April 20, 1997
Cal Drops Tennis Match to UCLA
BERKELEY, Calif. - The Cal men's tennis team dropped a Pac-10 southern division match, 5-2, to the UCLA Bruins Suncay, April 20 at Hellman Tennis Center. The Bruins got off on a spirited note by sweeping the doubles competition and taking a 1-0 advantage into singles play.
The Bears did come away with two singles wins on the day. Nathan Jackmon defeated Kevin Kim, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3, while Brian Fernando emerged victorious over Jason Thompson at No. 6 singles.
This week, Cal travels to Ojai for the Pac-10 individual championships.
UCLA 5, California 2
Singles
No.1 Eric Taino (UCLA) def. Chris Santoso (Cal) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
No.2 Alex Decret (UCLA) def. Alex Sueur (Cal) 6-1, 6-2
No.3 Nathan Jackmon (Cal) def. Kevin Kim (UCLA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No.4 Vince Allegre (UCLA) def. David Sutton (Cal) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
No.5 Matt Breen (UCLA) def. Minh Le (Cal) 7-6, 6-1
No.6 Brian Fernando (Cal) def. Jason Thompson (UCLA) 7-5(6), 7-6(3)
Doubles
No.1 Kim/Thompson (UCLA) def. Sutton/Santoso (Cal) 8-5
No.2 Decret/Taino (UCLA) def. Sueur/Jackmon (Cal) 8-6
No.3 Breen/Cook (UCLA) def. Le/Adam Gross (Cal) 8-6
