the nightcap of Sunday's doubleheader.
Cornell, after winning its spring opener on Saturday against Buffalo, has opened its last three spring seasons with a 3-0 record.
St. John's Recap
Sophomores
Radu Papoe and
Adit Sinha posted a 6-3 victory at No. 2 doubles against St. John's Carl Gustafsson and Anton Stendal to give Cornell the first point of the day.
A pair of straight-set victories in the first two singles matches to finish gave Cornell a 3-0 lead over the Red Storm.
Papoe dropped just one game in his No. 1 singles match against Diogo Marques, who was ranked No. 113 in the most recent ITA rankings, 6-1, 6-0.
Freshman
Petar Teodorovic (No. 3 singles) lost just three games in his straight-set victory over Filipe Grebentsov, 6-2, 6-1.
St. John's recorded both of its points in the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches as Anton Stendal defeated
Aman Sharma, 6-2, 6-3, and Sergio Molina posted a 7-6 (5), 6-4 upset victory over No. 116-ranked
Jack McCarthy.
Senior
Vladislav Melnic (No. 2 singles) and Sinha (No. 4 singles) each avenged losing the first set in their respective matches with wins in the final two sets to solidify the Big Red's victory.
Niagara Recap
In its second match of the day, Cornell cruised in its doubles matches, losing nine of the 27 games played.
Adit Sinha, No. 116-ranked
Jack McCarthy,
Aman Sharma,
Muhammad Dossani, and
Tomas Salgado all posted straight-set victories for the Big Red.
The victory for Salgado in No. 6 singles was his first in a dual format, defeating Robert Vaca, 6-1, 6-4.
Freshman
Noah Eisenberg, in his collegiate debut, fell to Niagara's Jorge Sedeno in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3).
Looking Ahead
Cornell will return to action next weekend when it plays its first pair of road matches of the spring season. The Big Red will play against Nebraska on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. ET before facing Drake on Sunday, Feb. 5 at noon ET.
