Jan. 28, 1997

California Sweeps San Diego, 7-0

The Cal men's tennis team opened the 1997 spring dual match season with a 7-0 victory over the University of San Diego, Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley.

The Bears won two-of-three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead heading into the singles competition. Alex Sueur playing No. 1 singles for Cal ousted German Maldonado 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the only singles match to go all three sets.

In other singles action, Chris Santoso, Nathan Jackmon, Minh Le, Brian Fernando and Chris Cornell all dispensed of their USD counterparts in straight sets.

Cal's only loss on the day was in the No. 1 doubles match when USD's team of Maldonado and R. Rodriguez upset Cal's nationally-ranked No. 11 team of Jackmon and Bobby Mahal 9-8 as the Bears duo dropped the tiebreaker 8-6.

Cal travels to No. 6 Pepperdine and UC Irvine for matches on Saturday and Sunday. Play begins at 1 p.m. on both days.

   Singles                           Winner                 Score
1  Alex Sueur vs German Maldonado    Alex Sueur (Cal)       4-6, 6-0, 6-4
2  Chris Santoso vs Rikard Roos      Chris Santoso (Cal)    7-5, 6-2
3  Nathan Jackmon vs R. Rodriguez    Nathan Jackmon (Cal)   6-2, 6-3
4  Minh Le vs Ola Lindblom           Minh Le (Cal)          6-1, 6-2
5  Brian Fernando vs Pete Webb       Brian Fernando (Cal)   7-6, 6-1
6  Chris Cornell vs J.P. LaBarrie    Chris Cornell (Cal)    6-2, 7-6

   Doubles                
1  Mahal/Jackmon vs Maldonado/Rodriguez    Maldonado/Rodriguez (USD)   9-8 (6)
2  Sutton /Santoso vs Roos/Webb            Sutton /Santoso (Cal)       8-2
3  Sueur/Le vs LaBarrie/J. Schmidt         Sueur/Le (Cal)              8-2
Final Score:        Cal 7  USD 0