Men’s Tennis Closes Fall Season Strong at Dartmouth Invitational
Each player finished with a 2–1 singles record, while the doubles team of freshmen Jack Casciato and Nathan Gold went undefeated.
Each player finished with a 2–1 singles record, while the doubles team of freshmen Jack Casciato and Nathan Gold went undefeated.
Less than 24 hours after its loss to Dartmouth, Cornell was back on the court at Harvard’s Malkin Athletic Center on Nov. 1, ready to reset and respond. And respond they did.
“It's going to take some time for us to get things ironed out and get us comfortable,” Jones said. “So to bounce back tonight and get it done on special teams — I was really excited as a coach.”
The Red’s unrelenting forecheck caused turnovers and secured possession for a vast majority of its afternoon tilt against the Bears, earning the team its seventh win of the young season.
Less than five minutes into Saturday’s match, Cornell had given up a touchdown. Ten minutes later, that hole had doubled. Instead of rolling over, Cornell flipped the script.
The two penalties Cornell took came in pivotal moments, and both turned into Massachusetts goals as the Minutemen eked past the Red, 2-1.
“Our d[efense], no matter what, they’re gonna have my back," said junior goaltender Annelies Bergmann. "If I could split the shutout puck every single way between the d[efenders], I would.”
Princeton remains undefeated in away matchups, meaning the Red will need to be on point if it wants to keep its current home winning streak alive.
After a slow start last season that saw three losses in its first five contests, the Red (5-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC) has come out of the gates swinging in 2025-2026 and has yet to trail in a game.
Both teams are ranked in the top-20 in the country, and both boast strong crops of future NHL talent — Cornell has nine NHL draft picks on its roster, with Massachusetts trailing just behind with seven.
When they were 12 years old, Rushil Khosla and Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar shared the court representing India in junior tournaments. Nearly a decade later, the two reunited halfway across the world.
At the MAISA Women's Fall Dinghy, the Red took a second-place finish. On the same weekend, the War Memorial Regatta had a similarly impressive performance with a seventh overall placing.
With the win, the Red improves to 5-0-0 for the first time since the 2019-2020 season.
“It’s competitive. We’ve got size. I feel good about the roster,” Jones said. “I feel good about where we can fit. I feel good about where our ceiling can go. It's just a matter of getting that consistency with 14 new players and getting on the same page.”
Sprint football matched Mansfield University hit for hit and drive for drive, but the Mountaineers’ ground game and timely defensive stands proved decisive in a physical, hard-fought contest.
In the 88th minute of Saturday's game, the Red completed a comeback after its sixth consecutive scoreless first half.