Ithaca, N.Y. – The 55th-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team was downed by 28th-ranked Cornell on Friday afternoon.

The Quakers are now 14-9, 0-2 in Ivy League play and are 2-5 on the road this season.

 Cornell picked up wins at No. 3 and No. 2 to secure the doubles point. Radu Papoe/Samuel Paquette defeated Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai 6-3, at No. 3 and Petar Teodorovic/Eric Verdes edged Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj 7-5, at No. 2.

In singles action, Adit Sinha defeated Kian Vakili due to retirement at No. 2, which extended the Big Red's lead, 2-0.

At No. 1, Papoe picked up a 6-0, 6-4 win over Graziani. From there, Nathan Mao defeated Rutter 6-3, 7-6 at No. 5 to solidify the 4-0 win.

Among matches that did not finish, Sai was in the seventh game of his second set at No. 3, Aaron Sandler was in the eighth game of his second set at No. 4, and Bharadwaj was in the ninth game of his second set at No. 6.

Results

DOUBLES
1. No. 67 Aaron Sandler/Kian Vakili (Penn) vs Adit Sinha/Nathan Mao (Cornell) 6-6 DNF
2. Petar Teodorovic/Eric Verdes (Cornell) def. Manfredi Graziani/Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn) 7-5
3. Radu Papoe/Samuel Paquette (Cornell) def. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (Penn) 6-3
Order of finish:3,2

SINGLES
1. Radu Papoe (Cornell) def. Manfredi Graziani (Penn) 6-0, 6-4
2. Adit Sinha (Cornell) def. Kian Vakili (Penn) 4-0 RET
3. Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) vs Baylor Sai (Penn) 7-6 (7-5), 3-4 DNF
4. Bradley Paliska (Cornell) vs Aaron Sandler (Penn) 6-4, 4-4 DNF
5. Nathan Mao (Cornell) def. Matthew Rutter (Penn) 6-3, 7-6 (7-0)
6. Felipe Pinzon (Cornell) vs Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn) 6-4, 3-6 DNF
Order of finish:2,1,5

Up Next
Penn will continue Ivy play this weekend, as No. 10 Columbia will travel to Philadelphia on Sunday. First serve is slated for 1:00 p.m. at the Hamlin Tennis Center