Fresno State Athletics
Men's Tennis Adds Two More Newcomers
1/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 3, 2006
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State Men's tennis team has added two more players to its squad for the 2006 season. The Bulldogs already return five letterwinners from last season and welcome four newcomers for this year, the two newest being Jordi Ballester from Spain and Franz Molina from Bolivia.
Ballester is a 5-foot-9, 150 pound freshman from Elche, Spain. He achieved a top-10 junior ranking and last year he earned an overall national ranking of 132 in Spain. Molina is a 6-foot-1, 184 pound junior from Tarija, Bolivia. Molina played two years at Fresno City College, helping the Rams to a 2004 State Championship.
"I expect Jordi to contribute right away," said head coach Jay Udwadia. "I also suspect that he'll have an outstanding career here at Fresno State.
"Franz has been a pleasant surprise for our program. He really understands the level of competition in the college ranks."
The West Region individual rankings have been released. Junior Jakub Cech is ranked 14th in singles, while junior Charles Irie and senior Sergiu Modoc are 10th in doubles. The preaseason national team rankings will be revealed on the 10th of January.
The Bulldogs begin their season with a double header on Sunday, January 22. The 'Dogs host UC Davis at 11 am, followed by a matchup with Cal Poly at 3 pm at the Wathen Tennis Center.
West Region - Individual Rankings
Singles
1. Ben Kohlloeffel, UCLA
2. KC Corkery, Stanford
3. Matt Bruch, Stanford
4. Roger Matalonga, Arizona
5. Alex Slovic, Washington
6. Pedro Rico, Pepperdine
7. Lennart Maack, California
8. Ryan McBride, ASU
9. Ivor Lovrak, Pepperdine
10. James Pade, Stanford
11. Arnar Sigurdsson, Pacific
12. Matthieu Dehaine, UCLA
13. John Nguyen, Cal Poly
14. Jakub Cech, Fresno State
15. James Wan, Stanford
16. Daniel Sebescen, California
17. Chris Biro, Arizona St
18. Robert Sabo, San Diego St.
19. Tyler Browne, California
20. Chris Surapol, UCLA
21. Richard Johnson, Pepperdine
22. Philipp Gruendler, UCLA
23. Daniel Andrus, Arizona
24. Kaes Van't Hof, Southern California
25. Jorden Vestli, Pacific
26. Andy Kuharszky, Washington
27. Mirza Koristovic, San Diego
28. Claudio Christen, Arizona
29. Markus Dickhardt, San Diego St.
30. David Chu, Washington
Doubles
1. Chu/Slovic, Washington
2. Corkery/Pade, Stanford
3. Lovrak/Rico, Pepperdine
4. Dehaine/Yovan, UCLA
5. Gruendler/Kohleoffel, UCLA
6. Redpath/Kennel, Portland
7. Maack/Sebescen, Cal
8. Drean/Surapol, UCLA
9. Sigurdsson/Zdravkovic, Pacific
10. Irie/Modoc, Fresno
11. Andrus/Matalonga, Arizona
12. Jank/Kuharsky, Washington
13. Kinsella/McBride, ASU
14. Delevrean/Heavy, Cal
15. Brown/Nakahara, Cal
16. Groh/Timu, SDSU
