Box Score HILTON HEAD, Sc. - The Cornell's men's tennis team traveled to Hilton Head, South Carolina for their annual spring break trip, and after rain canceled matches on the island all day Friday, the Rams opened up the match slate defeating Brevard College 7-2 on Saturday morning.
Cornell started the match off strong earning a doubles sweep for the first time this season. Juniors
Alexander Hadler-Strumlauf and
Federico Polidori gave the Rams a quick point winning at No. 1 doubles 8-2.
Chris Penas-Hull and freshmen
Zachary Ong teamed up for their team leading seventh win together this year at No. 2 claiming an 8-5 win. The freshmen tandem of
Jackson Smock and
August Krahn earned their first collegiate doubles wins, and completed the sweep pulling out their match in a tiebreaker 8-7(4).
Hadler-Strumlauf kept the momentum going giving the Rams their fourth point on the day cruising to a 6-1 6-2 win at No. 1. Polidori provided the clinching match for Cornell in a super tiebreak win at No. 2, 0-6, 7-6(6), 10-7.
Penas-Hull (6-4, 6-2) and Ong (6-7(3), 6-1, 10-6) added singles wins of their own at No. 4 and No. 2 to round out the day.
Edwin Holyoake (2-6, 5-7) along with Smock (5-7, 2-6) fell in their matches in the No. 5 and 6 spots respectively.
The Rams (4-7) continue spring break action at 9:30 a.m. Sunday against Maryville College.