ITHACA, N.Y. -- The men’s tennis team (4-8, 2-0 Empire 8) won its third straight match – all in the past five days – by beating Stevens Institute of Technology 6-3 in a match played at Cornell’s Reis Tennis Center. Ithaca won the three doubles matches then held off Stevens in the singles competition.
Freshman
Danny Wolk (The Field School/Potomac, Md.), junior
Jeff Buffum (Morristown/Morristown, N.J.) and
Zach Baum (Evanston Township/Evanston, Ill.) posted wins at fourth, fifth and sixth singles, respectively.
Wolk and
Buffum half of winning doubles teams as well.
Wolk and freshman
Taylor Borda (West Morris-Mendham/Chester, N.J.) for a first doubles win; Buffum and sophomore
Andrew Dunnick (Ithaca/Ithaca) won at third doubles.
Singles competition
1. Ricky Bawa (SIT) def.
Taylor Borda (IC) 6-3, 6-2
2. Boris Kocherov (SIT) def.
Jake Bear (IC) 6-4, 6-1
3. Piotr Rusinkiewicz (SIT) def.
Liam Berkowitz (IC) 6-2, 6-3
4.
Danny Wolk (IC) def. Arjun Mehta (SIT) 6-4, 7-6 (6-3)
5.
Jeff Buffum (IC) def. Kobe Attias (SIT) 6-4, 7-5
6.
Zach Baum (IC) def. Ian Mullican (SIT) 6-2, 6-2
