Tulane University
South Alabama
Men's Tennis Gets Back on Track
Mar 16, 2002 | Men's Tennis
March 16, 2002
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - After losing to No. 8 Illinois on Friday, Tulane University closed action at the Blue-Gray Collegiate Men's Tennis Classic with a 4-2 defeat of No. 31 South Alabama on Saturday at Lagoon Park.
Tulane, ranked No. 35 in the nation, improves to 11-3 on the year. It is the fifth win in the last six matches for Tulane and the sixth win this year over a ranked opponent.
The Green Wave fell behind early, losing the doubles point, but recovered with four victories in singles action.
Tulane's doubles tandem of sophomore Michael Kogan (Kfar-Saba, Israel) and junior Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico), ranked No. 13 in the nation, picked up a win at top flight doubles, but the Wave fell at No. 2 and No. 3.
In singles action, Kogan, sophomore Hannu Piirnoinen (Tampere, Finland) and junior Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Columbia) all picked up wins, but it was Romero's three-set triumph at the second flight which clinched the match win for the Green Wave.
Tulane returns to action on March 26, playing at Mississippi.
Results: No. 35 Tulane 4, No. 31 South Alabama 2
Doubles: 1. No. 13 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. Gillet/Zlatko Stupavsky (South Alabama): 8-5 2. Thall/Jacobs (South Alabama) def. Piiroinen/Lievano (Tulane): 8-1 3. Baudat/Heyl (South Alabama) def. Vasiljevic/Westerberg (Tulane): 8-6
Singles: 1. No. 14 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Vincent Baudat (South Alabama): 6-3, 4-5 (ret.) 2. No. 49 Victor Romero (Tulane) def. Heinrich Heyl (South Alabama): 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 3. Mattias Westerberg (Tulane) v. Christian Thall (South Alabama): Did not finish 4. Jorge Lievano (Tulane) def. Jullian Gillet (South Alabama): 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 5. Clinton Jacobs (South Alabama) def. Alexandre Dion (Tulane): 6-2, 6-2 6. Hannu Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Alex Piskunov (South Alabama): 7-5, 6-2
Records: Tulane (11-3)
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