March 25, 2000
STANFORD, Calif. - The third-ranked Stanford men's tennis team completed a season sweep over arch-rival California with a 6-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. The Cardinal (12-0) also defeated the Golden Bears (6-4) 5-2 on Mar. 1 in Berkeley.
Stanford won five of the six singles matches to improve to 3-0 on its current nine-match homestand. Stanford junior Alex Kim (Potomac, MD/Winston Churchill HS), who is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, improved to 27-3 with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over 59th-ranked Erik Dmytruk (Edmonton, Alberta/Plamer Prep). Kim is also 12-3 this season against opponents ranked in the ITA top 100.
And for the second straight day, Stanford received an impressive three-set win from Ryan Haviland (Sumter, SC/Sumter HS) at No. 6 singles. Haviland dropped the first set to Cal's Scott Kintz (San Diego, CA/The Bishop's School) 6-2, but rebounded to win the next two sets 6-4, 6-3 to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Stanford's No. 1 doubles team of Geoff Abrams (Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor HS) and Kim, who are currently the top-ranked doubles team in the country according to the ITA, posted their third win over a top 25 opponent in the last four days. Abrams and Kim improved to 24-2 on the season by beating 23rd-ranked Dmytruk and Kintz 8-3.
Freshman Robert Kowalczyk (Vero Beach, FL/Vera Beach HS) accounted for Cal's point with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 over David Martin (Key Biscayne, FL/Boca Raton Prep).
Stanford returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts No. 61 Harvard at 1:30 p.m. at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. The Golden Bears will then host Harvard on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Berkeley.
#3 Stanford 6, #48 California 1
Singles
No. 1 - #2 Alex Kim (S) d. #59 (tie) Erik Dmytruk, 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 - #15 Geoff Abrams (S) d. John Paul Fruttero, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
No. 3 - #77 Scotty Scott (S) d. Hiro Nakamura, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 - Robert Kowalczyk (C) d. #100 (tie) David Martin, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Ali Ansari (S) d. Chris Lewis, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 - Ryan Haviland (S) d. Scott Kintz, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - #1 Geoff Abrams/Alex Kim (S) d. Erik Dmytruk/Scott Kintz, 8-3
No. 2 - Ali Ansari/Scotty Scott (S) d. Robert Kowalczyk/Ben Miles, 8-3
No. 3 - John Paul Fruttero/David Tzou (C) d. Scott Lipsky/David Martin, 8-4
Records - #48 California 6-4, #3 Stanford 12-0.