April 6, 1999
STANFORD, Calif .- The Stanford men's tennis team improved its record to 13-2 overall and 4-1 in the Pac-10 as the Cardinal defeated Cal, 6-1, today at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Today is the first of six straight home matches for Stanford, including this weekend's matches with Arizona State on Friday (1:30 pm) and Arizona on Saturday (Noon).
The Cardinal swept the doubles point to start the match with a slight lineup switch. Ryan Wolters and K.J. Hippensteel, the sixth ranked duo in the country, moved to number two doubles where they won 9-7. At number one doubles, Geoff Abrams and Alex Kim defeated Adrian Barnes and Chris Santoso, 8-5. Making their debut as a doubles team, Stanford's Scotty Scott and David Hauser topped David Tzou and Chris Lewis, 8-3.
In singles, senior captain Ryan Wolters, from San Jose, dropped the first set 4-6 to Adrian Barnes, but rebounded in the second and third to give up just two games, winning the match 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Wolters is now 15-3 at number one singles this season. The Bears' lone point came at number six singles where Cal's Lewis defeated Ali Ansari, 6-2, 7-6.
Stanford remains at home on Friday, hosting Arizona State at 1:30 pm and on Saturday against Arizona at Noon.
Complete results follow:
Stanford 6, Cal 1
Singles
1. Ryan Wolters (Stanford) d. Adrian Barnes (Cal) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 2. Geoff Abrams (Stanford) d. Chris Santoso (Cal) 6-2, 6-2 3. K.J. Hippensteel (Stanford) d. Erik Dmytruk (Cal) 6-3, 6-3 4. Alex Kim (Stanford) d. Scott Kintz (Cal) 6-4, 6-2 5. Scotty Scott (Stanford) d. Hiro Nakamura (Cal) 6-2, 6-1 6. Chris Lewis (Cal) d. Ali Ansari (Stanford) 6-2, 7-6
Doubles
1. Abrams/Kim (Stanford) d. Barnes/Santoso (Cal) 8-5 2. Wolters/Hippensteel (Stanford) d. Kintz/Dmytruk (Cal) 9-7 3. Scott/David Hauser (Stanford) d. David Tzou/Lewis (Cal) 8-3
Records: Stanford 13-2; Cal 6-9