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Tennis Opens Ivy Play With Men at Home and Women on Road

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While the weather outside may still be chilly for most, the tennis teams will heat up their seasons as they begin the first of seven matches against Ivy foes. The men (4-8, 0-0 Ivy) will take on the defending Ivy League champion Columbia Lions (5-4, 0-0) at Reis Tennis Center on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women (7-2, 0-0) will travel downstate to the Dick Savitt Tennis Center to serve up against Columbia (2-7, 0-0). Both matches start at noon.
Coming off a string of defeats to top-ranked opponents in Florida over spring break, the men’s team is looking to turn the corner on the season by playing a solid match against the interstate rival. The fact that Columbia is the defending champion appeared to be irrelevant to the men, as the parity in Ivy League tennis runs deep.

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Fencing Sends Four Representatives to NCAAs

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This weekend, the fencing team will compete in the NCAA Championships at Ohio St. Unlike last year, when only one student competed, Cornell will be sending four fencers to the tournament: freshman Jessica Tranquada (foil), sophomores Sallie Dietrich (epee) and Tasha Hall (epee) and junior Alex Heiss (saber).
The women arrived in Ohio Wednesday evening, begin competition today and will conclude their tournament on Friday. While Cornell does not have a men’s team, the men from other schools will compete during the second half of the weekend.
The Red performed extremely well last weekend at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships and at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. With five top-10 finishes at the Regionals, four Cornell fencers qualified for Nationals.