CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Radford fell to No. 66 Cornell, 4-3, in non-conference men's tennis action Sunday morning at the Boyd Tinsley Courts.

With the doubles portion tied at one match each and the Highlander duo of Joe Mills (England / Cardinal Newman Catholic) and Stijn Meulemans (Belgium / KA2 sportschool Hasselt) up 7-5 and serving for the team point on court two, Cornell's Andy Gauthier and Jeremy Feldman rallied back to put their club up, 1-0.

Trailing 1-0, Radford got back in the match with straight-set singles wins from No. 48 Ivan Salec (Oroslavje, Croatia / Oroslavje Secondary School) and Nicholas Sayer (Fareham, England / Cams Hill School) to take its first lead, 2-1.

After Cornell's Jonathan Jaklitsch tied the score 2-2, Igor Ogrizek (Daruvar, Croatia / Birotechnika Grammar School) put the Highlanders one win away from finishing off the comeback with a 6-3, 6-4 win at the final singles position.

Victories from No. 5 Evan Bernstein (6-4, 7-5) and No. 3 Mirza Klis (7-5, 3-6, 6-4) clinched the match for the Big Red.

The Highlanders' lone doubles victory improved Salec and Thomas Dehaen (Zwevegem, Belgium / Middenjury) to 20-1 as a tandem.

Radford will enjoy a lengthy break before returning to action at Maryland on Feb. 19.

Doubles Competition
1) Ivan Salec / Thomas Dehaen (Radford) def. Jonathan Jaklitsch / Evan Bernstein, 8-6
2) Andy Gauthier / Jeremy Feldman (Cornell) def. Joe Mills / Stijn Meulemans (Radford), 9-7
3) Mirza Klis / Evan McElwain (Cornell) def. Nicholas Sayer / Igor Ogrizek (Radford), 8-5

Order of Finish 3,1,2

Singles Competition
1) Ivan Salec (Radford) def. Andy Gauthier (Cornell), 6-2, 6-4
2) Jonathan Jaklitsch (Cornell) def. Joe Mills (Radford), 6-1, 6-4
3) Mirza Klis (Cornell) def. Thomas Dehaen (Radford), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
4) Nicholas Sayer (Radford) def. Jeremy Feldman (Cornell), 6-3, 6-2
5) Evan Bernstein (Cornell) def. Stijn Meulemans (Radford), 6-4, 7-5
6) Igor Ogrizek (Radford) def. Zhongming Chen (Cornell), 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish: 1,4,2,6,5,3