POKFS 1 February 2002 The Tulane Hullabaloo www.theHullabaloo.com 13 Undefeated men's tennis starts out on fire Basketball Christina Krivanek record to 6-l. No. 22-ranked staff 1aiter doubles team. sophomore • Team loses to Michael Kogan and junior The crowd had gathered to see the fight; the clock in the square struck Victor Romero saw their first noon; and the Tulane men '5 tennis team came out firing. Tulane came action of the season defeating Marquette, USF out on top of C-USA for the fourth straight year last spring, and are No. 32 ranked duo in the ranked No. 31 in the latest ITA presea on poll. 'Tm lookmg forward to nation Dane McGregor and focus." Spann led the team with getting the ea on started." said Head Coach Robert Klein. He had good Shri Sudhakara 8-4 at No. 1 reason to be enthusiastic as the Green Wave started the spring season doubles. At No. 2 doubles, continued from p.age 14 16 points, while Brown posted yet another double-double with strong Jan. 23 b) defeating Southern University, Oral Roberts and Tulsa. Leivano and Piiroinen got a 12 points and 12 boards. Tulane began its current undefeated 3-0 streak with a S-2 win over 8-6 win over Ryan Livesay The loss to USF was followed up with another loss to UAB. The Southern. Leading the way in doubles action were junior Jorge Lievano and Dustin Taylor. Vasiljevic Green Wave lost 80-63, as senior forward Linton Johnson's best and sophomore Hannu Piiroinen, who defeated the No. l double seed and Westerberg also won at game of the season went to waste. The lone senior on the team from the Jaguar . 8-3. Their win was followed by a win at the, o. 2 No. 3 with a score of 8-7 over recorded his first double-double this year, scoring 18 points and seed. where junior Mattias Westerberg and ophomore Goran Vasilijevc Pawel Sebastyanski and grabbing 10 boards. Spann also contributed 18 points in the combined for an 8-4 win. \\hich clinched the doubles point for Tulane. Alejandro Tejerina. In singles, loss. The Green Wave never had control of this game. UAB opened Singles went just as well, as Lievano. playing at the 10. l spot, had Kogan, who is fourth in the up a 24-point lead in the first half and dominated for most of the shut out 6-0. 6-0 win. while Westerberg, playing No. 2 won 6-2. 6-4 nation, was victorious at the game. A Spann three-pointer with 10:44 cut the deficit to 12; however, over Alex Hidalgo. At the No. 3 spot, Hannu Piiroinen, playing in his No. 1 spot, with a straight set that was as close as they got, thanks to excellent free-throw shooting first ever match for the Green Wave after being redshirted last year. beat victory of 6-4, 6-3 over byUAB. Benjamin Ncube. 6-3. 6-4. Rounding out the Tulane win column was Sebastyanski. Romero, ranked "When things got tough, we did not keep playing hard. I do not Michael Date who posted a 3-6, 6-4, 7-S match. No. 33, won easily at the No. think we had the effort in the first half that we needed," coach The team didn't have much time off. as they traveled to Tulsa to play 2 position 6-1, 6-2 over No. Finney said. Oral Robert University last Saturday. The Wa\e had another strong 72-ranked McGregor. At No. The men's team then took on a red hot Marquette team (18-3, showing. a they cruised to a 6-l team victory. Tulane picked up the 3. Westerberg defeated Taylor 7- l C-USA) in a close battle that ended in another Tulane loss, double point with v..ins from Lievano and Piiioinen at No. l and Vasiljevic 6-4, 7-6, but No. 4 Piiroinen 68-66. With the score tied at 58 with 1 :21 left, the Golden Eagles and We terberg at ·o. 2. Their scores were 8-4 and 8-2. respectively. and No. 5 Vasiljevic suffered would a lead they did not relinquish. The Green Wave was forced In ingles. Lievano chalked up a 6-3. 7-5 wm as -o. 1 seed. We terberg. their first losses of the season. to foul Marquette until the end, but this was not enough even with playing 'o. 2. won easily. 6-2. 6-0. Piiroinen was al o victorious. winning 6-4, 6-4 to Tejerina, and 6- two Tulane three pointers. Brandon Brown and Nick Sinville each 6-1. 6-3 at No. 3. while 1 'o. 4 Vasiljevic and ｾ ｯ Ｎ 5 Ishii finished off 3. 6-3 to Sudhakara, scored 13, whilt Spann also got double-digits with 10. ORU with 7-6. 6-0 and 4-6. 6-0. 7-6 wins. respectively. respectively. NED DISHMAN/ASST. