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No. 40 Bulldogs Battles With No. 4 UCLA
1/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 31, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. - A thilling 9-8 victory by Fresno State's Remi Boutillier and Rikus de Villiers over UCLA's Matt Brooklyn and Holden Seguso clinched the doubles point, in the No. 40 Bulldogs' 4-1 loss to the fourth-ranked Bruins on Saturday in Los Angeles.
"We had an amazing doubles point with Rikus and Remi clinching it with a 10-8 win," Bulldog coach Jay Udwadia said.
In the singles action UCLA won four-straight matches with Nick Meister clinching the victory for the Bruins with his 6-4, 6-2 win over Boutillier.
The Bulldogs' Mirko Zapletal was beating Brooklyn 6-3, 3-2 when the match was called because of the clinching victory.
"Our guys competed well all weekend," Udwadia said. "We had a good battle against the No. 4 team in the country."
The Bruins now will be invited to the National Team Indoors Sweet 16 in Champlain, Ill. on Feb. 13-16.
The Bulldogs will next host a doubleheader against UC Irvine and UC Davis on Feb. 7.
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NCAA Men's Tennis
No. 4 UCLA def. No. 40 Fresno State, 4-1
ITA National Team Indoor Qualifying
January 31, 2009 - Los Angeles Tennis Center
Doubles (Fresno State wins the doubles point)
1. Abid/Inbar (UCLA) def. (24) Siwy/Zapletal (FSU), 8-4
2. Boutillier/de Villiers (FSU) def. Brooklyn/Holden Seguso (UCLA), 9-8(8)
3. Taylor Leiby/Veerepalli (FSU) def. Look/Meister (UCLA), 8-3
Fresno State Wins Doubles Point - Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1. Haythem Abid (UCLA) def. Rudolf Siwy (FSU), 6-2, 6-3
2. Mirko Zapletal (FSU) vs. Matt Brooklyn (UCLA), DNF 6-3, 3-2
3. Harel Srugo (UCLA) def. Rikus de Villiers (FSU), 6-2, 6-3
4. Michael Look (UCLA) vs. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FSU), DNF 7-6(4), 4-3 Susp.
5. Nick Meister (UCLA) def. Remi Boutillier (FSU), 6-4, 6-2
6. Amit Inbar (UCLA) def. Siddharth Alapati (FSU), 6-2, 6-0
* Denotes Clinching Match - Order of Finish: 6, 3, 1, 5*
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