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Tulane Men's Tennis Opens Season With Victory
Jan 25, 2003 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 25, 2003
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Tulane University men's tennis team opened its 2003 campaign with an impressive 6-1 victory over No. 30 SMU on Friday evening at the University of Minnesota's Baseline Tennis Center.
Tulane, ranked No. 38 in the nation, won the doubles point, then swept all but two sets in singles action against its higher-ranked foe.
Making an impressive debut was freshman Dmitriy Koch, who clinched the match with a straight-set victory at No. 3 singles. Koch also teamed with Mattias Westerberg in doubles play to clinch the doubles point at No. 2 doubles.
Michael Kogan and Victor Romero, ranked No. 29 in the nation in doubles, defeated SMU's Eric Cohn and Gwinyai Chingoka, who are ranked No. 23.
Other singles winners for the Wave were Kogan, Romero, Westerberg and Goran Vasiljevic.
The Green Wave is back in action on Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., battling host Minnesota.
January 24, 2003
Minneapolis, Minn.
No. 38 Tulane 6, No. 30 SMU 1
Doubles:
1. #29 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. #33 Brunstrom/Soderberg (SMU): 8-5
2. Koch/Westerberg (Tulane) def. #23 Cohn/Chingoka (SMU): 9-7
3. Oredsson/Senczynzyn (SMU) def. Lievano/Vasiljevic (Tulane): 8-6
Singles:
1. #32 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Gqinyai Chingoka (SMU): 6-1, 6-4
2. #70 Victor Romero (Tulane) def. #61 Johan Brunstrom (SMU): 6-2, 6-4
3. Dmitriy Koch (Tulane) def. Henrik Soderberg(SMU): 6-0, 6-3
4. Lukasz Senczynszyn (SMU) def. Jorge Lievano (Tulane): 6-1, 6-2
5. Mattias Westerberg (Tulane) def. Eric Cohn (SMU): 6-3, 6-2
6. Goran Vasiljevic (Tulane) def. Peter Oredsson (SMU): 7-6, 6-4
Records:
Tulane (1-0)
SMU (1-1)
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