ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell men's tennis hosts its spring home opening weekend at the Reis Tennis Center with matches against the University of Louisville, Purdue and Quinnipiac filling the weekend slate.
Cornell will first take on the University of Louisville on Friday, Feb. 7 at 2:00 p.m. and then will take on Purdue and Quinnipiac on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively.
CORNELL vs UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
SITE: Reis Tennis Center - Ithaca, N.Y.
DATE: Friday, Feb. 7
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
SERIES: Louisville leads, 2-1
CORNELL vs PURDUE
SITE: Reis Tennis Center - Ithaca, N.Y.
DATE: Sunday, Feb. 9
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
SERIES: Cornell leads, 1-0
CORNELL vs QUINNIPIAC
SITE: Reis Tennis Center - Ithaca, N.Y.
DATE: Sunday, Feb. 9
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
SERIES: Cornell leads, 1-0
LAST TIME OUT: MEN'S TENNIS WINS CONSOLATION MATCH AGAINST OLD DOMINION 4-1
DURHAM, NC --- Cornell men's tennis defeated Old Dominion 4-1 on Sunday morning to win the consolation round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
Doubles play began with #56 Codie van Schalkwyk and Connor van Schalkwyk defeated Eric Verdes and Rushil Khosla 6-3. Cornell bounced back with Rodrigo Fernandes and Radu Papoe defeating #41 Adam Majchrzak and Rolland De Ravel 6-3 and Adit Sinha and Jack McCarthy defeating #95 Yanis Moundir and Yanis Nelson 7-5 to take the doubles point and go off to a 1-0 lead heading into singles.
#23 Papoe opened the singles competition for the Big Red against #70 van Schalkwyk. Papoe defeated van Schalkwyk 6-1, 6-1 to put the Big Red up 2-0. #88 Rolland De Ravel then defeated Adit Sinha 6-1, 6-2 to put Old Dominion on the board, losing 2-1.Fernandes defeated Moundir 6-3, 6-4 and Felipe Pinzon then defeated Aryan Saleh 6-3, 6-2 to give Cornell a 4-1 victory over Old Dominion.
Two singles matches went unfinished in the contest.
INSIDE THE OPPONENTS
University of Louisville Notes
Friday's match-up will be the fourth all-time meeting between Cornell and the University of Louisville since they first met in 2011. The Cardinals lead the Big Red 2-1 and are currently on a one-game winning streak against Cornell after the contest last season went 6-1 in favor of Louisville. In this last match, returner Radu Papoe earned the point for the Big Red defeating Etienne Donnet in three sets 2-6, 7-6(4) and 6-4. Cornell's last win against Louisville was on March 7, 2020 in a neutral site game where the Big Red won 4-0.
Purdue Notes
Sunday's match-up will be the second all-time meeting between Cornell and Purdue since their first and only match-up on March 28, 2010. The Big Red won 4-3 over the Boilermakers in their single contest in Boise, Idaho fifteen years ago.
Quinnipiac Notes
Sunday's match-up will be the second all-time meeting between Cornell and Quinnipiac since their first and only match-up last year. The Big Red won 7-0 over the Bobcats on March 17, 2024 in the teams' only match. In singles play last year, Big Red returners Petar Teodorovic, Nathan Mao, Eric Verdes, Noah Eisenberg and Aman Sharma each won their singles matches against Quinnipiac players.
