After a strong start to the individual events portion of the schedule, the women’s tennis team looks to get back on track this weekend in Flushing, N.Y., at the BJK College Invitational. The Red was dominant in sweeping the major awards at the early season Cornell Fall Invitational; however that success did not follow the team to the Army Invitational two weeks ago.

The Red, behind head coach David Geatz, travel to this weekend’s invitational with the mindset that each member of the team will focus on a specific part of their game that needs improvement.

Junior Leah Seyburn stressed the importance of each individual player being able to correct the mistakes that plagued the team at Army.

Tomorrow the men’s tennis team will travel to New Haven, Conn., to play in this year’s Yale Invitational. While the Red has yet to play in a team event, it has taken full advantage of this long string of individual events to prepare for what will be a difficult road ahead this spring. After putting together a strong season last year, junior co-captain Jeremy Feldman recognizes that nothing will be handed to him and his teammates this season.

“Just because we had a good season last year, doesn’t mean we’re entitled to have a good season this year,” Feldman said.

When asked about his goals for the Invitational, Feldman took the emphasis off of himself saying, “The team’s No. 1 goal is to win the Ivy League title, and make the NCAA tournament.”

[SIDEBAR]The tennis teams — both men’s and wome’ns — had a mixed weekend, with both teams winning and some and losing some in their respective invitationals.

The women finished up the weekend at the prestigious Eastern Championships. the event was massive, with 30 different teams attending the competition hosted by Army.

All for one: The women’s tennis team prepares to compete in a match against Fairleigh Dickinson.Operating under these odds, the women did quite well, with freshmen Geraldine Leong and Kristen Kim Lin winning the second doubles finals by a score of 8-3 over perrenial opponent Stony Brook.

Simply B-eautiful: Junior Andy Gauthier, consistently a top performer for the Red, took the Flight B singles title at Princeton.

The women, who are rebounding from a tough spring season in 2009, are hoping to improve their standing going into next semester’s team season. Ordaway’s victory this weekend will give her a shot at the No. 1 singles spot as the season continues. Susan Sullivan took the Flight B title by bageling St. Bonaventure.

The team is showing promise in its first official matches of the fall season.

The women will head to the Army Invitational at West Point next weekend.

First off, hello there, my name is Rahul Kishore, and you’ve probably never heard of me before. They even give you a mugshot of me so you can find me on your daily walk through campus and either give me a high five or wring my neck. Talk about accountability. 

For the large majority of you, you’ve never met me and you probably never will. I’m a lowly sophomore in “the College” and generally I’ve become a slave of this paper and other student organizations. But for the few moments of the day I’m not being proverbially “pwned” by Cornell, I get around to watching, but rarely playing, sports. 

The results of the final games, played this weekend, accurately reflected the seasons of both Red tennis teams. While the men cruised at home against Princeton on Friday and edged out Penn on Sunday, the women’s team got bageled by Princeton in New Jersey and came up short against Penn in its home season finale at the Reis Tennis Center. The men (14-5, 5-2 Ivy) finished second in the Ivy League standings while their female counterparts (6-14, 2-5 Ivy) ended their season with a five game losing streak.

Ancient Eight play is now underway for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, as both squads faced Columbia in the Red’s Ivy openers this past weekend. The men’s team dropped the majority of its matches to fall behind, 3-4. The loss, which puts the men 9-4 for the season, halted a six-game winning streak for the Red. Meanwhile, the women’s team won at home, 6-1, on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Ithaca to improve to an overall record of 5-9. At the ready: Junior Natalia Sanchez, playing in the No. 1 spot against Columbia on Saturday, was one of six team members to win their matches over the course of the dual match.

The women’s tennis team looks to rebound this weekend when it faces Binghamton University and the University of Buffalo in a back-to-back home set. Cornell suffered a disappointing loss to Harvard on Sunday, falling short, 1-6, in its final match of the ECAC Women’s Tennis Team Championships.

In the Red’s (3-2, 0-0 Ivy) loss, sophomore Leah Seyburn at the No. 6 spot put forth an impressive outing, posting a 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 comeback. Senior captain Shayna Miller and senior Elizabeth Googe at the No. 2 spot also picked up Cornell’s only doubles win. The Red looks to build on these wins as it faces two tough teams with upcoming talent.

The men’s tennis team finished up the main draw of the ITA Northeast Regionals on Sunday. The Red was led by sophomore Andy Gauthier, who won four matches in the consolation bracket of the tournament and advanced to the finals in a championship dual with Brown’s Kendrick Au.Don't sweat it: Andy Gauthier advanced to the finals this weekend after defeating four opponents in a row at the ITA Northeast Regionals.

While many Cornell students will be gallivanting around New York City during Fall Break, the tennis teams will be making a trip of their own to the city that never sleeps after two idle weeks.

While the men’s team heads to the Dick Savitt Tennis Center to compete in the Columbia Invitational, which runs from tomorrow through Sunday, the women’s team will be in Flushing, Queens, for the Women’s College Tennis Invitational.