April 10, 2011

ITHACA, N.Y. –The No. 46 Cornell Big Red (21-4, 4-0 Ivy) defeated the Yale men's tennis team (9-10, 1-3 Ivy) on Sunday afternoon 4-3.  Cornell's home winning streak is now 17 matches. 

The Yale sophomores swept the first three singles positions; John Huang played No. 1 singles for the first time this season, and won his match in three sets (6-1, 6-7, 7-5). Marc Powers, one of Yale's most decorated players, won his match at No. 2 in straight sets against Jonathan Jaklitsch (7-5, 6-2). Daniel Hoffman won at No. 3 singles (6-3, 6-4), extending his winning streak to five straight matches.

In a rare test for Yale's doubles teams, the Big Red managed to sweep all three spots and claim the doubles point. Juniors Joel Samaha and Erik Blumenkranz, who had won their past five matches, saw their winning streak end with an 8-2 loss to Jeremy Feldman and Andy Gauthier at No. 2.

The Bulldogs will host Harvard on Friday at 2 p.m., and then travel to Hanover to play Dartmouth at 1 p.m. on Sunday. After next weekend, the Bulldogs have only one regular season match left, in which they will face Brown.

Report by Courtney Kaplan '13, Yale Sports Publicity

Position	Cornell University	Yale University	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Andy Gauthier	John Huang	Yale University	6-1,6-7,7-5
#2 Singles	Jonathan Jaklitsch	Marc Powers	Yale University	7-5,6-2
#3 Singles	Mirza Klis	Daniel Hoffman	Yale University	6-3,6-4
#4 Singles	Jeremy Feldman	Erik Blumenkranz	Cornell University	6-4,6-4
#5 Singles	Evan Bernstein	Joel Samaha	Cornell University	6-2,6-3
#6 Singles	Venkat Iyer	Jordan Abergel	Cornell University	6-2,6-2
#1 Doubles	Jonathan Jaklitsch  Evan Bernstein	Daniel Hoffman  Marc Powers	Cornell University	8-5
#2 Doubles	Jeremy Feldman  Andy Gauthier	Erik Blumenkranz  Joel Samaha	Cornell University	8-2
#3 Doubles	Mirza Klis  Evan McElwain	Calvin Bennett  John Huang	Cornell University	7-6(2)