Kogan Continues To Monopolize League Award
Apr 1, 2003 | Men's Tennis
April 1, 2003
NEW ORLEANS, La. - For the third week in a row and the sixth time this season, Tulane junior Michael Kogan has been selected as the Conference USA Men's Tennis Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. Kogan helped the Green Wave extend its home winning streak to 21 matches with a pair of doubles wins as well as a singles victory over the No. 2 player in the nation.
In Tulane's first match of the week, a win over Middle Tennessee State, Kogan's singles match was not finished, but he teamed with Victor Romero for 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles.
On Sunday, Kogan led the 27th-ranked Wave to a 4-1 victory over No. 8 Vanderbilt. Kogan, ranked No. 23 in the country, topped Vanderbilt's second-ranked Bobby Reynolds, 6-4, 7-6. Not only had the Commodore junior not lost a match this season, he had not even dropped a set before Kogan upended him. In addition, Kogan and Romero defeated the 14th-ranked doubles team of Reynolds and Lewis Smith, 8-2.
Kogan is now 16-2 this spring in singles and 18-1 in doubles. For his career, Kogan, the two-time Conference USA Player of the Year, has a 86-21 singles mark and a 71-11 record in doubles.
Tulane will play its final home match of the season on Friday, hosting 57th-ranked UL-Lafayette at 4 p.m. at Goldring Tennis Stadium. The team will celebrate Senior Day as Jorge Lievano, Victor Romero and Mattias Westerberg will be playing the final home matches of their Green Wave careers. Admission is free to the event.
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