USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC University of Southern California 2015 MEN’S TENNIS USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Tennis Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] Release #7 — March 17, 2015 No. 4 USC Visits Indian Wells For BNP Paribas Collegiate Tennis Challenge Trojans look to avenge a rare loss with a first-round clash against No. 20 Tulsa at the event presented by Oracle. TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM 2015 USC MEN’S TENNIS @uscmenstennis facebook.com/USCMensTennis @uscmenstennis 12-2 OVERALL, 0-0 PAC-12 THIS WEEK TROJANS IN THE ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS The No. 4 USC men set up camp in Indian Wells, Calif., for the Team (as of March 17): No. 4 second edition of the BNP Paribas Collegiate Tennis Challenge, Singles (as of March 10): running March 20-22. USC is one of eight teams from around Yannick Hanfmann - No. 8 the nation lined up for the event, presented by Oracle. The Roberto Quiroz - No. 20 Trojans (12-2) will open up with a first-round match against Jonny Wang - No. 35 Tulsa, looking for some revenge after Tulsa managed an upset Max de Vroome - No. 50 win over USC just weeks ago. On Friday (March 20), USC will Nick Crystal - No. 51 get that rematch with No. 20 Tulsa at 1:30 p.m. in Indian Wells. A win there would put USC up against either BYU or No. 3 Baylor in the semifinals at 2 p.m. on Saturday (March Doubles (as of March 10): 21). The tournament champion will be crowned after a 10 a.m. title match on Sunday (March 22). Losing teams will Hanfmann/Quiroz - No. 4 move into the consolation bracket of the event. On the other half of the draw are No. 1 Oklahoma, Purdue, No. 29 de Vroome/Johnson - No. 50 Columbia and No. 28 California. DATE OPPONENt RESULT/TIME ITA RANKINGS UPDATES Jan. 19 UC Riverside W 6-1 The Trojans — winners of five NCAA Championships in the past six years and the nation’s leader with 21 total titles ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Marks Stadium) — opened their 2015 campaign ranked No. 1 in the nation. USC was at No. 2 for one cycle after taking second at (USC, UNC Wilmington, Santa Clara, Louisiana) the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, but bounced back to No. 1 on Feb. 24. The Trojans’ upset loss to No. Jan. 23 #73 Louisiana^ W 4-0 Jan. 24 #57 Santa Clara^ W 4-0 51 Tulsa, dropped USC out of the top spot. USC is now ranked No.4 in the latest set of national rankings (March 17). The No. 6 rank is USC’s lowest since standing at No. 7 in the March 8, 2011 team rankings. Individually, USC remains Pac-12/SEC Showdown (Athens, Ga.) stacked in the rankings department. Seniors Yannick Hanfmann and Roberto Quiroz opened the year tabbed at #1 Jan. 31 vs. #17 Florida~ W 5-2 in doubles, and have since move to #4 in the latest set of individual rankings, released March 10. Yannick Hanfmann Feb. 1 at #7 Georgia~ W 4-0 remains USC’s highest ranked singles player, weighing in at #8 in the nation as he continues his senior season. Fellow Feb. 7 UC Irvine W 7-0 senior Roberto Quiroz is next in line, ranked at #20 in the nation in singles. Joining that pair in the singles rankings San Diego State Ppd. are #35 Jonny Wang, #50 Max de Vroome and #51 Nick Crystal. Also in doubles, USC has #50 Max de Vroome and ITA National Indoor Championships (Chicago) Eric Johnson teaming up for a spot in the rankings. Feb. 13 #22 Penn St. (Rd of 16)& W 4-0 CHALLENGERS Feb. 14 #8 Ohio State (Quarters)& W 4-1 Feb. 15 #4 Georgia (Semis)& W 4-1 The No. 4 Trojans are joined by seven other teams out at Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Collegiate Tennis Chal- Feb. 16 #2 Oklahoma (Champ)& L 4-2 lenge presented by Oracle. USC’s half of the draw includes No. 3 Baylor, BYU and No. 20 Tulsa. On the other half, Feb 27 #37 Stanford (P12) W 6-1 No. 1 Oklahoma is joined by No. 29 Columbia, No. 28 California and Purdue. When it comes to rankings, Baylor has Feb 28 #51 Tulsa L 4-3 #4 Julian Lenz, #29 Tony Lupieri and #36 Maxime Tchoutakian ranked in singles along with three ranked doubles March 5 at #32 San Diego W 5-2 pairs: #28 Lupieri/Rios, #40 Lupieri/Zsiga and #77 Lenz/Galeano. Oklahoma has #7 Axel Alvarez Llamas, #19 Andrew March 5-8 Pacific Coast Doubles All Day Harris, #26 Dane Webb and #53 Alexandru Ghilea in singles and two ranked doubles pairs: #5 Alvarez/Webb and March 14 #14 UCLA (P12) W 4-1 #69 Ghilea/Harris. Columbia has #16 Winston Lin and #83 Dragos Ignat ranked in singles and three ranked doubles Oracle Challenge (Indian Wells, Calif.) (USC, Tulsa, California, Georgia, Oregon, Baylor, Purdue, Columbia) pairs: #20 Narayana/Schnur, #42 Vermeer/Pham and #57 Lin/Vermeer. California has #67 Andre Goransson and March 20 vs. #20 Tulsa! 