Completed Event: Men's Tennis versus Dartmouth Invite #1 on September 12, 2025 ,
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Men's Tennis
vs Dartmouth Invite #1
Saturday, April 9
Ithaca, N.Y.
1:00 PM
Dartmouth College
1
at
4
Cornell
Freshman Alex Knox-Jones
Photo by: Doug Austin
Men's Tennis Has 4-1 Loss to No. 58 Cornell
4/9/2022 4:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Big Green dropped their first match of the weekend to the Big Red
ITHACA, N.Y. – Dartmouth men's tennis fell to No. 58 Cornell, 4-1, in its first of two Ivy League road matches on Saturday afternoon. The Big Green are now 8-8 and 0-2 in conference action, while the Big Red improved to 13-5 and 1-0.
Andy Ilie and Logan Chang had a 6-3 victory at No. 3 doubles, but tiebreakers on courts one and two went to Cornell, giving the home team a lead heading to singles.
The Big Red made it 2-0 with a win at No. 2 singles, while Alex Knox-Jones had a 6-4, 6-0 defeat of Evan Bynoe at the No. 4 position to get Dartmouth on the board. Cornell wins on courts three and six ended the match.
No. 23 Columbia is on the schedule for 2 p.m. on Sunday.
1) Ayeni/ Melnic (Cornell) def. Gibbons/Pauli (Dartmouth), 7-6(5)
2) Mao/Sinha (Cornell) def. Widdecombe/Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 7-6(3)
3) Ilie/Chang (Dartmouth) def. Papoe/Dossani (Cornell), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,2,1
1) Ayeni (Cornell) vs. Gibbons (Dartmouth), 7-6(5), 2-1, DNF
2) Melnic (Cornell) def. Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-0
3) Papoe (Cornell) def. Pauli (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-4
4) Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Bynoe (Cornell), 6-4, 6-0
5) Sinha (Cornell) vs. Ilie (Dartmouth), 6-1, 4-3, DNF
6) Mao (Cornell) def. Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 2,4,6,3
Andy Ilie and Logan Chang had a 6-3 victory at No. 3 doubles, but tiebreakers on courts one and two went to Cornell, giving the home team a lead heading to singles.
The Big Red made it 2-0 with a win at No. 2 singles, while Alex Knox-Jones had a 6-4, 6-0 defeat of Evan Bynoe at the No. 4 position to get Dartmouth on the board. Cornell wins on courts three and six ended the match.
No. 23 Columbia is on the schedule for 2 p.m. on Sunday.
1) Ayeni/ Melnic (Cornell) def. Gibbons/Pauli (Dartmouth), 7-6(5)
2) Mao/Sinha (Cornell) def. Widdecombe/Knox-Jones (Dartmouth), 7-6(3)
3) Ilie/Chang (Dartmouth) def. Papoe/Dossani (Cornell), 6-3
Order of finish: 3,2,1
1) Ayeni (Cornell) vs. Gibbons (Dartmouth), 7-6(5), 2-1, DNF
2) Melnic (Cornell) def. Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-0
3) Papoe (Cornell) def. Pauli (Dartmouth), 6-1, 6-4
4) Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def. Bynoe (Cornell), 6-4, 6-0
5) Sinha (Cornell) vs. Ilie (Dartmouth), 6-1, 4-3, DNF
6) Mao (Cornell) def. Widdecombe (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 2,4,6,3
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
610
Ayeni, Alafia / 0 [COR]
72UF
#2 Singles Match
12
20
Melnic, Vladislav / 0 [COR]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
14
Papoe, Radu / 0 [COR]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Bynoe, Evan / 0 [COR]
40
#5 Singles Match
123
130
Sinha, Adit / 0 [COR]
64UF
#6 Singles Match
12
23
Mao, Nathan / 0 [COR]
66
Order of Finish:
2,4,6,3
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