Tulane Sweeps Southern Miss, 7-0
David Canudas took the No. 11-ranked player in the nation to three sets |
NEW ORLEANS -
The Tulane men’s tennis team claimed its first shutout victory of the season Friday with a 7-0 win over Conference USA rival Southern Miss at the Goldring Tennis Center. Southern Miss dropped to 2-5 while Tulane improved to 7-3 on the year.
Tulane, ranked 40th in the country, won all three doubles matches to take the doubles point. The Green Wave’s No. 1 duo of Michael Kogan and David Goulet downed Juan Garzon and Reid Bourgeois, 8-1 to open the day and the No. 3 squad of Jacobo Hernandez and Alberto Sottocorno clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 win over Christopher Rea and Thomas Funke.
Green Wave players won five of the six singles matches in straight sets, but it took three sets Tulane’s top singles player, 11th-ranked Michael Kogan, to defeat David Canudas, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
Southern Miss takes on St. John's Saturday in a 1 p.m., match at the Hattiesburg Country Club.
Final Score: Tulane 7, Southern Miss 0
Doubles
1. Kogan/Goulet (Tulane) def. Garzon/Bourgeois (Southern Miss), 8-1
2. Koch/Vasiljevic (Tulane) vs. Canudas/Mezey (Southern Miss), 5-4, retired
3. Hernandez/Sottocorno (Tulane) def. Rea/Funke (Southern Miss), 8-4
Singles
1. Michael Kogan (Tulane) def. David Canudas (Southern Miss), 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
2. Dmitriy Koch (Tulane) def. Juan Garzon (Southern Miss), 6-2, 6-4
3. Hannu Piiroinen (Tulane) def. Christopher Rea (Southern Miss), 6-4, 7-5
4. David Goulet (Tulane) def. Dylan Mezey (Southern Miss), 7-5, 6-3
5. Jacobo Hernandez (Tulane) def. Reid Bourgeois (Southern Miss), 7-5, 6-4
6. Alberto Sottocorno (Tulane) def. Thomas Funke (Southern Miss), 6-2, 6-3
Team Record: Southern Miss 2-5; Tulane 7-3
