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May 17, 2004
Matt Seeburger Wins NCAA Title

MEN'S TENNIS SINGLES NCAA FINALS WINNER: Matt Seeberger receives trophy. (Photo by Aaron Todd of Bates College.)

LEWISTON, ME -- UC Santa Cruz's Matt Seeberger won the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis singles title, and Mary Washington's Dan Uyar and Paul Bristow captured the doubles title at Bates College's Wallach Tennis Center on Monday.

Seeberger, the tournament's fourth seed, defeated John Michael Cham-A-Koon of Claremont Mudd-Scripps 6-1, 6-4 in the championship match in the morning. He broke Cham-A-Koon's serve twice early on to build a 3-0 lead before coasting to a win in the first set, then battled back from a 3-0 deficit to prevail in the second set.

    See related newsletter Slug Tennis Update Final 2004...
See Singles Bracket Results...
See Doubles Bracket Results...
  ==> See full article at Bates College online.

April 26, 2004
Ojai Proves Successful for Tennis Team

WINNER OF 104TH OJAI TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Matt Seeberger, a first in Slug freshman history.

OJAI, CA -- Freshman phenom Matt Seeberger added some bragging rights to his already impressive Slug rookie year this weekend by winning the 104th Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament. He is the first Slug to win the tournament as a freshman.

Seeberger, the Slugs' No. 2 singles player who heralds from Redwood City, defeated UCSC's No. 3 Kevin Casey 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals. In the finals, he defeated Slug senior Brian Casey, the Slugs' No. 1 singles player, 6- 4, 6-1. The Casey brothers, from Mount Shasta, are nationally ranked Nos. 6 and 11, respectively. "I think Matt showed he can crank down and play when the pressure is on," coach Bob Hansen said.

Seeberger and Brian Casey were not the only Slugs to shine at Ojai -- the UCSC team dominated singles competition, winning 16 matches against opponents from other schools and losing only five. Unranked Slug junior Bryce Parmelly, who usually does not start at singles, defeated 14th-ranked Brian Murphy of Redlands, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1.

"I think it showed that we're hitting our stride when it counts," Hansen said.

The Slugs narrowly missed a victory in doubles, as the Casey brothers were defeated 6-3, 7-6 (6) by Cham-a-Koon and sophomore Kyle Ellison.

For the Slugs, the tournament is a preview of the what they will face at next week's regional tournament, which features the same teams. The winner of the tournament qualifies for the NCAA Division III national tournament at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
  ==> See full article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
     See related newsletter Slugs Rock at Ojai...
See Bracket Results...

April 20 , 2004
Slugs Rank #3 Nationally, Win Ten Victories in a Row

RANKED #10 IN SINGLES: Junior returner Kevin Casey, up from preseason #11.

SKILLMAN, NJ -- Preseason polls had ranked UC Santa Cruz Men's Tennis 5th in the country and the #1 team in the West Region. As of April 16, Men's Tennis has moved up to 3rd nationally in the ITA Rankings. The team is now #2 in the West Region.

This year's squad is headed by a talented group of highly ranked players. In West Region doubles, Matt Brunner with Kellen Ali-Christie ranked #5, and Matt Seeberger with Shane Templeman ranked #10. In West Region singles, Brian Casey ranked #1, Matt Seeberger at #6, Shane Templeman at #9, Kevin Casey at #10, and Andrew Cohen at #21. The Slugs smashed 10 more teams in a row, vs.: Linfield, Occidental, Middlebury, La Verne, Chapman, Southwestern (TX), San Diego, UC Davis, Northern Arizona, and Cal Poly.

    See Full DIII ITA Rankings (4-16-2004)

March 23, 2004
Slugs Win Eight Victories in a Row:
The Trend Continues

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- The UCSC Men's Tennis Team took a perfect record into the ITA National Indoor Team Championships in late February, an event they won in 2001. After easily beating Bates College 7-0 in the first round, the Slugs were handed their first defeat of the year by host team and defending champ Gustavus Adolphus. However, the team rebounded in beating regional rival Trinity College, earning the Slugs 3rd place at Indoor Nationals.

The Men's team next faced 11th-ranked Redlands at home in a back and forth match until All-American Brian Casey sealed the victory for the Slugs in the last singles match of the day. Continuing a three-week homestand, the Slugs notched up wins against Pomona Pitzer and University of Rochester in early March. Then came a much awaited contest at home against East Coast tennis power Swarthmore. It didn't turn out to be much of a contest, the Slugs routed Swarthmore 7-0! UCSC ran its season record to 10-2 with a 7-0 victory over Gonzaga last weekend at the East Field House. In singles, the Slugs won all six matches without the loss of a single set! That included sophomore Shane Templeman, who is undefeated for the year in singles competition.

    ITA National Indoors...
    vs. Redlands...
    vs. Swarthmore...
    vs. Gonzaga...
    vs. Univ of South & Cal Lu...

