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USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championship First-Round Competition - Feb. 18, 1999

 

Huskies Upset Third-Ranked Mississippi State

Washington's 18th-ranked men's tennis team, participating in its first USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championship, upset third-ranked and third-seeded Mississippi State 5-1 in the Nordstrom Tennis Center, recording Washington's biggest win in the program's history. Washington improves its record to 6-2 and Mississippi State drops to 4-1.

The Huskies claimed the doubles point early heading in to singles play. Down 3-0 in the first set, third-ranked Robert Kendrick battled back to take the first set over Bulldog Conrad Hurter, 7-5. Kendrick easily won the second set 6-0 to clinch Washington's fourth point to claim the victory. Kendrick improves his record to 17-3 on the season.

"It is nice for us to breakthrough and get a win to move on," says head coach Matt Anger. "I'm impressed with the win and we came out and played hard. We get to enjoy it for a couple of hours but we have to come back tomorrow and get back to business. When Eric Drew and Robert Kendrick are both healthy, it is a little intimidating for the other team with our one-two punch. It is nice to have the third-ranked player play No. 2 singles."

Senior Eric Drew remains unbeaten with an 8-0 mark defeating Mississippi State's 88th-ranked Matt Ballay 7-5, 6-1 in No. 1 singles play. Andy Posavac, ranked 74th, won his 15th match of the season downing Matt Soto 6-3, 7-5 in No. 4 singles play.

Tomorrow night at 8 p.m., Washington faces either fifth-ranked UCLA or 10th-ranked Southern Methodist in the Nordstrom Tennis Center. 

Mississippi State    1
Washington           5


Singles
1. Eric Drew (UW) d. Matt Ballay (MSU)                    7-5, 6-1
2. Robert Kendrick (UW) d. Conrad Hurter (MSU)            7-5, 6-0
3. Jeremy Bayon (MSU) d. Marius Lunde (UW)                7-5, 7-5
4. Andy Posavac (UW) d. Matt Soto (MSU)                   6-3, 7-5
5. Jeremy Berman (UW) vs. David Ruiz (MSU)                     DNF
6. Christoph Kull (UW) d. Dan Healey (MSU)                6-3, 6-4


Doubles
1. Drew-Kendrick (UW) d. Ballay-Ruiz (MSU)                     8-6
2. Nick Quatrochi-Kull (UW) vs. Mason Greene-Healey (MSU)      DNF
3. Mark Woolley-Posavac (UW) d. Bayon-Soto (MSU)               8-2


Stanford	5
Oklahoma	1

Singles 

1. Ryan Wolter (S) d. Charlie Roberson (O)                6-2, 6-1
2. Geoff Abrams (S) d. Dusty Beard (O)                    6-2, 6-2
3. K.J. Hippensteel (S) Rick Warren (O)                   6-2, 6-0
4. Alex Kim (S) d. Jeremy Dunham (O)                      6-3, 6-3
5. Scotty Scott (S) d. Jave Rush (O)                      6-3, 7-6
6. Ali Ansari (S) V. Clinton Alford (O)                        DNF

Doubles 

1. Roberson-Warren (O) d. hippensteel-Wolters (S)              8-6
2. Abrams-Kim (S) d. Beard-Rush (O)                            8-4
3. Alford-Dunham (O) d. Ansari- Scott (S)                   9-8 (8)
Match Notes

  • After dropping the doubles point, top-ranked Stanford rallied for five singles win for a convincing victory over Oklahoma.

  • The Cardinal extended their winning streak to 44.

  • Stanford faces South Carolina at 4 p.m. PST at Washington's Nordstrom Tennis Center. Oklahoma will face Pepperdine at 4 p.m. at the Seattle Tennis Club. 

    UCLA     5
SMU      2

    Singles 

    1. Ignacio Hirigoyen (SMU) d. Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA)     7-5, 6-2
2. Toby Hansson (SMU) d. Zach Fleishman (UCLA)        7-6 (5), 7-5
3. Jason Cook (UCLA) d. Dustin Mauck (SMU)                6-4, 6-2
4. Brandon Kramer (UCLA) d. Jon Wallmark (SMU)            6-2, 6-4
5. Chris Sands (UCLA) d. Sijmen DeLange (SMU)             6-3, 6-3
6. Marcin Rozpedski (UCLA) d. Gerardo Mulas (SMU)         7-5, 6-1

    Doubles 

    1. Ginda-Lee (UCLA) d. Mauck-Pollack (SMU)                     8-5
2. Cook-Kramer (UCLA) d. Hansson-Wallmark (SMU)                8-5
3. Rozpedski-Sands (UCLA) d. DeLange-Hirigoyen(SMU)            DNF

    Match Notes

  • UCLA faces No. 18 Washington on it's home court Friday at 8 p.m. at the Nordstrom Tennis Center.

  • Southern Methodist takes on No. 3 Mississippi State at the Seattle Tennis Club. 

     
South Carolina	 4
Pepperdine	 3
    Singles 
    1. Vladimir Pavicevic (SC) d. Kelly Gullett (P)           7-6, 7-6
2. Jerome Jourdon (SC) d. Eni Ghidirmic (P)               6-2, 6-1
3. Guillaume Legat (SC) d. Sebastien Graeff (P)           6-2, 6-0
4. Olof Akesson (SC) d. John Hui (P)                      6-3, 7-5
5. Anthony Ross (P) d. Juan Gamboa (SC)                   6-4, 6-1
6. Chase Exon (P) d. Tomasz Wawrzyniak (SC)          2-6, 6-1, 6-1
    Doubles 
    1. Jourdon-Pavicevic (SC) d. Gullett-Hui (P)                   9-8
2. Graeff-Ross (P) d. Akesson-Legat  (SC)                      9-8
3. Oliver Schweizer-Ghidirmic (P) d. Jeff Bergman-Gamboa (SC)  8-6

    Match Notes

  • Pepperdine plays the Stanford-Oklahoma loser tomorrow at 4 p.m. Pacific time at the Seattle Tennis Club while South Carolina faces the Stanford-Oklahoma winner at 4 p.m. Pacific time at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. 

