Tulane University
Brown University
Green Wave Falls to Brown in Men's Tennis Action
Mar 30, 2002 | Men's Tennis
March 30, 2002
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Playing without No. 3 player Mattias Westerberg (Lulea, Sweden), Tulane University was upended, 4-3, by Brown University in men's tennis action on Saturday afternoon at Virginia Tech University.
The Green Wave, ranked No. 22 in the nation, drops to 12-6 with the defeat. Westerberg suffered a minor injury during his second flight doubles match, but could not play singles. The Wave's customary No. 3 singles player, Westerberg has a 10-2 mark this spring in singles action.
Tulane jumped out in front with the doubles point, but dropped four of the six singles' match to fall. Sophomore Michael Kogan (Kfar-Saba, Israel) and junior Victor Romero (Atizapan, Mexico), who are ranked No. 8 in the country in pairs play, had an 8-2 victory at top-flight doubles. Junior Jorge Lievano (Bucaramanga, Columbia) and sophomore Hannu Piiroinen (Tampere, Finland) had an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles to clinch the point for the Wave.
In singles, Kogan and Lievano had wins at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. However, Romero, Piiroinen and senior Alexandre Dion (Paris, France) all lost tough battles in three sets as the Bears out-battled the Green Wave
The Wave returns to action on Tuesday afternoon, playing at state-rival Louisiana-Lafayette.
Results: Brown 4, No. 22 Tulane 3
Doubles:
1. No. 8 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. Drake/Natale (Brown): 8-2
2. Malone/Shamasdin (Brown) def. Dion/Westerberg (Tulane): 8-1
3. Piiroinen/Lievano (Tulane) def. Cerratini/Goldberg (Brown): 8-6
Singles:
1. Justin Natale (Brown) def. No. 59 Victor Romero (Tulane): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. No. 18 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Nick Malone (Brown): 6-0, 6-4
3. Jorge Lievano (TU) def. Jamie Cerratani (Brown): 7-6, 6-3
4. Chris Drake (Brown) def. Hannu Piiroinen (TU): 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Adil Shamasdin (Brown) def. Alexandre Dion (TU): 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
6. Nick Goldberg (Brown) def. Tatsuhiro Ishii (TU): 6-0, 6-1
Records:
Tulane (12-6)
Brown (9-8)
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