Feb. 1, 1997

No. 6 Pepperdine defeats No. 23 Cal

MALIBU, Calif. -- The No. 6 ranked Pepperdine men's tennis team defeated No. 23 ranked California by a final score of 5-2 at the Ralph-Strauss Tennis Center, Saturday afternoon. The Bears slip to 1-1 in the spring season while the Waves improve to 6-1.

Cal will finish this road swing when they take on UC Irvine Sunday at 1 p.m.

   Singles                                        Score
1  Simon Aspelin (Pep) def. Bobby Mahal (Cal)     6-1, 6-0
2  Troy Budgen (Pep) def. Alex Sueur (Cal)        7-5, 6-4
3  Mike Jessup (Pep) def. David Sutton (Cal)      6-2, 6-4
4  Chris Santoso (Cal) def. Brad Sceney (Pep)     0-6, 6-4, 6-1
5  Nathan Jackmon (Cal) def Chris Hill (Pep)      4-6, 6-2, 6-3
6  Anthony Ross (Pep) def. Minh Le (Cal)          6-4, 5-7, 7-6
   Doubles                
1  Budgen/Sceney (Pep) def. Jackmon/Fernando (Cal)     9-7
2  Hill/Aspelin (Pep) def. Sutton/Santoso (Cal)        8-1
3  Jessup/Ross (Pep) def. Sueur/Le (Cal)               8-3
Final Score:       Pepperdine 5  Cal 2