LOS ANGELES - The UCLA men's tennis team opened the 1998 season with a 5-2 win over San Diego State University at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Courts today. Today's match was moved to the Sunset Courts due to the resurfacing of the courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

UCLA started things off right by claiming the doubles point with victories in the No. 2 and 3 positions. The deciding doubles match saw UCLA's Vince Allegre and Jean-Noel Grinda combine to defeat SDSU's Bobby Hrdina and Steve Adamson in the No. 2 slot, 9-7.

San Diego State evened the score with a 6-3, 7-6 win at No. 2 singles by Faulk, who defeated UCLA's Allegre. The Bruins claimed the next three singles matches as Brandon Kramer started the roll with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 over Kolo Green-Rosenthal. Alex Decret added a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the No. 5 slot over Nguey Lay. Bruin newcomer, Grinda had the honors of clinching his first collegiate team dual-match with a 6-4, 7-6 win in the top singles position over Hrdina.

The final two matches went three sets each. UCLA's Jason Cook held on for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Frank Morgan in the No. 4 position. SDSU's Alexander Waske battled back to claim the No. 3 match 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 over UCLA's Matt Breen.

This was the first dual match of the 1998 season for both teams. The Bruins return to action at 1:00 p.m., Wed., Jan. 21 at UC Irvine.

Here are the position-by-position results:
Doubles -- (UCLA wins point)
No. 1   Alexander Waske / Frank Morgan (SDSU) def. Matt Breen / Jason Cook (UCLA)         8-4
No. 2   Jean-Noel Grinda / Vince Allegre (UCLA) def. Bobby Hrdina / Steve Adamson (SDSU)  9-7
No. 3   Brandon Kramer / Alex Decret (UCLA) def. Eric Faulk / Nguey Lay (SDSU)            8-2
Singles
No. 1   Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Bobby Hrdina (SDSU)        6-4, 7-6
No. 2   Eric Faulk (SDSU) def. Vince Allegre (UCLA)             6-3, 7-6
No. 3   Alexander Waske (SDSU) def. Matt Breen (UCLA)           6-7, 7-6, 6-3
No. 4   Jason Cook (UCLA) def. Frank Morgan (SDSU)              6-3, 3-6, 6-1
No. 5   Alex Decret (UCLA) def. Nguey Lay (SDSU)                6-4, 6-3
No. 6   Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. Kolo Green-Rosenthal (SDSU)  6-3, 6-3
Final Team Score: UCLA 5, SDSU 2