USC
La Jolla Doubles
Men's Doubles Compete At Pacific Coast Championships
March 05, 2000 | Men's Tennis
March 5, 2000
La Jolla, Calif. -- Four USC pairs competed at the 111th Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championships this weekend (March 3-5) at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. The independent tournament featured amateur players, as well as athletes from UCLA, Stanford, Notre Dame, Michigan, Cal, Pepperdine, Toledo and UC Santa Barbara.
Seeded first, freshman Daniel Langre paired with USC assistant coach Glen Michibata. The duo advanced to the semifinals before falling to independent entries Kelly Gullet and Peter Smith, 7-9. Also among the top-10, fourth seed Nicholas Rainey and Ryan Moore defeated Sandy Gentile and Michael Ortiz of UC Santa Barbara, 6-2, 7-5, in the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals, the duo dropped a 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 decision to amateurs Steve Adamson and Andrew Cheney.
Parker Collins and Andrew Park earned a 6-0, 7-6 (3) victory in the opening round and then were defeated by top-ranked Geoff Abrams and Alex Kim, 3-6, 3-6, of Stanford. After dropping their first match of the tournament, Christian Jensen and Scott Merryman were eliminated by Gernet Kerschbaumer and Manuel Scherer of Toledo in consolation play.
USC will resume dual match play this week in Arizona. The Trojans will face the Wildcats on March 10, and then travel to Tempe, Ariz. to face the Sun Devils on March 11.
Round of 64
(1) Daniel Langre/Glen Michibata (USC) def. Brian Farrell/Andrew Platin (Notre Dame) - 6-0, 6-2
(4) Ryan Moore/Nicholas Rainey (USC) def. Mike Brown/Gene Carsuell - 6-2, 6-2
Parker Collins/Andrew Park (USC) def. David Angert/Donovan Schemke (UCSB) - 6-0, 7-6 (#)
Henry Beam/Ronald Nano (Michigan) def. Christian Jensen/Scott Merryman (USC) - 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4
Round of 32
(1) Langre/Michibata (USC) def. Ross Greenstein/Ryan Haymond - 6-2, 6-2
(4) Moore/Rainey (USC) def. Sandy Gentile/Michael Ortiz (UCSB) - 6-2, 7-5
Geoff Abrams/Alex Kim (Stanford) def. Collins/Park (USC) - 6-3, 6-3
Round of 16
(1) Langre/Michibata (USC) def. Javier Taborga/Aaron Talarico (Notre Dame) - 6-4, 6-4
Steve Adamson/Andrew Cheney def. (4) Rainey/Moore (USC) - 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Quarterfinals
(1) Langre/Michibata (USC) def. Morten Christensen/Chris Lewis (Cal) - 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Semifinals
Kelly Gullet/Peter Smith def. Langre/Michibata (USC) - 9-7
