USC
Purdue
Men's Tennis Derails Boilermakers
March 17, 2000 | Men's Tennis
March 17, 2000
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The 19th-ranked USC men's tennis team won its fifth straight with a 6-1 victory over No. 57 Purdue, Thursday afternoon at Marks Tennis Stadium. The Trojans improve to 11-4 overall, 4-1 in the Pac-10, while Purdue falls to 6-5 this season.
USC won two of three doubles matches to earn its first point of the day. With new pairings, the Trojans earned victories in the No. 1 and 2 positions. The Boilermakers posted a win at No. 2 doubles, as Carl McCafferty and Derek Miller defeated Ryan Moore and Andrew Park, 9-7.
The Trojans nearly swept all six singles matches, but an injury Patrick Gottesleben forced him to retire his match after taking a 7-5 lead in the first set. Purdue did not allow USC to glide through the following five matches, forcing spots 2, 3, 4 and 5 into third set tiebreakers. At the No. 6 position, USC's Parker Collins was the only one to complete his match in two sets as he earned a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Laith Al-Agba.
The Trojans return to action tomorrow, March 14, against No. 32 Clemson. USC will host the Tigers at 1:30 p.m. at Marks Tennis Stadium.
Singles
(1) Jason Marshall (Purdue) def. Patrick Gottesleben (USC) - 5-7, 6-3, ret.
(2) Andrew Park (USC) def. Derek Miller (Purdue) - 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
(3) Ryan Moore (USC) def. Andrew Wakefield (Purdue) - 7-6, 7-0 (6-3)
(4) Nicholas Rainey (USC) def. Carl McCafferty (Purdue) - 7-6, 8-6 (6-7), 7-5 (6-3)
(5) Daniel Langre (USC) def. Scott Mayer (Purdue) - 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
(6) Parker Collins (USC) def. Laith Al-Agba (Purdue) - 6-1, 7-5
Doubles
(1) Langre/Rainey (USC) def. Marshall/Wakefield (Purdue) - 8-6
(2) McCafferty/Miller (Purdue) def. Moore/Park (USC) - 9-7
(3) Collins/Gottesleben (USC) def. Al-Agba/Mayer (Purdue) - 8-8 (7-4)
