Sept. 10, 2004
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Sounak Chatterjee, Chris Cozad and Paul Rose picked up singles victories in first-round action at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Houston, on Friday.
Rose, a junior who appeared at No. 56 in the ITA national preseason ranking released Friday, beat Mark Growcott of LSU 6-3, 6-3 in the A Flight. He will take on Tony Haerle of the host Rice Owls on Saturday.
Chatterjee, a senior, beat Rodrigo Gabriel of Rice 6-4, 6-2 in the B Flight, while Cozad, a sophomore transfer from Illinois State, defeated the Owls' Roland Robb 6-3, 6-1 in the D Flight.
Senior David Robinson (A Flight), senior Filip Koziell (B Flight), junior Colin Foster (C Flight), sophomore Scott Warner (C Flight), and sophomore transfer Matt Zollman (D Flight) dropped their opening-round singles matches.
In doubles, Cozad and Warner teamed up to beat the Tulsa tandem of Diego Camacho and Will Gray by a 9-8 score in the B Flight. Also in the B Flight, Foster and Zollman defeated Rice's duo of George Venson and Robb 8-2.
The Crowne Plaza Invitational will resume Saturday, with the second round of singles and doubles. Play will conclude Sunday.
Complete results are listed below. Updated brackets can be found online at www.riceowls.com.
Crowne Plaza Invitational First-Round ResultsFlight A DoublesHazley/Bryant (LSU) def. Robinson/Rose (PU), 9-8Haerle/Gabriel (Rice) def. Soriano/Soriano (TU), 9-8Growcott/Richman (LSU) def. Mok/Morita (Rice), 8-6Roth/Charpantidis (TU) def. Chatterjee/Koziell (PU), 8-1- P -
Flight B DoublesHarknett/Shin (Rice) def. Dessauer/Howard (LSU), 9-7Cozad/Warner (PU) def. Camacho/Gray (TU), 9-8Foster/Zollman (PU) def. Venson/Robb (Rice), 8-2R. Cunningham/Connelly (TU) def. Gaston/White (LSU), 9-8
Flight A SinglesHaerle (Rice) def. Maasdorp (TU), 6-0, 6-4Rose (PU) def. Growcott (LSU), 6-3, 6-3Harknett (Rice) def. Robinson (PU), 6-4, 6-0Hazley (LSU) def. Roth (TU), 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
Flight B SinglesRichman (LSU) def. F. Soriano (TU), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)Chatterjee (PU) def. Gabriel (Rice), 6-4, 6-2Mok (Rice) def. Charpantidis (TU), 4-6, 7-5, 2-0 (ret.)Bryant (LSU) def. Koziell (PU), 7-6, 6-3
Flight C SinglesWhite (LSU) def. Morita (Rice), 6-7, 6-2, 6-4R. Soriano (TU) def. Foster (PU), 6-2, 6-2Shin (Rice) def. Warner (PU), 6-2, 6-2Gaston (LSU) def. Camacho (TU), 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(2)
Flight D SinglesConnelly (TU) def. Howard (LSU), 6-0, 6-2Cozad (PU) def. Robb (Rice), 6-3, 6-1Dessauer (LSU) def. Zollman (PU), 6-3, 6-4Gray (TU) def. Venson (Rice), 6-1, 6-3