Geoff Hiscox Just Keeps Winning

Tuesday, October 9

Atlanta, Ga.

All Day

Bowling Green State University

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October 09, 2001 | Men's Tennis

Oct. 9, 2001

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - The first of two days of the qualifying singles and doubles tournaments opened Tuesday (Oct. 9) at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men's All-American Championships, and Bowling Green State University's Geoff Hiscox continued his winning ways in the singles bracket. The tournament is being held at the Lincoln Tennis Center.

Hiscox, a junior, posted a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Tulsa's Pavel Sebastyanski to open the qualifying round.

Shortly after that win, Hiscox had to turn around and compete in the doubles portion of the tourney. He and senior Mike Kossoff suffered an 8-5 defeat to the University of Texas team of Haymond/Jenkin. That UT duo is the same team that defeated BG's Peter Gardonyi and Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo in the second round of the pre-qualifier.

First-round qualifying matches took place Tuesday and the winners must win one more round Wednesday (Oct. 10) to advance to the Oct. 11-14 main draw.

Hiscox defeated Jacob Nordwall (Charlotte), Rodrigo Villarroel (Charleston Southern), Stephen Mitchell (Alabama) and Travis Hasson (San Diego State) in the prequalifying rounds. Monday, Hiscox was scheduled to face TCU's Daniel Wajnberg, but the match was pulled and both players were advanced to the qualifying tournament.

The ITA Men's All-American Championships are the first of three national collegiate tennis championships in the 2001-02 season. Among Tuesday's highlights in qualifying singles was Auburn's Andrew Colombo upsetting top seed Steven Capriati of Arizona 6-4, 6-4.

Prequalifying singles and doubles tournaments took place over the weekend. Over 300 players entered that tournament to try to qualify for the main draw.

The tournament can be followed at the ITA's official web site (www.itatennis.com).

Tuesday's results - Qualifier

Singles - First Round
Andrew Colombo (Auburn) def. (1) Steven Capriati (Arizona) 6-4, 6-4
Brian Wilson (Illinois) def. Daniel Wajnberg (TCU) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
Chris Gostek (Alabama) def. (13) Rodrigo Echagaray (Texas) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Adam Marchetti (West Virginia) def. Peter Malacek (Portland) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
Guillaume Bouvier (Boise State) def. (8) Toni Gordon (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
Marcus Hornung (Baylor) def. Michael Calkins (Illinois) 6-3, 6-3
Calle Hansen (Pepperdine) def. (9) Jesse Smatt (LSU) 6-1, 7-5
David Wright (Georgia Tech) def. Aaron Talarico (Notre Dame) 7-5, 6-0
(3) Mariano Pettigrosso (Ark.-Little Rock) def. Romain Jurd (Florida State) 6-4, 6-2
Sebastian Rutka (LSU) def. Chris Martin (Illinois) 6-3, 7-5
Oliver Foreman (Middle Tennessee State) def. (12) Reiner Neurohr (Baylor) 6-3, 6-1
Mike Kosta (Illinois) def. Oggie Kolev (Arkansas) (q) 6-2, 7-5
(6) Stefan Hirn (Indiana State) def. Davor Dupljak (Virginia Tech) 7-5, 6-3
Sebastian Graeff (Pepperdine) def. Chris McDonald (Florida) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Frantisek Krepelka (Oklahoma State) def. (15) Carlos Lozano (BYU) 6-3, 6-3
Sam Warburg (Stanford) def. Mattias Mathaes (Rice) 6-3, 6-4
Amer Delic (Illinois) def. Eleazar Magallan (Florida) 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4
(16) Lassi Ketola (UCLA) def. Matias Marin (Baylor) 6-4, 6-4
Gert Vilms (BYU) def. Nick Fustar (Fresno State) 6-4, 6-4
(7) Andy Leber (Texas-Arlington) def. Chad Harris (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-3
Jesse Witten (Kentucky) def. Marcin Matkowski (UCLA) 6-2, 6-3
(11) William Barker (Rice) def. Alexander Kasarov (Wisconsin) (q) 6-2, 7-5
Kosta Zinchanka (South Alabama) def. Ryan Mauck (SMU) 6-2, 7-6 (6)
(16) Jackie Jenkins (Northwestern) def. Marcus Berntson (Boise State) 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5)
Hamid Mirzadeh (Florida) def. Adrian Bohane (Ohio State) 6-2, 6-3
(14) Xavier Luscan (Florida State) def. Zoltan Papp (Baylor) 6-3, 6-3
Alex Zharinov (Minnesota) def. Pablo Perez Gras (Georgia State) 6-4, 6-2
Andre van der Merve (UAB) def. (5) Keith From (Texas A&M) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Benjamin Becker (Baylor) def. Nathan Zeder (Illinois) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
Mike Yani (Duke) def. (10) Javier Taborga (Notre Dame) 7-6 (4), 6-4
Geoff Hiscox (Bowling Green) def. Pavel Sebastyanski (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-1
(2) Marcio Petrone (North Carolina) def. Johan Brunstrom (SMU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles - First Round
Becker/Hornung (Baylor) def. Romain/Luscan (Florida State) 9-7
Haymond/Jenkin (Texas) def. Hiscox/Kossoff (Bowling Green) 8-5
(8) Garland/Hansen (Pepperdine) def. Ormaza/Perez Gras (Georgia State) 9-7
Boyd/Monroe (North Carolina) def. Kurz/Laulund (Virginia Tech) 8-3
Menano/Moros (Georgia Tech) def. Gostek/Mitchell (Alabama) 8-6
Stolt/Wilson (Illinois) def. (4) Crews/Dietrich (Tennessee) 8-4
(6) Smith/Taborga (Notre Dame) def. Mule/Torres (UNC Greensboro) 8-6
Berntson/Roberts (Boise State) def. Franco/Lisac (Georgia State) 8-4
Nott/Schnugg (Georgia Tech) def. Marin/Ross (Baylor) 8-5
(7) Metz/Wurtzman (Ohio State) def. Brendon/Lowenthal (Wake Forest) 8-2
Maiberger/Redondo (San Diego St.) (q) def. Carvalho/Le Belicard (Mississippi St.) 8-4
Rea/Simon (Tennessee) def. (3) Neurohr/Papp (Baylor) 8-4
Bubis/Kolev (LL) def. Baudat/Gillet (South Alabama) 8-5
(7) Green/Rutherford (Wisconsin) def. Klemetz/Short (Middle Tennessee State) 8-5
Campos/Navinkov (Georgia Tech) def. Seri/Wagner (Georgia) default
(2) Mayer/Swan (Purdue) BYE

(Some information for this story courtesy of the ITA's Casey Angle)