Cornell
UB Men's Tennis Falls to Nationally-Ranked Cornell
3/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ITHACA, NY – The University at Buffalo, State University of New York men's tennis team fell to 52nd-ranked Cornell, 7-0, Sunday at Reis Tennis Center.
The Big Red (8-5) picked up their fourth straight victory, while the Bulls (8-6) dropped their third consecutive to Ivy League opponents.
UB suffered back-to-back losses at second and third doubles, before junior Sergio Arevalillo and sophomore Jonathan Hannestad's top doubles match was suspended at 4-4.
At sixth singles, Arevalillo won his first set against Dyland Brown, 6-1, but Brown bounced back to knot action with a 6-2 showing in the second set. Arevalillo fell in the super tiebreaker, 10-4. Junior Amar Hromic looked to force three, but suffered a 6-1, 7-6 setback at fourth singles to Colin Sinclair.
The Bulls return to action on Saturday at 22nd-ranked Harvard at 10 am.
DOUBLES
No. 1: Casares Rosa/Vrabel (CU) vs. Arevalillo/Hannestad, DNF 4-4
No. 2: Fleck/Sinclair (CU) def. David/Ionescu, 6-1
No. 3: Quoc-Daniel Nguyen/Vinti (CU) def. Noah Hajdu-Andersson/Akhil Mehta, 6-2
SINGLES
No. 1: Sam Fleck (CU) def. Pablo Alvarez (UB), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2: Stefan Vinti (CU) def. Damien David (UB), 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Bernardo Casares Rosa (CU) def. Sebastian Ionescu (UB), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4: Colin Sinclair (CU) def. Amar Hromic (UB), 6-1, 7-6
No. 5: Chris Vrabel (CU) def. Jonathan Hannestad (UB), 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: Dylan Brown (CU) def. Sergio Arevalillo (UB), 1-6, 6-2, (10-4)
