Lieberman Falls at ITA Championships

Oct. 11, 1999

AUSTIN, TX – University of Miami men’s tennis player Jose Lieberman was defeated by San Diego State’s Travis Hasson (5-7, 6-4, 6-3) in the third round of the Reebok/ITA Men’s All-American Championships Prequalifying Tournament. The tourney is the second leg of the ITA Grand Slam.

The loss left the sophomore one match shy of obtaining an automatic bid into the qualifying draw of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center on the University of Texas campus.

Lieberman, a sophomore from Beverly Hills, California earned a place in the third round after defeating Butler’s Peter Voelz (6-1, 6-3) and TCU’s Jimmy Haney (6-7 (6), 7-6 (6), 6-4).