Men's Tennis Opens Pac-10 Action With 6-1 Win at Arizona

January 30, 1999

TUCSON - The UCLA men's tennis team, tied for No. 5 in the national rankings, opened Pac-10 Conference action with a 6-1 win at the University of Arizona today. With the victory UCLA improves to 3-0 overall and Arizona falls to 0-2. Today's match was the conference opener for both teams.

The Bruins started the match claiming the doubles point by posting victories on all three courts and continued to dominate by posting five straight-set wins in singles play. The only Bruin loss came on court No. 5 where UCLA junior Jong-Min Lee fell 6-2, 6-2 Arizona freshman Caleb Marquardt.

UCLA continues the road trip at the Arizona State University tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 30. The Bruins return home to host the University of New Mexico on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 1:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Position-by-position results:

Doubles - (UCLA wins point)

No. 1  Jean-Noel Grinda/Jong-Min Lee (UCLA) def. Pascal Salasca/Jean-Noel La Coste (UA)   8-3
No. 2  Jason Cook/Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. Adnan Novo/Brian Jackson (UA)                8-3
No. 3  Zack Fleishman/Marcin Rozpedski (UCLA) def. Michel Stopa/Alex Brown (UA)           8-4

Singles

No. 1   Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Adnan Novo (UA)                6-1, 6-2
No. 2   (66) Zack Fleishman (UCLA) def. Jean-Noel La Coste (UA)     6-3, 6-3
No. 3   Jason Cook (UCLA) def. Pascal Salasca (UA)                  6-1, 6-2
No. 4   (t92) Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. Michel Stopa               6-1, 6-0
No. 5   Caleb Marquardt (UA) def. Jong-Min Lee (UCLA)               6-2, 6-2
No. 6   Chris Sands (UCLA) def. Brian Jackson (UA)                  6-4, 6-3
Final Team Score: UCLA 6, Arizona 1

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