Box Score THE BRONX, N.Y. -- Senior All-American Radu Paope won the featured match of the day, but No. 37 Yale defeated No. 24 Cornell 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Cary Leeds Tennis Center. The Big Red dropped to 8-4 on the season with the defeat, while the Bulldogs improved to 8-3.
Papoe, ranked No. 40 in the country in the latest ITA national rankings, dominated No. 75 Vignesh Gogineni, needing just 46 minutes to dispatch his opponent at the No. 1 spot by a 6-0, 6-1 score. That proved to be the high-water mark for the Big Red, as the Bulldogs claimed the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3, then answered Papoe's win to kick off singles with three consecutive victories to earn the team triumph.
Cornell returns to action on Sunday, March 2 at 10 a.m. on the same courts when it meets VCU.
#37 Yale 4, #24 Cornell 1
Singles
1. #40
Radu Papoe (Cornell) defeated #75 Vignesh Gogineni (Yale), 6-0, 6-1
2.
Adit Sinha vs. Zhengqing Ji (Yale), 4-6, 6-2 UNF
3. Jason Shuler (Yale) defeated
Jack McCarthy (Cornell), 7-5, 6-1
4.
Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) vs. Eric Li (Yale), 6-7 (7), 4-2 UNF
5. Edward Liao (Yale) defeated
Nathan Mao (Cornell), 6-3, 7-5
6. Krish Gupta (Yale) defeated
Felipe Pinzon (Cornell), 6-4, 7-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 5, 6
Doubles
1.
Rushil Khosla/
Eric Verdes (Cornell) vs. #82 Vignesh Gogineni/Edward Liao (Yale), 5-4 UNF
2. Jason Shuler/Krish Gupta (Yale) defeated
Nathan Mao/
Radu Papoe (Cornell), 6-3
3. Zhengqing Ji/Eric Li (Yale) defeated #85
Jack McCarthy/
Adit Sinha (Cornell), 6-4
Order of Finish: 2,3
