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Men’s and Women’s Tennis Begin Ivy League Season Against Columbia This Weekend

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After an extremely successful trip to the west coast, men’s tennis begins its Ivy campaign in New York City against Columbia on Saturday. The Red (9-3) is on a seven game winning streak.
In their matchup last year, the Red lost in an extremely tight match, 4-3. However, the team has many more wins this year than it did going into its Ivy season, and their success on the road in Calif. during spring break will to be a big confidence booster against the Ancient Eight.
The women’s team has had the opposite result in both their California sojourn and their preaseason. The women (4-9) are struggling. The team took two straight losses in California after defeating Azusa Pacific University. The Red will host Columbia at home at Reis Tennis center.

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Women’s Tennis Finishes Near Back of Pack at Championships

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[img_assist|nid=35181|title=Eye on the prize|desc=The women’s tennis team entered the ECAC Indoor Championships seeded sixth and finished the tournament in sixth.|link=node|align=left|width=|height=0]According to freshman Stephanie Kent, “the score didn’t reflect the level of play.”
Sophomore Ruxandra Dumitrescu and senior Shayna Miller each dropped their first sets against the Bears, 6-2, before losing their second sets on tiebreakers, 7-6 (2). Gut-wrenching losses became a theme over the weekend.
“We learned that any match can go either way,” Miller said. “We need to work for every point because that point could potentially decide the match.”

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Men’s Tennis Will Need Help From Youngsters Against Penn State

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The men’s tennis team will be back in action for the first time since November when it takes on Penn State to open its dual season this Sunday morning in University Park, Pa. The Nittany Lions are coming off back-to-back losses to Oklahoma State and Duke this past weekend, and will matchup against Virginia Tech on Saturday before hosting Cornell. The Red has been solid thus far this season, with freshman Evan Bernstein notching singles wins, and sophomores Jeremy Feldman and Andy Gauthier proving an effective doubles combination. On the women’s side, the Red will host Siena College on Saturday at 11 a.m., and then return to the courts four hours later to take on Fairleigh Dickinson University at the Reis Tennis Center.

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Women’s Tennis Opens Season at Top of the Draw

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In their first action since the fall season, the women’s tennis team burned up the courts at the Reis Tennis Center this past weekend. Although the Red hosted Binghamton, Niagara, Temple, Army, and UMBC at the pre-season Winter Invitational, Cornell stood out in the limelight as seven of the eight players participating reached at least the semifinals during the event.
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Junior Sanchez Enjoys Success at ITA Tourney

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While the men’s tennis team finished its draws last weekend at Yale, the women’s tennis team was still playing this past weekend at the ITA Regionals. However, four days into the women’s tournament, only two girls remained alive at the contest in Philadelphia — the doubles pair of freshman Stephanie Kent and junior Natalia Sanchez. Sanchez also made it up to the third round of her singles bracket, losing to the No. 8 seed, Janet Kim, from Yale.
“I was very happy, we did a really good job,” Sanchez said. “The girl from Yale was a very good player. … She won a couple tournaments this year.”
In the second round, Sanchez beat a home-court opponent, Lauren Sadaka of Penn.