Tulane University
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Men's Tennis Upends No. 47 Tulsa
Mar 30, 2001 | Men's Tennis
March 30, 2001
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tulane University had an impressive showing in men's tennis action on Friday afternoon, defeating No. 47 Tulsa, 6-1, at the Harwell Tennis Courts.
The Green Wave, ranked No. 43 in the nation, improve to 8-8 with the victory, while Tulsa drops to 9-9.
The Wave opened the action by earning the point in doubles play. Tulane's No. 6 ranked doubles tandem of freshman Michael Kogan (Kfar Saba, Israel) and senior Mikko Viljanen (Vantaa, Finland), who have not lost a match all season, edged Tulsa's No. 30-ranked pair, 9-8. At No. 3, sophomores Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico) and Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Colombia) earned an 8-5 decision to clinch the point.
In singles action, Kogan, ranked No. 42 in the nation, continued his strong play, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 1 over No. 54 Dana McGregor. Romero, Viljanen and Lievano all won in straight sets at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Sophomore Mattias Westerberg (Lulea, Sweden) had a come-from-behind win at No. 6 singles, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Tulane is back in action on Saturday, playing at Wichita State.
Results: No. 43, Tulane 6, No. 47 Tulsa 1
Singles:
No. 1: No. 42 Michael Kogan (TU) def. No. No. 54 Dana McGregor (UT): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
No. 2: Victor Romero (TU) def. Pavel Sebastyanski (UT): 6-2, 6-0
No. 3: Mikko Viljanen (TU) def. Shriranga Sudhakara (UT): 7-6, 6-0
No. 4: Jorge Lievano (TU) def. Alejandro Tejerina (UT): 7-6, 6-3
No. 5: Sean Monk (UT) def. Goran Vasiljevic (TU): 6-1, 7-6
No. 6: Mattias Westerberg (TU) def. Micah Zomer (UT): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
No. 1: No. 6 Kogan/Viljanen (TU) def. No. 30 McGregor/Sudhakara (UT): 9-8
No. 2: Sebastyanski/Tejerina (UT) def. Derya Rose/Westerberg (TU): 8-4
No. 3: Romero/Lievano (TU) def. Zomer/Mike Nammar (UT): 8-5
Records:
Tulane (8-8)
Tulsa (9-9)
