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The Cornell men's tennis team defeated #30 Princeton 5-2 on Friday, April 11, 2025 at Reis Tennis Center in Ithaca, N.Y.
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Men's Tennis Closes Regular Season At Nationally-Ranked Dartmouth, Harvard

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Heading into the final weekend of regular season competition with the Ivy League title still up for grabs, the Cornell men's tennis team will hit the road to face No. 73 Dartmouth and No. 20 Harvard. Cornell will visit the Big Green on Saturday, April 19 and the Crimson on Sunday, April 20 with both matches starting at 1 p.m.

The Big Red enters the week ranked No. 36 nationally with a 14-6 record - all six of its losses have com to teams in the top 40 of the ITA rankings. Cornell is 4-1 in Ivy League competition, a game behind conference unbeaten Columbia. The Lions will also face the Crimson and the Big Green on the road as well this weekend.

The Big Red owns nine wins over top 75 squads - No. 28 Michigan State, No. 30 Princeton, No. 47 Penn (2x), No. 52 Purdue, No. 57 Tulsa, No. 58 Yale, No. 59 Old Dominion and No. 62 St. John's, among its 14 triumphs. Big Red head coach Silviu Tanasiou has a 184-104 record in his 14 seasons on the sidelines for the Big Red. Senior All-American Radu Papoe, ranked No. 49 nationally, is 19-7 on the season to lead Cornell's singles lineup at No. 1, with No. 101 Adit Sinha going 17-7 while playing in the top three spots on the ladder.

The Big Green is 13-8 (2-3 Ivy) following consecutive wins over Yale and Brown. Dartmouth is 8-1 at home this season under the direction of head coach Justin DeSanto. Four players have reached double-digit wins with Miles Groom (13-5) leading the way in wins, while Henry Ren is 12-6 while playing primarily at No. 2 singles, behind Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (7-10). 

Harvard and head coach Andrew Rueb bring an 18-5 mark (4-1 Ivy) into the weekend. The Crimson have been especially dominant at home with an 8-1 record. With eight wins over nationally-ranked foes, the Crimson are well-positioned for postseason, but need to sweep the weekend for a chance to repeat as Ivy champs. No. 39 Daniel Milavsky is 15-3 at No. 1 singles, while Valdemar Pape (17-9) paces the team in wins in the top half of the lineup. Benjamin Privara is also ranked in singles at No. 103. The doubles team of Privara and Masato Perera sits No. 26, while David Lins and Milavsky are ranked 55th in the latest ITA poll. 
 
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