ITHACA, N.Y. – Harvard men's tennis (13-12, 3-3 Ivy) fell, 4-2, in a battle with No. 31 Cornell this afternoon in Ithaca.

The Crimson and the Big Red split doubles matches on the top two courts to begin the match. Rohan Murali and Kolos Kincses provided the victory for the Crimson with a 6-3 result over Rodrigo Fernandes and Eric Verdes (Cornell) on the top court. Cornell captured the doubles point, however, with wins on courts two and three.

Harvard went to work in singles, winning five of six first sets. Despite the Crimson battling, Cornell pushed further ahead, winning on court four.

Nathan Blokhin got Harvard on the board on court three, defeating Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) in three sets (6-2, 4-6, 6-2).

Mitchell Lee then tied the match with a straight set win on court six. The sophomore pulled out a first set victory in a tiebreaker (7-6 (6)) and then won the second set 6-4 to defeat Aman Sharma.

The Big Red went on to pull out three-set wins on the top two singles courts to seal the match.

Results

No. 41 Harvard – 2, No. 31 Cornell – 4
Doubles

1. Rohan Murali/Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Rodrigo Fernandes/Eric Verdes (Cornell), 6-3
2. Rushil Khosla/Rethin Kumar (Cornell) def. Melchior Delloye/Nathan Blokhin (Harvard), 6-2
3. Felipe Pinzon/Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) def. James MacDonald/Masato Perera (Harvard), 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles

1. No. 98 Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) def. No. 52 Rohan Murali (Harvard), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Eric Verdes (Cornell) def. Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. No. 99 Nathan Blokhin (Harvard) def. Petar Teodorovic (Cornell), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
4. Rethin Kumar (Cornell) def. Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 6-3, 6-2
5. Masato Perera (Harvard) vs. Felipe Pinzon (Cornell), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 2-2 DNF
6. Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. Aman Sharma (Cornell), 7-6 (6), 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 3, 6, 2, 1

Next Up

The Crimson will return home next weekend to wrap up the regular season against Dartmouth on Sunday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET.