Friday, May 8, 1998
Tennis Notebook
1998 All Pac-10 Men’s Honors
UCLA’s Jean-Noel Grinda received First Team All-Pac-10 Honors.
Along with Grinda, USC’s George Bastl and Stanford’s Bob Bryan,
Mike Bryan, Paul Goldstein and Ryan Wolters were also honored on
the First Team. Goldstein, after being crowned Pac-10 Singles
Champion, has been voted Player of the Year.
Vince Allegre and Matt Breen were named to the All Pac-10 Second
Team, alongside Washington’s Eric Drew and Robert Kendrick,
Oregon’s Erwan Kergroach and Arizona State’s Gustavo Marcaccio.
Men’s NCAA Regionals
The bad news: The UCLA men’s tennis team is ranked No. 9, out of
eight teams that received automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.
This means that the Bruins will have to trudge their way through
the NCAA Regionals.
The good news: UCLA will be hosting the Region VII
Championships, which means home-court advantage. Of the other five
teams in Region VII, UCLA has played four and defeated three this
season. The Bruins claimed victories over Arizona, Arizona State
and Oregon, while losing to Washington. The only Region VII team
they did not face in the regular season is UC Santa Barbara.
Friday, May 15 features a 10:30 a.m. UCSB and Oregon matchup,
and a 1:30 p.m. Arizona and Arizona St. match-up. The Bruins are
scheduled to play the winner of the Arizona face-off at 1:30 p.m.
on Saturday, May 16. Washington will meet the winner of UCSB-Oregon
match at 10:30 a.m. on May 16.
The winner of the Region VIII Championship match on Sunday, May
17, will compete in the NCAA Finals.
Already written into the NCAA Championship bracket are Stanford,
Louisiana State, Georgia, Mississippi State, Illinois, Mississippi,
USC and Texas.
Women head
to Regionals
The UCLA women’s tennis team will be at the University of
Illinois on Friday to compete in the NCAA Regionals. There are
eight teams in this Midwest bracket, with the winner moving on to
Notre Dame for the NCAA Championships.
Top-seeded UCLA’s first opponent will be Marquette (16–7) on
Friday at 10:00 a.m. The victor will proceed to play to the winner
of the Indiana/Purdue match.
The Bruins’ biggest threat in the regionals should be No. 19
Notre Dame (18-9), who will be looking to go back home for the
Championships.
UCLA is currently ranked 14th in the nation with a 14-10
record.
Notes compiled by Stephanie Chan, Daily Bruin Contributor.