Men's Tennis
2021: The Decennial Recap of Cornell Men’s Tennis Ivy League Title Season
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Cornell claimed its first outright Ivy League title after a perfect 7-0 slate of Ivy League play and a conference-best 26-4 regular season dual match record.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/sports/page/2/)
Cornell claimed its first outright Ivy League title after a perfect 7-0 slate of Ivy League play and a conference-best 26-4 regular season dual match record.
“This group has the ability to be on the field from the minute they walk on campus and will push the incredibly talented and motivated group we already have to be better as we look to challenge for honors in 2021 and beyond,” said head coach Andy Smith.
“As campus and community leaders, we believe that our public health responsibilities and educational principles preclude us from sponsoring Ivy League athletics competition this spring,” the council wrote in its Thursday statement.
“We had a really good recruitment process that we had developed over many years — and then the coronavirus hit. We had to determine how we could replicate everything.”
Time is ticking for the Ivy League to make a decision as to whether or not go through with a spring athletic season. With COVID showing no signs of slowing down, perhaps it is in the best interest of the Cornell community to officially cancel the third and final sports season of the 2020-2021 academic school year.
“This change is a direct result of the pandemic and will not be available in future years,” the statement read. “The waiver provides current 4th-year students the opportunity to complete their athletics experience at their current institution in 2021-22 after staying on track to graduate in four years.”
Undeterred by a childhood diagnosis of Type I diabetes, sophomore Drew Bogdan has demonstrated resilience through his participation in wrestling and rugby.
Freshman athletes have lost their first collegiate season to coronavirus restrictions — but they’ve also lost the opportunity to bond with their new teams and immerse themselves in college athletics.
“I couldn’t imagine finding out right now that our season was canceled,” said Jimmy Boeheim’s brother, Buddy. “All the hard work he’s put in this summer. We worked out every day together. I was really looking forward to see what he was going to do this year. He was going to have a big year.”
Eighty years ago, Cornell forfeited a game to Dartmouth in what is still seen as a stunning act of sportsmanship.