Cornell University Dominates Section Championship
February 27, 2009 04:30 AM
 | Cornell University took center stage last weekend, February 21-22, at Eastern’s Tennis on Campus Section Championships. Nine teams flocked to Syracuse NY to battle it out on the courts for a chance to advance to the National Championships next month in Surprise, Arizona. Tennis on Campus is a co-ed program offering those college students who chose not to play varsity the opportunity to compete as a team. The final showdown came between Cornell University’s A and B squads who each won their pools. The B squad was seen as the underdog team, as their name implies. |
Yet after impressively beating out teams from Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, Rutgers and Stonybrook Universities, the B squad felt confident entering the championship matches.
Cornell’s A squad however showed no signs of intimidation by the B squad’s dominate performance in their pool. After all, the A squad showed just as impressive results, beating teams from Canisius College, Binghamton and Stonybrook Universities. “We’re going to show them why they’re the B team!” said an enthusiastic member of the A squad before entering the final matches.
In the end, the A squad lived up to their title, taking home the Eastern Tennis on Campus Section Championship title. With a month ahead of them to practice, Cornell’s A squad will take their competition to the National level and try to live up to their name once again.
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Player Profiles:
SUNY Binghamton/Player Profile
Mimi Hilderley, Junior, Double Major in Biology and Environmental Studies
Mimi is president of the Tennis Club. This was Binghamton’s first year competing at the Campus Section Championships, second year competing in general, and just the third year in existence as a club. Mimi will be studying abroad in Hawaii next year and she is “hoping to never come back!”
- Where did you grow up? Saratoga, NY
- When did you start playing tennis? Age 7 at summer camp
- Favorite Tennis Player? Marat Safin
- Favorite Sports team? Buffalo Bills
- Favorite Movie? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Favorite Part about the weekend? Didn’t like driving and being up very early in the morning but loving playing tennis all day
- Any pre-match rituals? I like to caffeinate before my matches!
- Water or Sports Drinks? Water. Definitely Water.
- Did you vote in the 2008 Presidential Election? Yes
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Cornell/Player Profile
Mike Reiss, Sophomore, School of Hotel Management
Mike is a member of the Cornell A squad who beat Cornell B in the finals. Mike, prior to the finals, was leading the charge of friendly trash talk. Mike won his singles match 6-2 to help Cornell A to an 8 game margin of victory.
- Where did you grow up? Highland Mills, NY
- When did you start playing tennis? Going to the park with Dad at Age 6 or 7
- Favorite Tennis Player? Roger Federer
- Favorite Sports team? New York Mets
- Favorite Part about the weekend? Barley got up in the morning but loving all the bagels.
- Any pre-match rituals? For breakfast, I ate French Toast, a banana and drank some nice hot chocolate with a little whip cream. Usually on a tennis day, I eat between 2-4 bananas.
- Water or Sports Drinks? I will drink everything or anything. I don’t even care about the color or the flavor.
- What kind of tennis shoes do you wear? Always Adidas
- Did you vote in the 2008 Presidential Election? Yes