March 23, 1998
This Week: Wednesday March 25 Kansas Noon
Friday March 27 at Arizona State 1:30 pm
Saturday March 28 at Arizona Noon
Next Week: Friday April 3 USC 1:30 pm
Saturday April 4 UCLA Noon
ON TAP: With last weekend's match versus Brigham Young being halted after doubles by rain, Cal could potentially play four matches this week. The Bears will attempt to complete their contest with BYU either Monday or Tuesday (Mar. 23 or 24) prior to hosting Kansas on Wednesday (Mar. 25) and traveling to Arizona (Mar. 27) and Arizona State (Mar. 28) this weekend.
THE LINEUPS: Head coach Peter Wright has yet to set a lineup for this week's matches. However, look for Bobby Mahal, Nathan Jackmon, Adrian Barnes, Kian Raiszadeh, Minh Le and Erik Dmytruk to see action in the singles line up. The teams of Mahal/Jackmon, Santoso/Sutton and Minh Le/Erik Dmytruk should comprising the doubles squads.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: After opening the season with a disastrous 1-5 start, Kansas has rebounded to win six of their last eight and enters Wednesday's match with a 7-7 mark. The Jayhawks received a No. 24 ranking in the Fall ITA/Rolex poll but slipped to their present position at No. 50 after the poor start. Cal has won all three meetings between the two schools, including the last one in 1989, 6-3. Ranked No. 51 in the Spring I ITA poll, Arizona State enters the week with a 5-6 overall record, 1-4 Pac-10.
Last year, the Sun Devils took two of three from the Bears, including a victory over Cal at the NCAA Regionals, 4-2. The other two matches were both decided by the doubles point, with both teams coming out on top at home. Cal holds a 32-8 advantage in the all-time series. With a 4-5 overall record, 1-4 Pac-10, Arizona has climbed from a Fall ranking of No. 61 to the No. 47 slot. Last year, Cal swept the Wildcats, 6-1 at Home and 4-3 in Tucson, and increased its lead in the all-time series to 29-8.
PREVIOUS ACTION: Despite beginning the contest one hour early, the California men's tennis team's non-conference dual match with Brigham Young still fell victim to rain in the Bay Area last weekend and was not completed. Cal opened the match by winning the doubles point and took an early 1-0 lead before showers began around shortly after noon. In play that was completed, Adrian Barnes and Scott Kintz knocked off the BYU duo of Jason Hardin and Jeff Harbach, 8-3, at No. 3 and Minh Le and Eric Dmytruk defeated Nic Losee and Brad McIntosh, 8-5, to secure the doubles point for Cal. The Cougar twosome of Manuel Calvo and Damien Ward were victorious at No. 1, 8-6, over the Bears Bobby Mahal and Nathan Jackmon.
THE COACHES: Peter Wright enters his fifth year at the helm of the Cal program. The ninth coach and fourth alumnus to lead the Bears, he boasts a 56-43(.566) career dual match record and earned 1997 Pacific-10 Conference Southern Division Coach of the Year honors following last season. Wright is assisted by associate head coach Cordell Ho, also in his fifth year at Cal.
1997-98 California Men's Tennis Individual Records
Singles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Dual Total All
Adrian Barnes -- 2-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 -- 6-2 12-3
Erik Dmytruk -- -- -- -- 5-0 -- 5-0 11-3
Nathan Jackmon -- -- -- 1-1 2-0 0-1 3-2 8-4
Scott Kintz -- -- -- -- -- 4-0 4-0 9-4
Minh Le 0-1 5-2 1-0 -- -- 1-0 7-3 9-5
Bobby Mahal 6-2 -- -- -- -- -- 6-2 12-4
Kian Raiszadeh -- -- 4-0 -- 0-1 2-0 6-1 4-3
Chris Santoso 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-2 -- -- 2-3 8-6
David Sutton -- -- -- 5-1 -- 1-1 6-2 3-5
Doubles: Jackmon/Mahal 5-3, Santoso/Sutton 4-2, Dmytruk/Le 10-5, Barnes/Kintz 2-1.
CAL IN THE RANKINGS:
Cal climbed 13 slots and now holds down the No. 24 position in the latest ITA/Rolex poll released March 10. Individually, Cal has two ranked players:
Singles 85. Nathan Jackmon (Sr.)
97. Bobby Mahal (Jr.)
Doubles - The previously 33rd-ranked tandem of Mahal and Jackmon dropped out of the most recent poll.
NOTE: The ITA's Spring II Team and Individual Rankings will be released Tuesday, March 24.
1998 CalMen's Tennis Record
Dual Match Record: 8-2, 2-1 Pac-10
National Ranking: 24th
Home: 7-1
Road: 1-1
Neutral: None
vs. Top 40: 2-1
1998 Men's Tennis Schedule
Date Opponent Time/Result
Oct. 2 Asia University (Ex.) W 6-0
Jan. 24 Saint Mary's W 6-0
Jan. 24 Santa Clara W 7-0
Jan. 30 Washington W 7-0
Jan. 31 Oregon W 6-1
Feb. 14 UC Irvine W 5-1
Feb. 21 UC Santa Barbara W 4-2
Feb. 25 Utah W 6-0
Feb. 28 @ Stanford L 0-7
Mar. 5 @ San Diego W 5-2
Mar. 13 Fresno State L 3-4
Mar. 21 Brigham Young Rain Delayed
Mar. 25 Kansas 12:00 noon
Mar. 27 @ Arizona State 1:30 p.m.
Mar. 28 @ Arizona 12:00 noon
Apr. 3 USC 1:30 p.m.
Apr. 4 UCLA 12:00 p.m.
Apr. 7 Stanford 1:30 p.m.
Apr. 10 Arizona 1:30 p.m.
Apr. 11 Arizona State 12:00 noon
Apr. 14 Cal Poly SLO 1:30 p.m.
Apr. 17 @ UCLA 1:30 p.m.
Apr. 18 @ USC 12:00 noon
Apr. 23-26 @ Pac-10 Championships All Day
May 15-17 @ NCAA Regionals All Day
May 23-31 @ NCAA Championships All Day
