Tulane University
Wichita State
Men's Tennis Rebounds vs. Wichita State
Jan 29, 2004 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 25, 2004
NEW ORLEANS, La. - After suffering a loss in its season-opener on Saturday, the Tulane men's tennis team rebounded with a convincing 6-1 victory over Wichita State on Sunday evening at the Goldring Tennis Complex.
Tulane (1-1) earned the doubles point to open the match as Dmitriy Koch and Theodoros Angelinos won at No. 2 and Goran Vasiljevic and David Goulet teamed up for a victory at No. 3 for a 1-0 Green Wave lead.
In singles action, the Wave cruised to five straight-set victories. Senior Michael Kogan, the No. 8 ranked player in the nation posted a 6-1, 6-4 win over Goran Vujaklija at No. 1 singles. Freshmen Angelinos and Goulet had wins at No. 2 and 3, respectively. Senior Hannu Piiroinen and Maxime Lacroix closed out the scoring with wins at No. 4 and No. 6 for Tulane.
The Green Wave returns to action next Sunday, playing at No. 48 Tulsa.
January 25, 2004
Goldring Tennis Stadium
New Orleans, La.
No. 16 Tulane 6, No. 75 Wichita State 1
Doubles:
1. #34 Escalante/Loredo (WSU) def. Kogan/Hernandez (Tulane): 9-8
2. Koch/Angelinos (Tulane) def. Vujaklija/Despot (WSU): 8-3
3. Vasiljevic/Goulet (Tulane) def. Gubic/Contente (WSU): 9-8
Singles:
1. #8 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Goran Vujaklija (WSU): 6-1, 6-4
2. Theodoros Angelinos (Tulane) def. Marko Despot (WSU): 6-2, 6-1
3. David Goulet (Tulane) def. Juan Escalante (WSU): 6-1, 6-3
4. Hannu Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Boris Gubic (WSU): 6-3, 6-2
5. Gabriel Loredo (WSU) def. Jacobo Hernandez (Tulane): 6-4, 6-4
6. Maxime Lacroix (Tulane) def. Carlo Contente (WSU): 6-3, 6-4
Records:
Tulane (1-1)
Wichita State (1-1)
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