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Men's Tennis Defeats Pepperdine, 5-2
February 27, 2004 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 27, 2004
LOS ANGELES - Despite cold and windy weather conditions, the 13th-ranked USC men's tennis team defeated No. 21 Pepperdine, 5-2, Friday afternoon at Marks Tennis Stadium. With the win, the Trojans improve to 6-1 this season, while the Waves fall to 7-3.
"This was a tough day to play tennis but we did what we had to do," said second-year USC head coach Peter Smith, who spent five seasons at Pepperdine before taking the helm of the Trojan tennis program in 2002. "I think that playing at home, in addition to the talent and toughness our team possesses this season, really helped us."
The Trojans opened the match by garnering the doubles point with convincing victories at the No. 2 and 3 positions. Drew Hoskins and Daniel Langre upset Pepperdine's 16th-ranked Scott Doerner and Herrera, 8-3, at court two, following an 8-2 victory by USC's Jamil Al-Agba and Ruben Torres over Kevin Borzenski and Alexis Rafidison at court three. The Trojans' only doubles loss was at center court, where the Waves 11th-ranked duo of Calle Hansen and Pedro Rico prevailed.
Hansen captured Pepperdine's first point of the day by defeating Al-Agba at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-3, but it did not take long for the Trojans to collect four more wins and clinch the match. Adriano Biasella, Johan Berg, Langre and Torres each posted two-set victories at the No. 1, 3, 4 and 5 positions, respectively. Berg accounted for the critical fourth point when he defeated Doerner, 6-0, 7-6 at court No. 3.
Pepperdine's Richard Johnson completed the match by defeating Hoskins at No. 6 in a 10-point tiebreaker, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.
USC now prepares for its toughest match-up of the season when it hosts third-ranked Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Marks Tennis Stadium at 3 p.m.
#13 USC 5, #21 Pepperdine 2
Doubles
(1) #11 Hansen/Rico (Pepp) def. Berg/Biasella (USC) - 8-4
(2) Hoskins/Langre (USC) def. #16 Doerner/Herrera (Pepp) - 8-3
(3) Al-Agba/Torres (USC) def. Borzenski/Rafidison (Pepp) - 8-2
USC wins doubles point.
Singles
(1) Adriano Biasella (USC) def. #38 Pedro Rico (Pepp) - 7-6, 6-1
(2) #82 Calle Hansen (Pepp) def. #16 Jamil Al-Agba (USC) - 6-0, 6-3
(3) #84 Johan Berg (USC) def. Scott Doerner (Pepp) - 6-0, 7-6*
(4) Daniel Langre (USC) def. Alexandre Herrera (Pepp) - 6-4, 6-0
(5) #68 Ruben Torres (USC) def. Alexis Rafidison (Pepp) - 6-1, 6-1
(6) Richard Johnson (Pepp) def. #69 Drew Hoskins (USC) - 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
* match clinching point
- GO SC -
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