Tulane University
Wichita State
No. 38 Green Wave Rolls Over Wichita State
Feb 16, 2002 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 16, 2002
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tulane University won the first match of a men's tennis doubleheader with a 7-0 white-washing of Wichita State on Saturday morning at Goldring Tennis Stadium. The Green Wave, ranked No. 39 in the nation, battles crosstown rival University of New Orleans on Saturday afternoon beginning at 4 p.m.
Tulane (4-1) swept the doubles matches to earn the first point, and then went on for a clean sweep in singles, winning at all six flights.
At No. 1 doubles, Tulane's No. 22 ranked tandem of sophomore Michael Kogan (Kfar-Saba, Israel) and junior Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico) picked up an 8-4 victory over the Shockers' Mark Sewell and Jaime Rodriguez.
Romero, playing his first match this year at No. 1 singles, cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Sewell. Romero is ranked No. 33 in the nation. Kogan, ranked No. 4 in the country, also remained perfect on the season with a 6-3, 6-2 win at second flight singles.
Results: No. 38 Tulane 7, Wichita State 0
Doubles:
1. No. 21 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. Sewell/Rodriguez (WSU): 8-4
2. Lievano/Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Contente/Austin (WSU): 8-5
3. Vasiljevic/Dion (Tulane) def. Cramp/Escalante (WSU): 8-6
Singles:
1. No. 33 Victor Romero (Tulane) def. Mark Sewell (WSU): 6-2, 6-3
2. No. 4 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Jaime Rodriguez (WSU): 6-3, 6-2
3. Mattias Westerberg (Tulane) def. Ben Cramp (WSU): 6-1, 6-1
4. Alexander Dion (TU) def. Joggan Austin (WSU): 6-3, 6-3
5. Hannu Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Carlo Contente (WSU): 6-0, 6-3
6. Goran Vasiljevic (Tulane) def. Juan Escalante (WSU): 6-1, 6-4
Records:
Tulane (4-1)
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