Tulane University
Virginia Tech
Men's Tennis Wins Fourth Straight Match
Apr 7, 2001 | Men's Tennis
April 7, 2001
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tulane University rolled to a 5-2 victory over No. 66 Virginia Tech in men's tennis action on Saturday afternoon at Goldring Tennis Complex.
Tulane (11-8), ranked No. 43 in the nation, has now won four straight matches.
The Wave earned the doubles point as the sixth-ranked tandem of freshman Michael Kogan (Kfar Saba, Israel) and senior Mikko Viljanen (Vantaa, Finland) cruised to an 8-2 win at No. 1, while sophomores Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico) and Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Colombia) won, 8-5, at No. 3.
Kogan, ranked No. 29 in the nation in singles, won 6-2, 7-5 at the top flight match, while Romero, who is ranked No. 84, won 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2. Romero, the Conference USA Co-Player of the Week last week, has won 10 of his last 11 matches, with his lone loss coming to Arkansas' Oskar Johansson, the No. 1 ranked player in the nation.
Lievano and sophomore Mattias Westerberg (Lulea, Sweden) also notched straight-set victories.
Tulane closes the regular season on Friday, playing at Southern Miss. The Green Wave then hosts the Conference USA Championship from April 19-22.
Results: No. 43 Tulane 5, No. 66 Virginia Tech 2
Singles:
No. 1: No. 29 Michael Kogan (TU) def. Davor Dupljak (VT): 6-2, 7-5
No. 2: No. 84 Victor Romero (TU) def. Michael Kurz (VT): 6-4, 6-0
No. 3: Francis Huot (VT) def. Mikko Viljanen (TU): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
No. 4: Jorge Lievano (TU) def. Jay Bruner (VT): 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Andreas Laulund (VT) def. Goran Vasiljevic (TU): 6-0, 6-1
No. 6: Mattias Westerberg (TU) def. Andrew Vu (VT): 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
No. 1: No. 8 Kogan/Viljanen (TU) def. Dupljak/Huot (VT): 8-2
No. 2: Romero/Lievano (TU) def. Lauland/Vu (VT): 8-6
No. 2: Kurz/Bruner (VT) def. Derya Rose/Westerberg (TU): 8-5
Record: Tulane (11-8)