     
Illinois    4
Tennessee   2

    Singles 

    1. Oliver Freelove (I) d. Peter Handoyo (T)               6-3, 7-6
2. Mark Parsons (T) d. Cary Franklin (I)                  6-3, 6-3
3. Gavin Sontag (I) d. Mark Way (T)                       6-4, 6-4
4. Adam Carey (T) d. Jeff Laski (I)              7-6, 4-3 (default)
5. Jakub Teply (I) v. Paul Podbury                             DNF
6. Royce Ramey (I) d. Mark Fitzpatrick (T)                6-2, 6-3

    Doubles 

    1. Franklin-Freelove (I) d. Chad Copenhaver-Way (T)            8-5
2. Laski-Sontag (I) d. Fitzpatrick-Handoyo (T)                 8-2
3. Mike Kosta-Jakup Teply (I) v. Parsons-Podbury (T)           DNF

    Match Notes

  • Fifth-ranked Illinois dominated the match winning three-of-four singles' matches after sweeping the doubles matches. Two singles matches and final doubles match were not finished.

  • Illinois will face fourth-seeded Mississippi tomorrow at Nordstrom Tennis Center. Tennessee will face No. 16 Harvard at Seattle Tennis Club. 

     
Georgia        6
Fresno State   1

    Singles 

    1. Hisham Hemeda (G) d. Peter Luczak (F)                  6-4, 6-2
2. Oliver LeJeune (F) d. Chad Carlson (G)                 7-5, 6-3
3. Joey Pitts (G) d. Rob Cheyne (F)                       6-1, 6-1
4. Adam Seri (G) d. Andy Scorteanu (F)                    6-4, 6-3
5. Talito Corrales (G) d. Nick Fustar (F)                 6-3, 6-3
6. Travis Parrott (G) d. David Mullins (F)                6-4, 6-4

    Doubles 

    1. Lang-Parrott (G) d. LeJeune-Luczak (F)                      9-7
2. Gilbert-Scorteanu (F) d. Carlson-Corrales (G)               8-5
3. Hemeda-Seri (G) d. Mullins-Vieira (F)                       8-4

    Match Notes

  • Second-seeded Georgia showed why it deserves a No. 2 ranking by taking five of six singles matches.

  • Georgia faces No. 10 Duke tomorrow at the Nordstrom Tennis Center at noon PST. Fresno State will take on Texas at the Seattle Tennis Center at noon also. 

    Mississippi    4
Harvard        3

    Singles 

    1. James Blake (H) d. James Shortall (M)                  6-2, 6-4
2. Andres Stenman (M) d. Kunj Majmudar (H)           3-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. John Doran (H) d. Martin Selin (M)                     6-4, 6-1
4. Marin Sjoquist (M) d. Mike Passarella (H)              6-2, 6-1
5. Joe Green (H) d. Vikrant Chada                    7-5, 2-6, 6-3
6. Kristopher Stahlberg (M) d. Scott Clark (H)        7-6 (5), 6-1

    Doubles 

    1. Shortall-Sjoquist (M) d. Blake-Majmudar (H)                 8-5
2. Chada-Stenman (M) d. Clark Passarella (H)                   8-6
3. Selin Stahlberg (M) v. Doran-Green (H)                      DNF

    Match Notes

  • The two teams split the singles competition, but Mississippi advanced to the second-round in the winners' bracket thanks to picking up the doubles point by winning all three doubles matches. Mississippi will face the winner of the Illinois/Tennessee match Friday at Washington's Nordstrom Tennis Center. Harvard will face the loser of the Illinois/Tennessee match at the Seattle Tennis Club.

  • Harvard's James Blake, the No. 1-ranked player in the country, won his singles match by defeating James Shortall 6-2, 6-4.

  • Mississippi entered the match ranked No. 4 while Harvard entered ranked 16th. 

    Duke     5
Texas    2

    Singles 

    1. Doug Root (D) d. Jack Brasington (T)              1-6, 7-6, 7-6
2. Brandon Hawk (T) d. Pedor Escudero (D)                 6-3, 6-1
3. Paul Martin (T) d. Dmitry Muzyka (D)              1-6, 6-4, 7-5
4. Ramsey Smith (D) d. Gwenael Gueit (T)                  6-2, 6-2
5. Andres Dedroso (D) d. Nick Crowell (T)            3-6, 6-4, 7-5
6. Porter Jones (D) d. Michael Blue (T)              4-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Doubles 

    1. Escudero-Root (D) d. Crowell-Hawk (T)                                9-7
2. Muzyka-Wile (D) d. Gueit (T)                                         8-4
3. Dedroso-Smith (D) d. Blue-Brasington (T)                             DNF
    Match notes
  • After winning the doubles competition, Duke came-from-behind to win three single's matches to take a 5-2 win.

  • Duke entered the match ranked tied for tenth, upsetting No. 7 Texas.

  • Duke will take on the winner of the Fresno State/Georgia match at noon tomorrow at Washington's Nordstrom Tennis Center. Texas will face the loser of the Fresno State/Georgia match at tomorrow at the Seattle Tennes Club.

    • Go Huskies!