Kogan Opens NCAA Singles Play on Wednesday Morning
May 25, 2004 | Men's Tennis
May 25, 2004
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tulane University senior Michael Kogan will open action at the 2004 NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Championship at 9 a.m. on Wednesday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at the University of Tulsa. Kogan, ranked No. 11 in the country, faces No. 32 Ante Matijevic from Texas A&M in his first match.
Kogan and freshman teammate David Goulet will began doubles play at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Thursday. Ranked No. 12 in the nation, the Green Wave duo will face KC Corkery and Sam Warburg from Stanford, the eighth-ranked tandem in the country.
Tulane junior Dmitriy Koch was also selected to compete in the Singles Championship, however, he had to withdraw due to injury.
Kogan is competing for the fourth straight year in the team, singles and doubles championships. He is one of 21 players to be selected for all three championships this year. The Green Wave was ousted in the second round of the team championship by Harvard.
With a win on Wednesday morning, Kogan would advance to play the winner of the match between Harvard's David Lingman and Antonio Ruiz from Texas. Ruiz is the 49th-ranked player in the nation, while Lingman is ranked 36th. Lingman defeated Kogan during the team championship on May 16th.
In the singles tournament, Kogan is a 9-16 seed in the singles tournament, which means he has already earned All-America recognition, the third time in his career that he has been a Singles All-American. He has earned that distinction twice in doubles.
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