April 19, 1997
Cal Drops Tennis Match to USC
BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of California men's tennis team dropped a Pac-10 match to the University of Southern California Saturday at the Hellman Tennis Center by a score of 5-2.
Cal received victories at No. 4 and 6 singles. At the No. 4 spot, David Sutton beat USC's Kyle Spencer in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. Brian Fernando continued his winning ways, notching a victory at the No. 6 singles spot. He beat the Trojans Akram Zaman by a scores of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The Golden Bears will play a make-up match with UCLA Sunday.
USC 5, Cal 2
Singles
No. 1 George Bastl (USC) def. Chris Santoso (Cal) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Patrick Gotteslieben (USC) def. Alex Sueur (Cal) 7-5, 6-0
No. 3 Johanes Mueller (USC) def. Nathan Jackmon (Cal) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6
No. 4 David Sutton (Cal) def. Kyle Spencer (USC) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Fernando Samayoa (USC) def. Minh Le (Cal) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Brian Fernando (Cal) def. Akram Zaman (USC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 Bastl/Spencer (USC) def. Santoso/Sutton (Cal) 8-5
No. 2 Sueur/Jackmon (Cal) def. Zamon/Samayoa (USC) 8-3
No. 3 Gotteslieben/Mueller (USC) def. Le/Gross (Cal) 9-8(7)
