Mar. 14, 1997

Cal Men's Tennis Beat Oklahoma, 4-3

BERKELEY, Calif. - The Bears doubles teams swept the Sooners to put the Bears up and over Oklahoma 4-3. After the two teams split singles action 3-3 the Bears were able to win all their doubles matches to post a 4-3 win over the Sooners.

Bobby Mahal and Nathan Jackmon teamed up at number one doubles for an 8-4 win over Chris Barkla and Dusty Beard. David Sutton and Chris Santoso out played Sooners Chris Santoso and Rick Warren 8-6. Alex Sueur and Minh Le completed the sweep in doubles after dropping Adam Neal and Craig Pettigrove 9-7.

In singles action the teams were dead even at 3-3. Oklahoma's Adam Neal needed three sets to get by Cal's Chris Santoso 7-5, 6-7, 6-3. Mahal, Sueur and Sutton all recorded wins for the Bears in singles play.

University of California Berkeley vs University of Oklahoma
at the Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, CA

Singles:
1. Adam Neal          def.  Chris Santoso (Cal)  7-5, 6-7, 6-3
2. Bobby Mahal (Cal)  def.  Chris Barkla         7-5, 6-3
3. Alex Sueur(Cal)    def.  Charlie Roberson     7-5, 7-6(4)
4. Dusty Beard        def.  Nathan Jackmon (Cal) 6-3, 6-3
5. David Sutton (Cal) def.  Jave Rush            6-3, 5-7, 6-4
6. Craig Pettigrove   def.  Minh Le (Cal)        6-4, 6-4
Doubles:
1. Mahal/Jackmon (Cal)  def.    Barkla/Beard            8-4
2. Sutton/Santoso (Cal) def.    Roberson/ Rick Warren   8-6
3. Neal/Pettigrove      def.    Le/Sueur (Cal)          9-7
Final Score: Cal 4   Oklahoma 3