Josh Cohen Set For NCAA Singles Championship
May 24, 2005
CORAL GABLES, <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Fla. – Miami’s 42nd ranked Josh Cohen will take on Air Force’s 67th ranked Shannon Buck in the First Round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Championship at Texas A&M’s MitchellTennisCenter in College Station, Tex. Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. CT.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>
Cohen, a native of Weston, Fla., is 23-11 overall including a 15-7 dual season record. He registered a 13-5 mark from the No. 1 position in UM’s lineup to earn All-ACC accolades. Cohen heads to College Station having won nine of his last ten matches including each of his last six.
Three of his last four victories have come at the expense of a higher-ranked opponent, including third-ranked Ludovic Walter of Duke, 15th-ranked Doug Stewart of Virginia and 32nd-ranked Mat Cloer of Florida State. Walter earned a national No. 5 seed to this year’s tournament and Stewart and Cloer both made the Field of 64 as an automatic qualifier and an at-large participant, respectively.
During that four-match stretch, Cohen also defeated Stephane Rod of Virginia Tech who also was an automatic qualifier to the NCAA singles tournament.
Cohen becomes the first UM singles player to advance to the NCAA Championships since former Hurricane Todd Widom did so in 2003. That year, Widom advanced to the semifinals and garnered All-America honors.
During the fall season, Cohen went 8-4 while also claiming the USTA National Open Indoor Championship for the second consecutive season. This year, he set the national record at the USTA Tournament, dropping a total of just 22 games in six matches en route to the championship title.
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