Michigan
Cornell
Michigan Ends Season with Loss to Cornell in NCAA First Round
5/3/2025 4:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: Austin, Texas (Texas Tennis Center)
Event: NCAA Tournament (First Round)
Score: Cornell 4, Michigan 0
Records: U-M (15-13), Cornell (16-7)
Next U-M Event: Season completed
AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Michigan men's tennis saw its season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to Cornell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday (May 3) at the Texas Tennis Center.
The Big Red took the doubles point, winning at Nos. 2 and 3, and won five of six first sets in singles to set it up for the win.
Will Cooksey and Patorn Hanchaikul earned a victory at No. 1 doubles over Eric Verdes and Rushil Khosla. The pair opened with two breaks to take a 3-0 lead and earned another break to take a 4-1 lead before finishing the match at 6-2.
Cooksey, sporting a career-high No. 55 singles ranking, saw his collegiate career come to an end at the hand of No. 49 ranked Radu Papoe with back-to-back 6-1 decisions at No. 1. Mert Oral then fell 7-5, 6-2 to Felipe Pinzon at No. 6 as Cornell grabbed a 3-0 lead.
A third-set win for No. 100 Adit Sinha finished off a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Bjorn Swenson at No. 2 and sealed the team win for the Big Red.
Hanchaikul won his first set at No. 3 over Rodrigo Fernandes and was in a second-set tiebreak when their match was halted. Nicholas Steiglehner and Alex Cairo were also in third sets when their matches were called.
The Wolverines finished the season with a 15-13 overall record, reaching the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament while making their ninth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 – No. 49 Radu Papoe (Cornell) d. No. 55 Will Cooksey (U-M), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – No. 100 Adit Sinha (Cornell) d. Bjorn Swenson (U-M), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 – Patorn Hanchaikul (U-M) vs. Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) 2-6, 6-6 (4-4) abandoned
No. 4 – Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M) vs. Jack McCarthy (Cornell), 6-4, 3-6, 2-3 abandoned
No. 5 – Alex Cairo (U-M) vs. Nathan Mao (Cornell), 4-6, 6-3, 4-5 abandoned
No. 6 – Felipe Pinzon (Cornell) d. Mert Oral (U-M), 7-5, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 – Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaikul (U-M) d. Eric Verdes/Rushil Khosla (Cornell), 6-2
No. 2 – Radu Papoe/Nathan Mao (Cornell) d. Bjorn Swenson/Mert Oral (U-M), 6-2
No. 3 – Adit Sinha/Jack McCarthy (Cornell) d. Alex Cairo/Nicholas Steiglehner (U-M), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles: 1-6-2
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