SPORTS 12 ·April 20, 2001 • http://hullabaloo.tulane.org • The Tulane Hullabaloo Men's tennis closes out season Bruce Willis sixth singles. No. 29 Kogan defeated Davor humiliated his opponent, 6-2. 6-0 at second sin- sports editor Dupljak in straight sets at first singles. Playing gles, while Viljanen also handled his opponent s orts second singles, No. 84 Romero also won in very easily, 6-2, 6-2 at third singles. With the The No. 47 men's tennis team ended the sea- straight sets. Romero broke into the top 100 for wins, Tulane beat Southern Miss, 4-3. son on a high note as they won five straight. the first time in his career earlier in the week. The men's team (12-8) hosts the 2001 Con- The team beat both No. 66 Virginia Tech and Lievano also won in straight sets at fourth sin- ference USA Men's Tennis Championship this UTOUT gles, and Mattias Westerberg got the win at weekend at Goldring Tennis Complex and Auro- SH CUSA rival No. 70 Southern Miss. Tulane hosted Virginia Tech in a game that sixth singles. ra Country Club on the West Bank. The top After Tulane swept LSU was suppose to be a close one, but turned out The Wave then traveled to Hattiesberg, Mis- seed of the tournament is South Florida, who to be far from that as the Wave won 5-2. The sissippi to take on conference-rival Southern is ranked No. 34 nationally. The No. 47 Green in baseball this year, what Wave opened up the day by winning the dou- Miss. Tulane opened up once again by picking Wave is seeded second. Tulane received a bye bles point with wins at first and second dou- up the doubles point. All three doubles teams in the first round and will play the winner of bles. Michael Kogan and Mikko Viljanen won won. The point decided the match as the Green the No. 7 Memphis-No. 10 St. Louis match Fri- do you expect from the the first doubles, 8-2, while Victor Romero and Wave and Southern Miss split the singles match- day at noon at Goldring Tennis Complex. If Jorge Lievano won at second doubles, 8-6. es. Tulane won first, second and third singles, Tulane does win the match, they will play the Tulane-LSD football Kogan and Viljanen are ranked No. 8 in the while Southern Miss won at fourth, fifth, and winner of the No. 3 Charlotte-UAB quarterfi- nation. The men's team did equally as well in sixth singles. Kogan pulled out a three set match, nal in the semifinals, San.rrday at noon at Goldring. game? singles as they won at first, second, fourth and 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at first singles. Romero totally

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°There is no chance that they won't Loser#5 repeat their success of this season's baseball team. Kick their cabooses. 11 Site A -- Goldring Tennis Center Site B --Aurora Country Club Margo Adler Viewpoint editor NFL Draft a casting call for all kinds LSU • TU sweeps John Ryan end taken in the 1998 draft. Cleeland's presence tell who are the top 10 and the bottom 10. The Knight-Ridder Tribune meant Brigham's opportunities were limited in trick is ranking players 11 through 90. continued from page 14 the Huskies' attack. And that meant the Raiders "We had position specifications," Brandt Saturday is the NFL's Oscars show. Frrst-round could draft him in the fifth round. Now he is fight- recalled of the Cowboys. "Lefs say downfield this season, the Wave had won the game in their final at bat. The series draft picks, wearing outfits that cost more than ing for a starting spot. blocking was a heck of a lot less important than sweep of LSU had been completed with a final score of 7-6. Barth the average wardrobe, bask in admiration and "Usually they're pretty good, but they over- pass protection. By previous history, you were Melius took his fourth victory of the year on one inning of work. the big money that is sure to follow. Even casu- look the fact that a player may have been a prod- able to pull out guys that were very strong at the Sports analyst, ｊ ｯ ｮ ｡ ｾ ｡ ｮ Hobbs said, ''It was the best game I've ever al fans have already seen the film. uct of the team's offense," Brigham said ofscouts. one or two things you valued." seen. I think we can do the same in the LSli-Tulane football game." Sunday, then, is the Sundance Film Festival. "Maybe the was looking for him all Maybe it's because the positions are the most Low-budget picks fight for attention, hoping it the time.... A lot of it has to do with your stats. recognizable, but quarterback and running back translates to a box-office bonanza. Chances are Most times stats don't really matter." have the most high-profile success stories. Of there hasn't been much advance buzz. Two stats matter more than anything else this last season's eight (includ- Campus Triathalon Everybody watches Oscar. Everybody has an weekend: size and speed. Impressive play