ITHACA, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell short against No. 33 Cornell in Ithaca on Sunday, 4-3.
The Big Red came away with the doubles point after taking two of three, as the Quakers fell behind heading into singles.
Matthew Rutter began singles with a win at #6 as the Quakers tied the match at 1-1.
Luka Butera followed with another victory at #2 as Penn took a 2-1 lead.
Cornell took the next two matches as they retook the lead, 3-2.
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Manfredi Graziani knotted things up at 3-3 after emerging victorious in a three-set win for the Quakers' third point.
But Cornell's Felipe Pinzon outlasted a tough three set fight by
Adam Bain to escape with the 4-3 win.
RESULTS
Doubles:
- Eric Verdes/Rodrigo Fernandes (COR) v. #28 Manfredi Graziani/ Aaron Sandler (PENN) 5-4, DNF
- Rethin Kumar/Rushil Khosla (COR) def. Nischal Spurling/Shaurya Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-4
- Felipe Pinzon/Petar Teodorovic (COR) def. Vojtech Vales/Stephan Gershfeld, (PENN) 6-3
Singles:
- #71 Manfredi Graziani (PENN) def. #95 Rodrigo Fernandes (COR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Luka Butera (PENN) def. Petar Teodorovic (COR) 6-1, 6-3
- Eric Verdes (COR) def. Shaurya Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-3, 6-4
- Rethin Kumar (COR) def. Vojtech Vales (PENN) 6-1, 6-4
- Felipe Pinzon (COR) def. Adam Bain (PENN) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
- Matthew Rutter (PENN) def. Aman Sharma (COR) 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,2
Singles: 6,2,4,3,1,5
Up Next
The Quakers will host Brown on Saturday and Yale on Sunday in the final matches of the regular season.
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