Tulsa
Blue-Gray Classic
Hurricane Falls to Greenwave in Semifinals on Saturday
3/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 15, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - The 57th-ranked Tulsa men's tennis team fell 4-0 to 27th-ranked Tulane in the semifinals of the 53rd-Annual Blue & Gray National Collegiate Tennis Tournament hosted at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center in Montgomery, Alabama. The Golden Hurricane fell to the Greenwave for the second time this season, losing 6-1 in New Orleans in late February.
Tulsa's 55th-ranked doubles tandem, Ryan Livesay and Dustin Taylor, fell 8-1 to 11th-ranked Michael Kogan and Victor Romero in the No. 1 position, while Alejandro Tejerina and Aleksander Charpantidis fell 8-5 in the No. 3 slot.
In singles competition, Livesay was defeated by 15th-ranked Kogan in the No. 1 singles position, falling 7-5, 7-6, while 96th-ranked Taylor fell 6-3, 6-2 to Dmitriy Koch. Also for TU, Shunsuke Shimizu lost 6-4, 6-4, in the No. 4 slot.
#57 Tulsa vs. #27 Tulane - March 15, 2003 - Neutral - L, 4-0
Singles -
#15 Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. Ryan Livesay (Tulsa), 7-5, 7-6
Victor Romero (Tulane) vs. #66 Alejandro Tejerina (Tulsa), abandoned
Dmitriy Koch (Tulane) def. #96 Dustin Taylor (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-2
Mattias Westerberg (Tulane) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-4
Jorge Lievano (Tulane) vs. Tom Murray (Tulsa), abandoned
Hannu Piiroinen (Tulane) vs. Olof Sjolund (Tulsa), abandoned
Doubles -
#11 Kogan/Romero (Tulane) def. #55 Livesay/Taylor (Tulsa), 8-1
Koch/Goran Vasilijevic (Tulane) vs. Murray/Shimizu (Tulsa), abandoned
Lievano/Westerberg (Tulane) vs. Tejerina/Charpantidis (Tulsa), 8-5
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