against ing injury replacements), three were first-rounders, opinion. But a team can't win without a few Sun- other collegians is nice, but it's nothing com- one was an eighth-round pick and tv;o were never dance selections, too. pared to an impressive physique. drafted (Warner and the 49ers' Jeff Garcia). Have you ever biked, ran and then swam all in the 'These guys all have to play," said Ron Wolf, In 1993, Colorado's Greg Biekert was con- Wolf's Packers have made a habit of supply- same hour? If you haven't, the Department of Campus who is overseeing his 10th and final draft as the sidered too slow to play linebacker. The Raiders ing quarterbacks to the rest of the NFL. Since ' general manager. took him in the seventh round, and then-coach Wolf traded for in 1992. the Packers Recreation will give you a chance to do all three on Most draft analyses grade teams on the first Art Shell called him "a very tough individual have picked , Mark Brunell, Aaron Sunday, April 22 when they sponsor the 1st Annual day of the draft, which encompasses rounds 1- who has a chance to be a good special-teams play- Brooks and Matt Hasselbeck and shipped them Department of Campus Recreation Triathlon. The race 3. But the key in making a run can er." Since 1994, Biekert has started at middle to starting roles elsewhere. ··we have a very def- just as often be found in rounds 4-7 and beyond. linebacker. inite philosophy that we· re going to draft a quar- begins at 8:30 a.m. and wiH involve a four-mile bike The most notable recent examples: "In the early rounds you really try to hold true terback every year" as a safety net, Wolf said. As around the Tulane campus, a 1.5-mile run at the Quarterback Kurt Warner, an undrafted free to certain size and speed criteria," said Jon King- it turns out, Favre has started every game for eight McWilliams Athletic Track and will end at the Reily Stu- agent first signed by the Packers in 1994, was don, a Raiders scout for 23 years. "Maybe as you seasons, so the team has been able to trade its the regular-season and Super Bowl MVP for the get down later in the draft, you just look for good backup quarterbacks. dent Recreation Center with a 440-yard swim. The top St. Louis Rams in 1999. players." As for running back, Davis was the first of three male and female finishers will receive awards, as Running back Terrell Davis, the Denver Bron- Bill Walsh has found good players all over three recent finds for the Broncos: when Davis cos' sixth-round pick in 1995, won those awards the landscape. The later rounds helped him lay was sidelined by injuries the past two seasons. well as the organization with the greatest number of in separate years. the foundation for the 49ers' dynasty with Dwight Olandis Gary (fourth round, 1999) and Mike partidpants. After the triathlon, all race participants The Baltimore Ravens, the reigning NFL Clark, , Jesse Sapolu, Kevin Fagan, Anderson (sixth round, 2000) gained more than will be able to enjoy festivities at Reily1s outdoor social champions, feature tight end Shannon Sharpe, Steve Wallace, Michael Carter and . 1,000 yards each. receiver/punt returner Jermaine Lewis and defen- More recently, John Keith was a fourth-round Other teams have found elite running backs pool. The post-party will include Starbuck's Coffee, sive tackle Tony Siragusa (though Sharpe and pick last year and rose to a starting spot at strong in the late rounds: Atlanta (Jamal Anderson, sev- Abita Springs Water, Krispy-Kreme Donuts, and door Siragusa made their reputations elsewhere). safety. enth round, 1993); Green Bay (Dorsey Leven . prizes. Meanwhile, every year a handful of first-round "Choices like that are the ones you take pride fifth round, 1994); and Washington (Stephen picks don't pan out. Given that teams have files in," Walsh said. Davis, fourth round. 1996). on these players that rival what the CIA com- For all the time and money spent researching Will this year's cast have a Hollywood end- If you would like more information regarding the piles on dictators, what does that say about the hundreds, even thousands, of prospects, each ing? Who else will? It will be hard to say for a methods? team is as likely to be foolish as foolproof. Gil few years. But when the credits roll, remember: upcoming triathlon, contact the Program Office at Sometimes evaluations rely too much on num- Brandt, the Dallas Cowboys' top scout for 29 Sometimes it isn't in the stars. 865-S 170 or visit the website at bers. Jeremy Brigham was the No. 2 tight end at years and now NFL.corn's draft expert, said teams www.tulane.edu/....,camprec. the University of Washington in 1997. The play- shoot for a 55 percent success rate. ©Knight-Ridder Tribune, 2001 er ahead of him, Cam Cleeland, was the first tight Take 100 players, Brandt says. Anybody can