The Fairleigh Dickinson University men's tennis team lost to home-standing Cornell University, 7-0, Saturday, Feb. 24 in Ithaca, NY.

Freshman Phillip Stephens (London, England) fell, 6-3, 6-2, to Rory Heggie in No. 1 Singles while freshman Kyle Eddins (Tampa, FL/Saddlebrook Prep) (Tampa, FL) was downed, 7-5, 6-3, by Weston Nichols in fifth-singles.

Stephens paired with Alexander Nace (San Jose, Costa Rica/Country Day School) (San Jose, Costa Rica) in No. 1 Doubles, but were defeated, 8-6, by the duo of Joshua Goldstein and Kyle Doppelt.

“Cornell is a regionally-ranked team that's tough when on the road,” Head Coach Ira Miller said. “Hats off to them ? they played a good match. We will press on and keeping doing what we're doing.”

The Knights travel to Newark, NJ to take on NJIT at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 3.

SINGLES

#1: Heggie, Rory def. Stephens, Phillips, 6-3, 6-2

#2: Goldstein, Joshua def. Gross, Priit, 6-1, 6-4

#3: Fife, Jonathan def. Nace, Alexander, 6-4, 6-1

#4: Kung, Peter def. Seow, Justin, 6-3, 6-1

#5: Nichols, Weston def. Eddins, Kyle, 7-5, 6-3

#6: Asch, Marc def. Blanco, Esteban, 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES

#1: Goldstein/Doppelt def. Stephens/Nace, 8-6

#2: Nichols/Yung, Bryant def. Gross/Eddins, 8-2

#3: Heggie/Kung def. Seow/Blanco, 8-1