Box Score HILTON HEAD, SC. -
Zachary Ong notched his team leading 9th singles win of the year as Cornell's men's tennis team downed Maryville College 6-3, Sunday at the Van Der Meer tennis center in South Carolina for their second consecutive dual win.
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The Rams built an early 2-1 lead in the dual claiming victories from No. 1 pair
Alexander Hadler-Strumlauf and
Federico Polidori (8-4) and No. 2 tandem Ong and
Chris Penas-Hull. Cornell's
Edwin Holyoake and
August Krahn were edged 8-5 at the No. 3 position.
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Cornell claimed straight-set victories in three singles matches. Hadler-Strumlauf won 6-2, 6-1 at the top of the lineup, evening his singles record to 6-6 this season. At No. 2, Polidori captured a 7-6, 6-2 win, while Ong clinched the match for the Rams winning 6-0, 7-6 at No. 3.
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Penas-Hull completed the day in singles with a come from behind win defeating Jackson Meyer of Maryville 1-6, 6-4, 10-8. Â
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Holyoake fell at No. 5 and Krahn was narroly defeated in a third set tiebreaker at No. 6.
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The Rams (5-7) are back on the courts tomorrow, March 13, to face Shenandoah University at the Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort.