ITHACA, N.Y. – No. 18 Cornell managed to slip past the Drake University men's tennis team, 4-3, on Saturday at the Reis Tennis Center in Ithaca, N.Y.
 
For the sixth-straight match, the Bulldog claimed the doubles point to jump out to a 1-0 lead over the Big Red. Juniors Calum MacGeoch and Ben Wood steam rolled Chris Vrabel and Pietro Rimondini, 6-1, at No. 3 doubles. Sophomores Vinny Gillespie and Tom Hands secured the doubles point with 6-4 victory at No. 2.
 
Gillespie continued his dominating singles play and extended his winning streak to five-matches with a 6-0, 6-1 trouncing of Volfson at No. 1 singles.
 
The Big Red tied the match up at 2-2 with wins at No. 2 and No. 3.
 
Hands put the Bulldogs back on top after he defeated Vrabel, 6-4, 7-6(3) at No. 4.
 
Cornell then went on to win a pair of three-set matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles to clinch the 4-3 win.
 
The Bulldogs travel Denver on March 31 and will square off against the Denver Pioneers on Friday and the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos on Saturday.
 
No. 18 Cornell 4, Drake 3
Ithaca, N.Y. (Reis Tennis Center)
 
Singles

1. No. 61 Vinny Gillespie (DU) def. David Volfson (CU), 6-0, 6-1
2. Lev, Kazakov (CU) def. Calum MacGeoch (DU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Colin Sinclair (CU) def. Ben Stride (DU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Tom Hands (DU) def. Chris Vrabel (CU) 6-4, 7-6(3)
5. Pietro Rimondini (CU) def. Barny Thorold (DU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
6. Bernardo Casares Rosa (CU) def. Ben Wood (DU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

 
Doubles

1. Philips/Thorold (DU) vs. Volfson/Sinclair (CU) 4-5 Unfinished
2. Gillespie/Hands (DU) def. Hill/Casares (CU) 6-4
3. MacGeoch/Wood (DU) def. Vrabel/Rimondini (CU) 6-1