ITHACHA, N.Y. -The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team (0-1, 0-0 NEC) dropped its first season match to Cornell (6-0, 0-0 ivy), losing 0-7 at the Reis Tennis Center on Friday. 

The loss moved Fairleigh Dickinson to 0-1 in 2022, while Cornell climbed to 6-0. 

The match began with doubles play. In the No. 1 spot, Teodors Pukse and Justas Trainauskas dropped their match to Alafia Ayeni and Vladislav Melnic, 1-6. The Big Red duo Nathan Mao and Adit Sinha defeated Thomas Linley and Taiga Koyama 6-2. The final doubles match went to Cornell as Evan Bynoe and Pietro Rimondini defeated sophomore Arjun Sriram and fifth year Moric Budinszky, with a 6-2 win. 

To start off singles play, Teodors Pukse lost to Vladislav Melnic in the No. 1 spot, 1-6, 2-6. Clinching the overall match for the Big Red was Nathan Mao against Fernando Tardin in the No. 6 spot, winning 6-1, 6-3. 

Up next, FDU will go on the road to take on Binghamton this Saturday, Feb. 4 at 3:45 p.m at the Binghamton Tennis Center. 

Box Score  

Doubles Competition: 

1. Ayeni/Melnic (Cornell) def. Pukse/ Trainauskas (FDU) 6-1 
2. Bynoe/Rimondini (Cornell) def. Sriram/ Budinszky (FDU) 6-1
3. Shinha/Mao (Cornell) def. Linley/Koyama (FDU) 6-2 

Singles Competition: 

1. Vladislav Melnic (Cornell) def. Teodors Pukse (FDU) 6-1, 6-2 
2. Evan Bynoe (Cornell) def. Justas Trainauskas (FDU) 6-2, 6-3 
3. Adit Sinha (Cornell) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU) 6-1, 6-1 
4. Jack McCarthy (Cornel) def. Thomas Linley (FDU) 6-2, 6-2 
5. Samuel Paguette (Cornell) def. Arjun Sriram (FDU) 6-1, 6-3 
6. Nathan Mao (Cornell) def. Fernando Tardin (FDU) 6-1, 6-3 

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,3,4,5,6,2) 

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