Feb. 22, 1998

BERKELEY, Calif. -- The California men's tennis team continued to roll through its early dual match schedule with a 4-2 victory over UC Santa Barbara Sunday at the San Francisco Tennis Club. With the victory, Cal (6-0) is now off to its best start since 1989 Golden Bears opened 11-0, while UCSB slipped to 2-6 with the loss.

Bobby Mahal and Minh Le both posted victories at Nos. 1-2 singles to get the Bears out to an early 2-0 advantage. But UCSB rallied back to tie the match as Jong Min Lee slipped by Chris Santoso 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and Simon Shen knocked of a rusty Nathan Jackmon 7-5, 6-2 (Jackmon made his first dual match appearance Saturday night since being sidelined with a shoulder injury in mid-January).

Adrian Barnes then easily got past Daniel Rheydt at No. 5 6-1, 6-1 but it was Kian Raiszadeh who finally clinched the match for the Bears with a 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory in the No. 6 position over Peter Webb.

With Cal up 4-2, after singles play, doubles matches were canceled.

Next up for Cal, the Bears are scheduled to host Utah Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. The match will be contested at the Hellman Tennis Center on the Cal campus.

Final Score:    California          4
                UC Santa Barbara    2

Singles - One point each
No. 1   Bobby Mahal (Cal) def. Cory Guy (UCSB) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
No. 2   Minh Le (Cal) def. Ross Duncan (UCSB) 6-4, 6-4 
No. 3   Jong Min Lee (UCSB) def. Chris Santoso (Cal) 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
No. 4   Simon Shen (UCSB)  def. Nathan Jackmon (Cal) 7-5, 6-2
No. 5   Adrian Barnes (Cal) def. Daniel Rheydt (UCSB) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6   Kian Raiszadeh (Cal) def. Peter Webb (UCSB) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles - Cancelled