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No. 38 Men's Tennis Wins Fifth in a Row
4/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 5, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State continued its torrid play of late by winning its fifth consecutive match with a 5-2 victory over Santa Clara on Saturday afternoon at the Wathen Tennis Center.
The winning streak is the longest since the Bulldogs won six in a row in April 2001. Since Feb. 22, Fresno State has won eight of its 10 matches. The Broncos (7-12) lost their third in a row.
Fresno State (12-6) cruised to a 1-0 lead by sweeping the doubles, the third consecutive match it has done so. The Bulldogs improved to 10-0 this year when claiming the doubles point.
In singles, the Bulldogs were paced by the top of their lineup, which dropped only 10 games between the Nos. 1-3 players. Hector Almada paced the trio with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Erich Chen at No. 1.
Also winning in straight sets for Fresno State was Andy Sinn at No. 5. He defeated Ben Hidalgo 6-1, 6-3.
Next up for the Bulldogs is a match tomorrow against No. 70 UC Santa Barbara at 2 p.m. at the Wathen Tennis Center. Fans interested in attending are reminded that tomorrow is the beginning of daylight savings time. Please remember to turn your clocks one hour forward tonight.
No. 38 Fresno State 5, Santa Clara 2
Doubles (Fresno State wins point)
1) Almada/Modoc (FS) def. Bruggemann/Chen (SCU), 8-3
2) Shearer/Suta (FS) def. Ruso/Zepponi (SCU), 8-6
3) Krohn/Sinn (FS) def. Mattioli/Bedilion (SCU), 8-4
Doubles order of completion: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1) Hector Almada (FS) def. Erich Chen (SCU), 6-1, 6-4
2) Stefan Suta (FS) def. Taylor Bedilion (SCU), 6-2, 6-2
3) Greg Shearer (FS) def. Francisco Zepponi (SCU), 6-1, 6-0
4) Federico Mattioli (SCU) def. Marc Schaerer (FS), 3-6, 7-5, (10-8)
5) Andy Sinn (FS) def. Ben Hidalgo (SCU), 6-1, 6-3
6) Michael Bruggemann (SCU) def. Sergiu Modoc (FS), 6-0, 6-3
Singles order of completion: 3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4
Conditions: 55 degrees, partly cloudy, windy (S-SE 15 mph)
Records: Fresno State (12-6), Santa Clara (7-12)
Time of Match: 2:54
