March 14, 1998

TUSCON, Ariz. -- The No. 10 ranked UCLA men's tennis team completed its first Pac-10 Conference road trip of the season today with a 7-0 win at the University of Arizona, ranked No. 47. The Bruins dominated today's action, claiming five singles matches in straight sets, winning the other in three and also sweeping doubles play.

With the victory UCLA improves to 12-3 overall and 5-1 in Pac-10, while Arizona fell to 4-5 overall and 1-4 in conference play. The Bruins take a break in competition for academic final exams and return to action at No. 1 ranked Stanford on Fri., April 3 then at No. 30 Cal on Sat., April 4.

Here are the position-by-position results:

Doubles -- (UCLA wins point)
No. 1 Matt Breen / Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Roland Kupka / Michael MacKay (UA) 8-5
No. 2 Alex Decret / Noah Newman (UCLA) def. Jerome Oliveri / Michel Stopa (UA) 8-3
No. 3 Vince Allegre / Chris Sands (UCLA) def. Jean-Noel LaCoste / Adnan Novo (UA) 8-4

Singles
No. 1 Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Roland Kupka (UA) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Vince Allegre (UCLA) def. Michel Stopa (UA) 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 Matt Breen (UCLA) def. Michael MacKay (UA) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Alex Decret (UCLA) def. Jerome Oliveri (UA) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Chris Sands (UCLA) def. Adnan Novo (UA) 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
No. 6 Noah Newman (UCLA) def. Mike Huss (UA) 6-2, 6-2

Final Team Score: UCLA 7, Arizona 0