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Tulane Tennis Completes Sweep of Tulsa
Feb 23, 2003 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 23, 2003
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Tulane University tennis team completed a sweep of the University of Tulsa, as the men's team cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Golden Hurricane on Sunday afternoon at Goldring Tennis Stadium.
The Green Wave women had defeated Tulsa, 5-2, on Sunday morning.
In doubles action, Tulane's top duo of Michael Kogan and Victor Romero rolled to its third upset victory. The Wave pair, ranked No. 29 in the country, had an 8-4 win over Tulsa's Dustin Taylor and Ryan Livesay, who hold the No. 19 ranking in the country. Kogan and Romero had wins over the sixth-ranked and the 18th-ranked doubles teams last weekend.
The Wave clinched the doubles point as Hannu Piiroinen and Patrizio Maucci earned an 8-5 win at the third-doubles position.
In singles action, Kogan, who is ranked No. 32 in the nation, had a victory over 43rd ranked Alejandro Tejerina, 6-4, 6-3. Kogan is now 3-1 against ranked opponents this spring.
Tulane also had straight set wins in singles from Romero, Dmitri Koch and Piiroinen. Mattias Westerberg won a marathon match at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-7, 10-4, in a super tiebreaker.
Tulane dropped just one match in the meeting, as Jorge Lievano was upended at No. 5 singles, 7-5, 6-4 by Olof Sjolund.
The Green Wave is back in action on Thursday, hosting Idaho State at 3 p.m. at Goldring Stadium.
February 22, 2003
Goldring Stadium, New Orleans, La.
No. 29 Tulane 6, No. 54 Tulsa 1
Doubles:
1. #29 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. #19 Livesay/Taylor (Tulsa): 8-4
2. Koch/Westerberg (Tulane) vs. Shimizu/Matthews (Tulsa): Did not finish
3. Lievano/Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Charpantidis/Tejerina (Tulsa): 8-5
Singles:
1. #32 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. #43 Alejandro Tejerina (Tulsa): 6-4, 6-3
2. #70 Victor Romero (Tulane) def. Dustin Taylor (Tulsa): 6-3, 6-3
3. Dmitriy Koch (Tulane) def. Ryan Livesay (Tulsa): 6-1, 6-1
4. Mattias Westerberg (Tulane) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (Tulsa): 6-3, 6-7, 10-4
5. Olof Sjolund (Tulsa) def. Jorge Lievano (Tulane): 7-5, 6-4
6. Hannu Piioinen (Tulane) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (Tulsa): 7-6, 6-1
Records:
Tulane (4-2)
Tulsa (4-6)
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