Kogan Cruises to Straight-Set Victory

Wednesday, May 26

Tulsa, Okla.

TBA

Tulane University

NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships

Tulane's all-time winningest player, Michael Kogan advanced to the Round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship with a win on Wednesday. [File photo by Ned Dishman]

May 26, 2004 | Men's Tennis

May 26, 2004

TULSA, Okla. - Tulane University senior Michael Kogan opened the 2004 NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Championship with a straight-set victory on Wednesday morning at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at the University of Tulsa.

Kogan, ranked No. 11 in the country, defeated 71st-ranked Balazs Veress from Cal, 7-6, 6-0. He was scheduled to face No. 32 Ante Matijevic from Texas A&M, however, Matijevic withdrew due to injury and Veress replaced him.

The Green Wave senior, who is the four-time Player of the Year in Conference USA, advances to play Antonio Ruiz from Texas in the second round on Thursday at 9 a.m. Ruiz, who is ranked No. 49 in the nation, defeated Harvard's David Lingman in the first round, also in straight sets.

Kogan will begin play at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Thursday as well. He and freshman teammate David Goulet are ranked No. 12 in the nation and will face KC Corkery and Sam Warburg from Stanford, the eighth-ranked tandem in the country, at 3 p.m.

With a win on Thursday morning, Kogan would advance to the round of 16, playing the winner of the match between George Tech's Scott Schnugg and Pepperdine's Pedro Rico. Rico is the 21st-ranked player in the nation, while Schnugg is ranked 52nd.

With a doubles victory on Thursday, the Wave tandem would also advance to the Round of 16. They would play the winner of Thursday's match between Eric Nyman and Nima Roshan from BYU and 24th-ranked Roger Matalonga and Colin O'Grady from Arizona.

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.