UCLA
Fresno State
No. 5 UCLA Opens Season with Sweep
June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis
January 13, 1999
LOS ANGELES - The UCLA men's tennis team, tied for No. 5 in the national rankings, opened the season in tremendous fashion by sweeping No. 22 ranked Fresno State, 7-0, today at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Today's match was the season opener for both teams.
In doubles play, Fresno State's team of David Mullins and Kevin Vieira gave the Bulldogs their biggest highlight of the day with an 8-3 win over UCLA's duo of Zack Fleishman and Noah Newman on court No. 3. However, UCLA claimed the doubles point with victories on the other two courts.
The Bruins did not relinquish even a set in singles play as all six UCLA players claimed straight set victories. The closest match of the day came on court No. 2 where UCLA's No. 66 ranked freshman Zack Fleishman made his collegiate dual-match debut with a 6-2, 7-6 win over FSU's No. 60 ranked senior Rob Cheyne. In the top position UCLA sophomore All-American Jean-Noel Grinda defeated No. 40 ranked sophomore Peter Luczak 6-2, 6-0. On court No. 3 the Bruins only senior Jason Cook defeated FSU rookie Nick Fustar 6-3, 6-0.
The backcourts went equally as well for UCLA as No. 92 ranked junior Brandon Kramer registered a 6-0, 6-3 win over sophomore David Mullins. Junior transfer Jong-Min Lee was impressive in his first match with the Bruins as he defeated junior Kevin Vieira 6-1, 6-2. Sophomore Chris Sands completed the sweep with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over sophomore Joseph Gilbert.
UCLA's next competition will be this weekend at the National Collegiate Tennis Championship hosted at the Sherwood Country Club.
Here are today's position-by-position results:
Doubles - (UCLA wins point)
No. 1 Jean-Noel Grinda / Jong-Min Lee (UCLA) def. Peter Luczak / Nick Fustar (FSU) 8-5
No. 2 Jason Cook / Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. Rob Cheyne / Joseph Gilbert (FSU) 8-5
No. 3 David Mullins / Kevin Vieira (FSU) def. Zack Fleishman / Noah Newman (UCLA) def. 8-3
Singles
No. 1 Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. (40) Peter Luczak (FSU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 (66) Zack Fleishman (UCLA) def. (60) Rob Cheyne (FSU) 6-2, 7-6
No. 3 Jason Cook (UCLA) def. Nick Fustar (FSU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 (t92) Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. David Mullins (FSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 Jong-Min Lee (UCLA) def. Kevin Vieira (FSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Chris Sands (UCLA) def. Joseph Gilbert (FSU) 6-1, 6-0
Final Team Score: UCLA 7, Fresno State 0
