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Box Score 3 ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell men's tennis hosted its first home event of the year from Friday, Nov. 1 through Sunday, Nov. 3 and notched 11 wins between singles and doubles competition over the three days.
In the day one singles event Cornell went 4-0. Senior Jack McCarthy defeated Davd Lindsay of Penn State 6-3, 7-5. Sophomore Eric Verdes defeated Charl Morgan from Penn State 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Sophomore Felipe Pinzon defeated Shrikeshav Murugesan from Penn State 6-2, 6-3 and lastly junior Noah Eisenberg defeated Nolan Ranger from Penn State 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
The Big Red then moved on to day one doubles competition where it went 1-1. McCarthy and Eisenberg defeated Ranger and Denys Forgaci of Penn State 9-8 (7-4) and senior Maxwell Moadel and Pinzon lost to Murugesan and Alexander Sterin from Penn State 8-4.
In the singles competition on day two, Cornell went 3-1. Verdes defeated Reiya Hattori from Penn State 7-5, 6-1, Pinzon defeated Morgan 6-2, 6-2, Eisenberg defeated Murugesan 7-6(4) and Moadel lost to Sterin 6-2,6-1.
On the doubles side of day two, Cornell went 1-1. McCarthy and Eisenberg lost to Murugesan and Sterin 8-5 and then defeated Sam Bossem and Morgan 8-6.
On day three of singles competition, the Big Red went 2-2. Verdes defeated Aidan Reilly from Yale 6-4, 6-3, Pinzon defeated Dylan Tsoi from Yale 6-3, 6-4, Eisenberg lost to Hattori 6-0,6-0, and Moadel lost to Murugesan 6-2, 6-1 to finish off the weekend.
With the Cornell team's fall season at its end, the team now looks toward the ITA Sectional Championships from Thursday, Nov. 7 to Sunday, Nov. 10 in Chapel Hill, NC where Nathan Mao and Adit Sinha will compete in both singles and doubles competition.