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Tulane will host Southern Miss 2 p.m. Saturday in Fogelman Tulane then brought their season record up to a perfect 3-0 with a 5- Tulane will travel to face Veteran Mattias Westerberg played and travel to Memphis 7 p.m.Monday. 2 victory over 'o. 47-ranked TuL a Universit) the following day. It was Arkansas on Tuesday. with authority during the 3-0 Tul a· firs I los of rhe ea on. and dropped the Golden Hurricane·s Tulane men's streak. Ghosts Ramsey upstages all • Tulane's place in Super Bow\ \ore in Senior Bowl 128 yards and a continuedfrompage 14 Tom Landry headed the NFC powerhouse Dallas touchdown as he led Cowbo) s. led by star quarterback Roger Staubach three scoring drives that put the South on top in birth of the Super Bowl. ln 1966. a battle between and a strong running game that defined Cowboy the end, 41-26. The one two pro football leagues had come to a crossroads. football for more then a generation. On the other side touchdown pass was for The up tart American Football League (AFL) was in of the ball were the upstart Miami Dolphins, led by three yards to Ole Miss' a bidding war for college talent with the old guard Don Shula. The young Dolphins found their offensive Charles Stackhouse at , rFL. To compete with their more ･ ｾ ｣ ｡ ｢ ｬ ｩ ｳ ｨ ･ Ｎ ､ opponent identit) in the running game. Their running back duo of Jim Kiick and Larry Csonka. labeled ··Butch Cassidy the 13: 13 mark in the the AR.. began to throw large sums of money at college and the Sundance Kid," had a combined total of 1,789 fourth quarter. The player in order to rai e their talent level. The NFL impressive performance was compelled to do the same, ｾ ｴ ｡ ｲ ｴ ｩ Ｎ ｮ ｧ a large bidding yards on 352 carries for the season. For Miami, the stunned the war. The back breaker came when the AH.. put together X factor was quarterback Bob Griese. He was a danger to the team if forced to roll out of the pocket. Dallas ·s commentators, who said a large cache of money to sign high priced free agents took advantage of the match up. pre suring Griese to he could be picked late from the 1 'FL. Unable to compete fiscally with the in the first round of the AFL. the NFL went to the negotiating table and on throw a key interception late in the game. Dallas NFL Draft. Time will June 8. 1966. and the merger of the NFL with the AFL running back Duane Thomas pushed the Miami defense soon tell. was soon announced. Beyond agreements on player around with 95 yards and a touchdown. Staubach Ramsey has never transactions and monetary settlements. the most threv.. another two touchdowns and was awarded Most been anything less than important mark of the merger was a championship Valuable Player in a 24-3 romping of Miami. The great in his Tulane career, game to be played be1ween the t\lt'O leagues, known game \\.as the first in NFL history where a team did holding 30 passing and as the Super Bowl. not score a Super Bowl touchdown. offensive school records. The importance of the Super Bowl was paramount The final game. Super Bowl IX, played at Tulane ' The only thing he's to the league. so to make ure the game would go off Stadium was the 1974 season-ender between the missed, winning, didn't without weather related problems, stadiums in warmer Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings. The game defy him in last regions were being chosen for the championship game. would be a battle between the waning Purple People Saturday's big game. He With its location on the southern tip of Louisiana, Eater defense of the Vikings and the vaunted Steel Curtain of Pittsburgh. Scrambling QB Frank Tarkenton threw at least one Tulane Stadium was an ideal candidate to host the touchdown pass in 31 Super Bowl. Its first chance would come in 1969 led Minnesota while hometown hero Terry Bradshaw was at the helm for the Steelers. "Defensive struggle" straight games. In 2001, season when the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs met the Ramsey completed 256- NFL's Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. barely scratches the surface of this game. Several of-448 passes for 2,935 Fate seemed to be against New Orleans during its blown opportunities marred the first half, with the yards and 22 first Super Bowl.