Feb. 21, 1998

Louisville, KY -- The drought ended for the No. 2 ranked Bruins, as UCLA defeated No. 9 Florida 4-3 in today's consolation bracket action at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Team Championships.

The decisive match took place at No. 1 singles, where UCLA's Jean-Noel Grinda defeated Justin O'Neil 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1. The Bruins also claimed wins at Nos. 3 and 6 singles and earned the doubles point. UCLA returns to action at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 1 hosting No. 51 Fresno State at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Here are the position-by-position results:

Singles
No. 1   Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Justin O'Neil  7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1
No. 2   Nathan Overholser (FL) def. Vince Allegre (UCLA)    7-5, 6-4
No. 3   Matt Breen (UCLA) def. Jon Glover (FL)  6-0, 6-2
No. 4   Jeff Morrison (FL) def. Alex Decret (UCLA)  6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6)
No. 5   Amr El Sawaf (UF) def. Brandon Kramer (UCLA)    6-4, 6-4
No. 6   Noah Newman (UCLA) def. Dylan Mann (FL) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles -- (UCLA wins singles point)
No. 1   Matt Breen / Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) vs. Nathan Overholser / Jeff                Morrison (FL) Suspended
No. 2   Alex Decret / Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. Justin O'Neil / Whigham (FL)   8-5
No. 3   Vince Allegre / Chris Sands (UCLA) vs. Amr El Sawaf / Jon Glover (FL)   8-3