Fresno State Athletics
Men's Tennis Looks Ahead To ITA Regional Championships
10/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 26, 2000
FRESNO, Calif. - The men's tennis team will conclude the fall preseason portion of their schedule when they travel to Berkeley Saturday to complete in the 2000 ITA Regional Championships. The three-day tournament is considered one of the most prestigious in college tennis and includes players from California, Washington, St. Mary's, Pacific, Stanford, Santa Clara, Oregon, Gonzaga, Nevada, Sacramento State and San Francisco.
The Bulldogs will enter four players in the singles draw. No. 9 seed David Mullins has earned a bye in the first round and will face an undetermined opponent in the second round Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Junior Nick Fustar also has a first round bye and will play San Francisco's Ryan Eakes Saturday at 12 p.m. in the second round. Freshman Alex Menichini has a first round bye and will face the No. 7 seed Ali Ansari of Stanford at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the second round. Freshman Alex Krohn will battle San Francisco's Mike Munson at 8 a.m. in the first round on Saturday.
The tournament's No. 1 seed is K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford. The other eight seeds are as follows: No. 2 J.P. Futtero of California, No. 3 Matt Hanlin of Washington, No. 4 David Martin of Stanford, No. 5 Scotty Scott of Stanford, No.6 Jeremy Berman of Washington and No. 8 Balazs Veress of California.
Fresno State will enter two doubles teams in the tournament. Fustar and Mullins will team up to face Geoff Gilpir and Markus Martinez of San Francisco in a second round match at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday after earning a first round bye. The freshman pairing of Krohn and Menichini will play Nevada's Daniel Ericsson and Jay Stearley in the first round Saturday at 3:15 p.m.
California's Adrian Barnes and Scott Kintz are the No. 1 seeded doubles tandem. The No. 2 seeded team is Veress and Robert Kowalcyzk of California, the No. 3 team is Scott Lipsky and Martin of Stanford and the No. 4 seed is Ryan Haviland and Carter Morris of Stanford.
