No. 17 Fresno State Sweeps Men's Tennis
July 24, 2000 | Men's Tennis
March 14, 2000
FRESNO, Calif. - The No. 17 Fresno State Bulldogs swept the doubles and won five singles matches in straight sets on their way to a 7-0 victory over No. 41 Louisville at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
Fresno State came out firing, sweeping the doubles to take an early 1-0 lead. The team of Andy Scorteanu and Rob Cheyne led the way for FS, defeating Tvrtko Kujundzic and Joachim Lien 8-3 at No. 1.
In the top singles spot, Kujundzic led No. 42 Peter Luczak by several set points in the first set, but Luczak fought back for a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win. At No. 6 singles, Brent McCombe led Nick Fustar 4-0 in the third set, but ended up dropping the match 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. The loss was McCombe's his first of the season in 13 matches.
The Cardinals return to action at 4:30 p.m. EST when they play Pacific.
Fresno State 7, Louisville 0
Doubles No. 1 - Andy Scorteanu/Rob Cheyne (FS) d. Tvrtko Kujundzic/Joachim Liem (UL) 8-3 No. 2 - Peter Luczak/David Mullins (FS) d. Cody Conley/Paulo Corvalho (UL) 8-1 No. 3 - Olivier Le Jeune/Nick Fustar (FS) d. Brent McCombe/Alex Sivertsen (UL) 8-6
Singles No. 1 - No. 42 Luczak (FS) d. Kujundzic (UL) 7-6 (5), 6-4 No. 2 - No. 25 Le Jeune (FS) d. Lien (UL) 6-4, 6-1 No. 3 - Scorteanu (FS) d. Sivertsen (UL) 6-4, 6-2 No. 4 - No. 47 Cheyne (FS) d. Corvalho (UL) 6-3, 6-0 No. 5 - Mullins (FS) d. Conley (UL) 6-2, 6-2 No. 6 - Fustar (FS) d. McCombe (UL) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
