Big Red Men’s Tennis Opens Ivy Play With Upset Over #9 Columbia

ITHACA, N.Y. — March closed with a bang for the Cornell men’s tennis team, as the Big Red took down No. 9 Columbia, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon from the Reis Tennis Center. The win pushes the Big Red to 14-4 and 1-0 in conference action, while the Lions (14-3, 0-1 Ivy) had its eight-match winning streak snapped. Cornell got things started early from inside the Reis Tennis Center, taking the doubles point with wins from the No. 2 and No. 3 position. The tandem of Eric Verdes / Petar Teodorovic took down its first ranked pair of the spring in…