NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to Cornell at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
The doubles point was highly contested. Yale's duo of
Theo Dean and
Aidan Reilly were 6-2 winners at No. 2, while the Big Red won 6-4 at No. 1. At No. 3, Cornell's Pietro Rimondini and Evan Bynoe won in a tiebreaker that ended 9-7.
In singles, Dean posted a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 2.
Walker Oberg and
Luke Neal also were winners in singles.
The Bulldogs are back home on Sunday, hosting No. 25 Columbia at 1 p.m.
Cornell 4, Yale 3
Doubles
1. Alafia Ayeni/Vladislav Melnic (Cornell) def.
Cody Lin/
Renaud Lefevre (Yale) 6-4
2.
Theo Dean/
Aidan Reilly (Yale) def. Nathan Mao/Adit Sinha (Cornell) 6-2
3. Pietro Rimondini/Evan Bynoe (Cornell) def.
Michael Sun/
Luke Neal (Yale) 7-6 (7)
Singles
1. Alafia Ayeni (Cornell) def.
Michael Sun (Yale) 6-2, 6-2
2.
Theo Dean (Yale) def. Vladislav Melnic (Cornell) 6-3, 7-5
3. Radu Papoe (Cornell) def.
Cody Lin (Yale) 6-4, 6-4
4. Pietro Rimondini (Cornell) def.
Aidan Reilly (Yale) 6-2, 6-4
5.
Walker Oberg (Yale) def. Evan Bynoe (Cornell) 4-6, 6-1 ret.
6.
Luke Neal (Yale) def. Adit Sinha (Cornell) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 ret.
