Tulane University
Arkansas
No. 29 Arkansas Tops Tulane Men's Tennis
Mar 28, 2001 | Men's Tennis
March 28, 2001
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The University of Arkansas, ranked No. 29 in the nation, defeated No. 39 Tulane University, 5-1, in men's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon at the Hilton RiverCenter Tennis Complex.
The match was played indoors at the RiverCenter due to rain.
The lone point for the Green Wave (7-8) was picked up by freshman Michael Kogan (Kfar Saba, Israel), who won a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 decision at No. 2 singles. Kogan had missed last week's match against No. 9 Tennessee due to injury.
Sophomore Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico), who was playing in the No. 1 slot, had his streak of four-straight wins over nationally-ranked opponents snapped by the Razorbacks. Today's foe was no easy task, however, as Romero faced No. 1 ranked Oskar Johansson, falling, 6-2, 6-4.
Sophomore Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Colombia) also played an excellent match, but was defeated at fourth singles, 6-7, 7-6, 6-7.
The Green Wave is back in action on Friday, playing at No. 33 Tulsa at 5 p.m.
Results: No. 29 Arkansas 5, No. 39 Tulane 1
Singles:
No. 1: No. 1 Oskar Johansson (UA) def. Victor Romero (TU): 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: No. 42 Michael Kogan (TU) def. Henrik Tofft (UA): 4-6, 7-6, 7-6
No. 3: Oggie Kolev (UA) def. Mikko Viljanen (TU): 6-2, 6-1
No. 4: Magnus Kullenberg (UA) def. Jorge Lievano (TU): 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
No. 5: Aleksey Bubis (UA) def. Goran Vasiljevic (TU): 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: Tiago Azevedo (UA) def. Mattias Westerberg (TU): 6-3, 6-2
Doubles:
Not played
Record:
Tulane (7-8)
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