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Hiscox Wins Two Singles Matches At ITA
October 05, 2001 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 5, 2001
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - The Bowling Green State University men's tennis team is in Georgia, competing in the ITA Men's All-American Championships. The tourney, the nation's largest collegiate tennis tournament, opened today at the Lincoln Tennis Center in Stone Mountain, Ga.
A trio of Falcon competitors, senior Mike Kossoff, junior Geoff Hiscox and sophomore Joel Carney, each won their first-round matches in the singles draw. Hiscox also captured a second-round victory, winning both of his matches in straight sets. Kossoff and Carney each suffered second-round defeats.
The prequalifying tournament consists of 256 singles players (and 128 doubles teams) from 62 schools playing for eight spots in the qualifying tournaments which begin on Tuesday (Oct. 9). The ITA Men's All-American Championships main draw takes place Oct. 11-14. The first ITA national singles and doubles championships of the 2001-02 season, the ITA Men's All-American Championships are one of three national collegiate tennis championships of the season.
Friday's singles play was delayed due to rain. The doubles portion of the prequalifying draw is scheduled to begin on Saturday (Oct. 6). Complete information on this year's tournament is available on the ITA's web site, www.itatennis.com.
Prequalifying Singles Draw
(Fri., Oct. 5, eight players advance to qualifying draw)First Round
Geoff Hiscox (Bowling Green) def. Jacob Nordwall (Charlotte) 6-4, 6-4Ruben Zrihen (UAB) def. Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo (Bowling Green) 6-2, 6-2
Joel Carney (Bowling Green) def. Russell Bennett (Northwestern) 6-2, 6-4
Mike Kossoff (Bowling Green) def. Carl Lumsden (UC Irvine) 6-4, 6-4
Scott Rutherford (Wisconsin) def. Peter Gardonyi (Bowling Green) 6-1, 6-1
Romain Jurd (Florida State) def. Ian Bliss (Bowling Green) 7-5, 6-3
Whi Kim (Arizona) def. Vitek Wild (Bowling Green) 6-4, 6-4
Second Round
Geoff Hiscox (Bowling Green) def. Rodrigo Villarroel (Charleston Southern) 6-2, 6-3Jerome Belicard (Mississippi State) def. Joel Carney (Bowling Green) 6-2, 6-3
Jacek Wolicki (Nebraska) def. Mike Kossoff (Bowling Green) 6-3, 6-2
Prequalifying Doubles Draw
(matches begin Sat., Oct. 6, eight teams advance to qualifying draw)First Round
Bliss/Kossoff (Bowling Green) BYEHerrera/Jurd (Florida State) vs. Hiscox/Wild (Bowling Green)
Gardonyi/Lopez-Acevedo (Bowling Green) vs. Reckewey/Rivera (Nebraska)
