Perfect Weather for Day One of Tulane Tennis Invitational
Oct 18, 2002 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 18, 2002 (7:50 p.m.)
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Tulane University Men's Tennis Invitational opened to perfect weather on Friday morning at the Goldring Tennis Stadium. The tourney features seven schools; in addition to Tulane, Louisiana-Lafayette, LSU, Middle Tennessee State, UNO, San Diego State and Southern Miss are competing in the event.
Final Day One Top Flight Singles
Final Day One #1 Flight (includes consolation)
Final Day One #2 Flight (includes consolation)
Tulane had three victories in the top ranked singles flight this afternoon. Junior Michael Kogan, ranked No. 17 in the country, defeated Middle Tennessee State's Michael Staniak, 6-4, 6-2. The Wave's other ranked player, 39th-rated Victor Romero also had a straight-set victory, 6-4, 6-2, over LSU's Jason Hazley; while senior Mattias Westerberg had a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 win over Bryan Fisher from LSU.
Second round matches in the top flight of singles will be the final matches of Friday's action.
In the other top flight singles match, Tulane's Jorge Lievano was upended by Oliver Maiberger from San Diego State, 4-6, 1-6. Maiberger holds the No. 9 ranking in the country.
Green Wave junior Hannu Piiroinen played the first match of the day for the Green Wave, defeating UL-Lafayette's Michael Tarkowski, 7-5, 6-1, in the first round of the #1 Flight. Goran Vasiljevic also suffered a lost for the Wave, falling in the #1 singles flight to Victor Loven from UNO, 6-4, 6-3.
The Invitational has three flights for both singles and doubles. The top flight in singles and doubles will be a round-robin event featuring players competing for national rankings. Singles players are guaranteed four matches in the round-robin format.
The "#1" and "#2" Flights are traditional brackets divided according to skill levels.
This weekend's event is free of charge and concessions are available for fans. Results will be posted on www.TulaneGreenWave.com after each days' matches are completed.
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