February 8, 2004
Slugs Dominate With Early Season Victories

STOCKTON & SANTA CRUZ, CA -- It was a great weekend for Slug tennis! On Sunday February 8th we were able to play both our first and second teams against Univ of Pacific in Stockton and Dominican College at home.  Against a very good UOP team, which is currently ranked 70th in the country Div l, we had a dog fight from the beginning to the end.  At three doubles we got a great effort again from Shane Templeman and Matt Seeberger who won 8-4.  Matt is returning agressively and consistently and Shane is continuing to be more aggressive at the net.  With both players serving well they are quite dominant.  We were up early at one doubles with Matt Brunner and Kellen Ali-Christie serving well and returning solidly.  As the match progressed we lost composure and started pressing eventually falling 8-6.  At this point we were down 4-6 with the UOP team serving at 40-0 at number 2 doubles.  Early jitters led to some tight play early but Brian Casey and Bryce Parmelly played the end of the set beautifully to come back and win 9-7 giving the Slugs the doubles point.
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January 17, 2004
Slugs Tough in Singles Matches

UC Santa Cruz 3, Santa Clara 4

SINGLES
1. Gernot Fischer (SCU) def. Matt Brunner (UCSC) - 6-3, 6-2
2. Matt Seeberger (UCSC) def. Erich Chen (SCU) - 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. Kevin Casey (UCSC) def. Eric Kochanski (SCU) - 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Taylor Bedilion (SCU) def. Brian Casey (UCSC) - 6-3, 6-0
5. Francisco Zepponi (SCU) def. Andrew Cohen (UCSC) - 6-4, 7-6 (3)
6. Shane Templeman (UCSC) def. Kevin McQuaid (SCU) - 0-6, 7-5, 6-1

DOUBLES
1. Fischer/Kochanski (SCU) def. Brunner/ Kellen Ali-Christe (UCSC) - 9-7
2. Chen/McQuaid (SCU) def. Brian Casey/Parmelly (UCSC) - 8-3
3. Bedilion/Hidalgo (SCU) def. Seeberger/Templeman (UCSC) - 9-7

Dec 20, 2003
Slugs Represent - 5th in Nation on ITA DIII Rankings

MIAMI, FL -- The ITA Div. III National Rankings just came out and the Slugs are very well represented. UC Santa Cruz was ranked 5th in the team rankings. The Casey brothers must have set some kind of Div. III record as they were both ranked in the Top 11 in the country with Brian ranking 6th and Kevin ranking 11th! Shane Templeman is ranked 24th and Matt Brunner is ranked 31st, which ties UC Santa Cruz and top-ranked Emory University with the most players ranked in the Top 40! With freshman Matt Seeberger joining us in January, the Slugs will have a very formidable singles lineup.

UCSC also had two doubles teams ranked in the Top 20 in the country as Brian Casey and Bryce Parmelly were ranked 13th and Matt Brunner and Kellen Ali-Christie were ranked 20th.
    See ITA Rankings (12-3-2003)

Oct 5, 2003
Seeds of Success Fell To Slugs at West Region Championships

The UCSC Men's Tennis Team participated in the Omni West Region Championships over the weekend at Claremont College. Every one of the top eight seeds in the tournament fell to a Slug. In the second round, Jeff Olson defeated number five seed J.R. Hall of Pomona in straight sets. Also in the second round Andrew Cohen beat a very strong JC transfer to Cal Lutheran, JV Valejos, 6-4, 6-3. Henry Hasegawa beat two quality players in the opening rounds in Kyle Ellison of Claremont and Brett Baker of Occidental before falling to second seed David Frankel. Justin Coupe defeated the fourth seeded John Michael Cham-a-Koon of Claremont 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Shane Templeman, coming off a great freshman season, played wonderfully in defeating a tremendous player seeded 3rd in Redland's Brian Murphy. Matt Brunner, who was red hot at the end of last year, picked up where he left off and showed the promise that many saw last year in defeating teammate and number one seeded Brian Casey in the quarter finals. Kevin Casey, who was unable to play most of the summer due to an injury, was in top form all tournament. In the quarter finals, Kevin bested number two seeded David Frankel of Pomona 6-4, 6-3 in a great match.

In doubles we also had some amazing efforts. Henry Hasegawa and Jeff Olson defeated the 5th seed in the first round and went on to reach the quarters before falling to the top seeds 8-5. Newcomer Brian Batsel teamed with Matt Brunner to reach the semi-finals defeating 3 seeds Brian Murphy and Travis Kula of Redlands 8-4 in the quarter finals. Our top team from last year, Brian Casey and Bryce Parmelly reached the final before falling in a great match to top seeds David Frankel and JR Hall of Pomona 8-6.
==> See related article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Coach Bob Hansen inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame

July 25, 2003
Tennis Coach Bob Hansen:
A Hall of Fame Guy

UCSC Head Men's Tennis Coach Bob Hansen was inducted into the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame at the 2003 Bank of the West Classic on July 24th.

Coach Hansen's career includes NCAA team titles in 1989-95-96-98 and reaching the final four in fourteen of the past fifteen years and the finals in ten of the past fifteen. Last year he was honored as the ITA coach of the Decade for the 90s.

==> See related article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel