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Trojans Break Slump With Win Over Cal
April 07, 2000 | Men's Tennis
April 7, 2000
Berkeley, Calif. - The No. 18 USC men's tennis brought Cal's four-match win streak to end with a 5-2 victory over the Golden Bears this afternoon in Berkeley, Calif. With the win, the Trojans break their own two-match losing slump, and improve to 13-6 overall and 3-1 in Pac-10 play.
USC came up strong in doubles, taking two of three matches to quickly capture the doubles point. The Bears only doubles victory of the day came on court two where Robert Kowalczyk and Ben Miles defeated Patrick Gottelesben and Daniel Langre, 8-5.
Things didn't get much better for the Bears in singles as the Trojans took four of six matches to assure a USC victory. Five of six singles matches, including three USC victories were decided in straight sets. The only contest decided in a third-set tiebreaker came at the No. 5 spot as Nicholas Rainey posted a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 decision over the Bears' Scott Kintz.
USC returns to action tomorrow against No. 3 Stanford. The match will begin at noon in Palo Alto, Calif.
Doubles
(1) Moore/Rainey (USC) def. Dmytruk/Kintz (Cal) - 8-5
(2) Fruttero/Tzou (Cal) def. Gottesleben/Langre (USC) - 8-5
(3) Collins/Park (USC) def. Kowalczyk/Miles (Cal) - 9-8
Singles
(1) Patrick Gottesleben (USC) def. Erik Dmytruk (Cal) - 6-3, 6-4
(2) John Paul Fruttero (Cal) def. Ryan Moore (USC) - 6-2, 6-2
(3) Daniel Langre (USC) def. Hiro Nakamura (Cal) - 7-5, 6-2
(4) Andrew Park (USC) def. Robert Kowalczyk (Cal) - 6-3, 6-3
(5) Nicholas Rainey (USC) def. Scott Kintz (Cal) - 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
(6) Adrian Barnes (Cal) def. Parker Collins (USC) - 7-5, 7-6
