Sept. 12, 2004
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's tennis team concluded play at the Rice Crowne Plaza Invitational in Houston, on Sunday. The Boilermakers produced four victories on the final day of competition in their first fall tournament.
In the B Flight, senior Filip Koziell downed Rodrigo Gabriel of Rice by a 7-6, 7-5 score. Sophomore Matt Zollman beat Rice's Roland Robb 6-3, 6-2 in the D Flight.
Zollman paired with junior Colin Foster for a 9-7 win over Kevin Dessauer and Jonathon Howard of LSU in the doubles B Flight. In the same flight, sophomores Chris Cozad and Scott Warner defeated Owls George Venson and Roland Robb, 8-6.
Senior David Robinson lost his A Flight singles match to Luc Maasdorp of Tulsa, 6-3, 6-2. Cozad fell 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 to Dessauer in the D Flight. In doubles, Koziell and senior partner Sounak Chatterjee lost 8-2 to Federico and Ricardo Soriano of Tulsa in the A Flight. Also in the A Flight, Robinson and junior Paul Rose dropped an 8-3 decision to Jason Mok and Take Morita of Rice.
The four remaining Boilermakers who were in singles brackets at the start of the tournament, including 56th-ranked Paul Rose, did not play Sunday.
Purdue head coach Tim Madden, who brought his team to Houston without having officially practiced due to NCAA regulations, thought the experience should help the Boilermakers in the long run.
"Despite not producing great results, I'm glad we came down here," Madden said. "There is a lot to be learned from this. It shows us that we have a lot of work to do, and it also gives us a starting point."
Purdue will return to the courts next weekend, when they compete at the Notre Dame Tom Fallon Invitational.
Complete results from the Rice Crowne Plaza Invitational can be found online at www.riceowls.com.
Purdue's Crowne Plaza Invitational Third-Round ResultsFlight A DoublesSoriano/Soriano (TU) def. Chatterjee/Koziell (PU), 8-2Mok/Morita (Rice) def. Robinson/Rose (PU), 8-3- P -
Flight B DoublesCozad/Warner (PU) def. Venson/Robb (Rice) 8-6Foster/Zollman (PU) def. Dessauer/Howard (LSU), 9-7
Flight A SinglesMaasdorp (TU) def. Robinson (PU), 6-3, 6-2
Flight B SinglesKoziell (PU) def. Rodrigo Gabriel (Rice), 7-6, 7-5
Flight C SinglesNo matches played
Flight D SinglesZollman (PU) def. Robb (Rice), 6-3, 6-2Dessauer (LSU) def. Cozad (PU), 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
Purdue's Crowne Plaza Invitational Second-Round ResultsFlight A DoublesSoriano/Soriano (TU) def. Robinson/Rose (PU), 8-6Chatterjee/Koziell (PU) def. Mok/Morita (Rice), 8-6
Flight B DoublesHarknett/Shin (Rice) def. Cozad/Warner (PU), 8-5R. Cunningham/Connelly (TU) def. Foster/Zollman (PU), 8-4
Flight A SinglesHaerle (Rice) def. Rose (PU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-6 ret.Roth (TU) def. Robinson (PU), 7-6, 6-2
Flight B SinglesRichman (LSU) def. Chatterjee (PU), 6-3, 6-2Charpantidis (TU) def. Koziell (PU), 7-6, 6-3
Flight C SinglesMorita (Rice) def. Foster (PU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2Camacho (TU) def. Warner (PU), default
Flight D SinglesConnelly (TU) def. Cozad (PU), 6-2, 6-4Venson (Rice) def. Zollman (PU), 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
Purdue's Crowne Plaza Invitational First-Round ResultsFlight A DoublesHazley/Bryant (LSU) def. Robinson/Rose (PU), 9-8Roth/Charpantidis (TU) def. Chatterjee/Koziell (PU), 8-1
Flight B DoublesCozad/Warner (PU) def. Camacho/Gray (TU), 9-8Foster/Zollman (PU) def. Venson/Robb (Rice), 8-2
Flight A SinglesRose (PU) def. Growcott (LSU), 6-3, 6-3Harknett (Rice) def. Robinson (PU), 6-4, 6-0
Flight B SinglesChatterjee (PU) def. Gabriel (Rice), 6-4, 6-2Bryant (LSU) def. Koziell (PU), 7-6, 6-3
Flight C SinglesR. Soriano (TU) def. Foster (PU), 6-2, 6-2Shin (Rice) def. Warner (PU), 6-2, 6-2
Flight D SinglesCozad (PU) def. Robb (Rice), 6-3, 6-1Dessauer (LSU) def. Zollman (PU), 6-3, 6-4