ITHACA, N.Y. – The Colgate men's tennis team face its most challenging opponent of the season as it took the nationally ranked No. 24 Cornell Big Red Sunday evening, falling 7-0 at the Reis Tennis Center.
Bobby Alter (Hinsdale, Illinois) played a great match at No. 4 singles for the Raiders as he was the only Colgate player to win a set against the nationally ranked Big Red. Alter won the first set against Joseph McAllister, 6-2, before dropping a close second set 4-6. In the final set of the match, McAllister pulled away with the 10-3 win.
Cornell swept all three doubles matches to open up the Sunday matinee with a 1-0 lead. Alter and
Dean Koman (Short Hills, New Jersey) played in the tightest doubles match where they fell to Pietro Rimondini and Rohan Sikka, 6-3.
Outside of Alter's doubles match, the Big Red won every match in straight sets.
Jacob Daugherty (Burke, Virginia) fell 6-3, 6-2 to Bernardo Casares at No. 1 Singles and
Noah Rosenblat (Deerfield, Illinois) fell to Sikka at No. 3 singles 6-3, 6-2 as the next closest matches for the Raiders.
BOTTOM LINE
Cornell 7, Colgate 0
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Big Red improve to 11-1 this season and extend their winning streak to three matches while the Raiders fall to 4-2 after the challenging match.
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Sinclair/Volfson (Cornell) def. Daugherty/Rosenblat ('Gate): 6-1
No. 2 – Kazakov/Hill (Cornell) def. Hirschberg/Reynolds ('Gate): 6-1
No. 3 – Rimondini/Sikka (Cornell) def. Alter/Koman ('Gate): 6-3
SINGLES
No. 1 – Casares (Cornell) def. Daugherty ('Gate): 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – Rimondini (Cornell) def. Hirschberg ('Gate): 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 – Sikka (Cornell) def. Rosenblat ('Gate): 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – McAllister (Cornell) def. Alter ('Gate): 2-6, 6-4, 10-3
No. 5 – Arem (Cornell) def. Reynolds ('Gate): 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 – Lin (Cornell) def. Dardis ('Gate): 6-1, 6-1
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"That was definitely the best team we have faced this year and in the last five years, as they are top 20 in the country for a reason. Game ball goes to
Bobby Alter for pushing his opponent to three sets. We are now 4-2 through a third of our schedule and will get back to work."
UP NEXT
The Raiders have a bit of time off now as they won't hit the courts for a match until March 10 when they travel to Olean, New York to face the St. Bonaventure Bonnies at 2 p.m.
