March 1, 2000
Berkeley, Calif. - The California men's tennis team returned to dual match play today against cross-bay rival Stanford. The Cardinal, who rank No. 1 in the nation, downed the Bears, 5-2. With the loss the Bears move to 4-2 overall and 1-2 in Pac-10 play, while Stanford remains undefeated at 9-0 and 3-0 in Pac-10 action.
Cal got things started on the right foot, taking two of the three doubles matches to score the first point of the afternoon. In the No. 1 doubles slot, Stanford's No. 1 ranked duo of Geoff Abrams and Alex Kim were too much for the Bears own No. 21 ranked duo of Scott Kintz and Erik Dmytruk, defeating them, 8-5. In the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, the Bears sported a new lineup thanks to the return of freshman Ben Miles from injury. Miles teamed with fellow freshman Robert Kowalczyk to defeat Stanford's Ali Ansari and Carter Morris, 9-8, in the No. 3 position. The victory puts the duo at 6-0 on the year and 2-0 in dual match play. At the No. 2 spot, things went down to the wire as John Paul Fruttero and David Tzou dispatched of the Cardinal's David Martin and Scott Lipsky, 9-8.
In singles action, Cal's only point of the day came off of Robert Kowalczyk's 6-4, 6-3, victory over Alex Ansari in the No. 5 slot. The win halts the freshman's losing streak at two and puts his overall record at 7-4 on the year. John Paul Fruttero made a strong showing in the No 1 slot, challenging Stanford's Alex Kim, the second-ranked player in the nation, to a three-set match. Fruttero dropped the first set, 6-4, and then battled back to take the second set, 7-5, before eventually losing the third set, 6-2. Sophomore Hiro Nakamura was the only other Cal player able to steal a set from the Cardinal in his 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 loss to Scott Lipsky.
The Bears will be back in action this weekend when they travel to the Pacific Coast Doubles Tournament on La Jolla, Calif.
March 1, 2000
Men's College Tennis
At Hellman Tennis Center, Berkeley, CA
STANFORD AT CAL:
FINAL SCORE:
California 2
Stanford 5
SINGLES:
No. 1 Alex Kim (S) def. John Paul Fruttero (Cal)6-4, 5-7, 6-2
No. 2 Geoff Abrams (S) def. Erik Dmytruk (Cal) 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 David Martin (S) def. Scott Kintz (Cal) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Scott Lipsky (S) def. Hiro Nakamura (Cal) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
No. 5 Robert Kowalczyk (Cal) def. Ali Ansari (S) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Carter Morris (S) def. David Tzou (Cal) 6-3, 6-1
DOUBLES
No. 1 Abrams/Kim (S) def. Dmytruk/Kintz (Cal) 8-5
No. 2 Fruttero/Tzou (Cal) def. Martin/Lipsky (S) 9-8
No. 2 Kowalczyk/Miles (Cal) def. Ansari/Morris (S) 9-8
