April 15, 2000

TEMPE, Ariz. - After nearly four hours of play, the Arizona State men's tennis team (6-12, 1-6 Pac-10) fell to California (11-6, 3-3 Pac-10) 5-2, today at the ASU Whiteman Tennis Center.

In singles court two action, ASU senior Ed Carter defeated Cal's (75) Erik Dmytruk, 6-4, 6-3. On court three, Sun Devil Matt Klinger nabbed a winning point against the Golden Bears' Adrian Barnes, 6-2, 6-2. Cal did not take its four singles points easily, as ASU took the squad to three sets on courts one, four, five and six (with a tiebreaker on court one).

In doubles play, the Sun Devil tandem of Ed Carter and Pim Van Mele defeated the Bears' David Tzou and Adrian Barnes, 8-6 on court three. This increased the duo's overall record to 3-0. Arizona State will resume play on Wednesday April 19, at 1:30 p.m. when it hosts Cal Poly at the Whiteman Tennis Center.
SINGLES:
1. John Paul Fruttero (Cal) def.(82) Alex Osterrieth (ASU ), 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8)
2. Ed Carter (ASU) def.(75) Erik Dmytruk (Cal), 6-4, 6-3
3. Matt Klinger (ASU) def. Adrian Barnes (Cal), 6-2, 6-2
4. Robert Kowalczyk (Cal) def. Ryan Eveloff (ASU), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
5. Scott Kintz (Cal) def. Pim Van Mele (ASU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. David Tzou (Cal) def. Andrew Golub (ASU), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

DOUBLES:
1. (22) Dmytruk/Kintz (Cal) def. Klinger/Mitchell Bowen (ASU), 9-7
2. (52)Kowalczyk/Ben Miles (Cal) def. Osterrieth/Golub (ASU), 8-4
3. Carter/Van Mele (ASU) def. Tzou/Barnes(Cal), 8-6