The battle for the men's Ivy League tennis championship will come down to the final weekend of play.

The second weekend in April was a disappointing one for Cornell tennis, as the men’s and women’s teams combined to lose three of four matches over a two-day span.

With a forecast of sunny skies and temperatures in the high 70’s for the next couple of days, it appears that spring has arrived just in time for the start of the Ivy League tennis season.

As the Cornell basketball team was capturing the attention of the university and most of the country this past week, the men’s and women’s tennis teams were quietly taking care of business on their respective Spring Break trips.

Having an undefeated record in an all-time series with one team is pretty impressive; holding that distinction against two teams is even more legit; and hosting both of those teams in the same weekend definitely makes for an interesting couple of days.

Only two weeks into the new season, things are beginning to take shape for the men’s and women’s tennis teams. Both squads competed in the ECAC/Ivy Challenge over the weekend, with the men taking two of their three matches and the women picking up one victory in three tries.

After a strong start to the individual events portion of the schedule, the women’s tennis team looks to get back on track this weekend in Flushing, N.Y., at the BJK College Invitational. The Red was dominant in sweeping the major awards at the early season Cornell Fall Invitational; however that success did not follow the team to the Army Invitational two weeks ago.

The Red, behind head coach David Geatz, travel to this weekend’s invitational with the mindset that each member of the team will focus on a specific part of their game that needs improvement.

Junior Leah Seyburn stressed the importance of each individual player being able to correct the mistakes that plagued the team at Army.

Tomorrow the men’s tennis team will travel to New Haven, Conn., to play in this year’s Yale Invitational. While the Red has yet to play in a team event, it has taken full advantage of this long string of individual events to prepare for what will be a difficult road ahead this spring. After putting together a strong season last year, junior co-captain Jeremy Feldman recognizes that nothing will be handed to him and his teammates this season.

“Just because we had a good season last year, doesn’t mean we’re entitled to have a good season this year,” Feldman said.

When asked about his goals for the Invitational, Feldman took the emphasis off of himself saying, “The team’s No. 1 goal is to win the Ivy League title, and make the NCAA tournament.”

[SIDEBAR]The tennis teams — both men’s and wome’ns — had a mixed weekend, with both teams winning and some and losing some in their respective invitationals.

The women finished up the weekend at the prestigious Eastern Championships. the event was massive, with 30 different teams attending the competition hosted by Army.

All for one: The women’s tennis team prepares to compete in a match against Fairleigh Dickinson.Operating under these odds, the women did quite well, with freshmen Geraldine Leong and Kristen Kim Lin winning the second doubles finals by a score of 8-3 over perrenial opponent Stony Brook.