1:30 p.m. #87 Filip Bergevi in singles and two ranked doubles teams: #36 Bayane/Melton and #65 Goransson/Wikberg. Tulsa March 21 vs. BYU/#3 Baylor! TBD has #37 Or Ram-Harel and #100 Alejandro Espejo in singles and #53 Espejo/Bautista in doubles. BYU and Purdue March 22 vs. TBD! TBD have no ranked individuals. March 27 Washington* 1:30 p.m. March 28 Oregon* 1 p.m. LAST WEEK April 3 Utah* 1:30 p.m. USC was resoundingly triumphant in its home battle against rival UCLA last week. Hosting the No. 14 Bruins in the April 4 Arizona* 1 p.m. first crosstown showdown of the season, the No. 5 Trojans held their ground and stayed a step ahead of UCLA for April 10 at California* 1:30 p.m. a 4-1 victory at Marks Stadium. After a stubborn stand in doubles play, USC got a spark in singles play from junior April 11 at Stanford* 1 p.m. Max de Vroome’s shutout on court six. UCLA would pull off a win on court two, but the Trojans remained anchored April 16 at UCLA* (P12) 1:30 p.m. by the bottom half of the lineup as Nick Crystal snagged a straight-set win on court five beforeJonny Wang clinched Apr. 22-25 Pac-12 Championships% it all for the Trojans from court four, later earning himself his first career selection as the Pac-12 Player of the Week May 8-9 NCAA Regionals@ on March 16. The Trojans emerged victorious in a tight doubles battle, with court three’s Trojan tandem of Nick May 14-19 NCAA Team Champs$ Crystal and Thibault Forget coming up big to clinch the point on a 6-3 win. Crystal/Forget shrugged off deuce games May 20-25 NCAA Individual Champs$ to hold serve and work out ahead of the Bruins, going up 4-2 with Crystal at the service line and then up 5-3 on Forget’s hold to move into position for the break and the win. USC’s #4 senior pair ofYannick Hanfmann and Roberto Home matches in Bold (at Marks Stadium) * Pac-12 match Quiroz had given USC a leg up from court one with a smooth 6-2 win over UCLA’s #6 McDonald/Redlicki, pinning All times are local to match site ^ ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Marks Stadium) up a late break and then getting one last hold from Hanfmann to register the first win of the day. On court two, ~ Pac-12/SEC Showdown (Athens, Ga.) UCLA’s Di Giulio/Sell managed a 6-3 victory over USC’s #50 Max de Vroome and Eric Johnson to pull the doubles & ITA National Team Indoors (Chicago, Ill.) ! Oracle Challenge (Indian Wells, Calif.) action even and put the clincher on court three. With that 1-0 lead in-hand, USC marched on to singles play. Quite % Pac-12 Championships (Ojai, Calif.) clearly, de Vroome was up to the challenge. His loss in doubles left the #50 junior unfazed as he gave up no ground @ NCAA Regionals (Site TBD) $ NCAA Championships (Waco, Texas) (P12) = televised on Pac-12 Networks — more — 2015 USC MEN’S TENNIS Page 1 USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC to UCLA’s Ryoto Tachi on court six, delivering a stifling Ohio State to help USC win that match - a rematch of 6-0, 6-0 sweep that promptly tacked a 2-0 lead to the the 2014 ITA Indoors title match. In the final, Johnson 2014-15 HONORS scoreboard for the Trojans. UCLA was able to break was the only Trojan to win out in doubles and singles as through on court two, however. There, a late break in USC fell 4-2 to No. 2 Oklahoma. The singles win marked 2014 ITA ALL-AMERICAN SINGLES FINAList: the first set knocked USC’s #20 senior Quiroz off balance, Johnson’s sixth straight victory and gave him an 8-1 mark Yannick Hanfmann (Oct. 6) and UCLA’s #3 Dennis Mkrtchian worked out ahead in in dual-match singles play. For his efforts, Johnson not the second set next.