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2010 USC MEN’S TENNIS table oF contents Quick Facts usc Men’s tennis boosters Quick.Facts./.Media.Notes..........................................1 university information Season.Outlook./.Roster.............................................2 Location:.............................................Los.Angeles,.Calif. The.2010.USC.men’s.tennis.team.would. ITA.Rankings....................................................................3 Founded:.................................................................... 1880 like.to.thank.all.boosters.and.sponsors. Peter.Smith, Head Coach..............................................4 Enrollment:.............................................................33,000 for.their.support.of.Trojan.Tennis. Assistant.Coaches..........................................................5 Size:....................................................................150.Acres Marks.Tennis.Stadium./.Support.Staff........................6 President:........................................... Dr..Steven.Sample 2010.Trojans....................................................................7 Athletic.Director:..................................... Mike.Garrett 2009.Results..................................................................13 National.Affiliation:............................NCAA.Division.I 2009.Match-By-Match.Results..................................15 Conference:......................................................Pacific-10 2009.NCAA.Champions.Collage.............................18 Nickname:................................................. Trojans./.Troy All-Time.Honors..........................................................20 Fight.Song:...................................................... “Fight.On” Colors:.................................................. Cardinal.&.Gold USC.Letterwinners......................................................22 Home.Court:..............................Marks.Tennis.Stadium Trojans.in.the.Hall.of.Fame........................................24 Capacity:................................................................... 1,000 Trojans.in.the.Pros.......................................................25 National.Championships............................................26 tennis information Year-By-Year..................................................................28 Head.Coach:...................Peter.Smith,.seventh.season liFe Opponent.Series.Records..........................................32 John.Andrews Record.at.USC:.............127-56.(.694),.seven.seasons Dann.Angeloff Overall.Record:................ 402-191.(.678),.22.seasons Steven.and.Mary.Birch Media notes Smith’s.Phone:.......................................(213).740-3829 Gary.Buntmann Associate.Head.Coach:.George.Husack,.first.season Lawrence.Davidson interviews: To.arrange.an.interview.with.coaches. Husack’s.Phone:....................................(213).740-3827 Steve.Holwell or.athletes,.please.contact.Darcy.Couch.at.least.one. Vol..Assistant.Coach:............ Eric.Amend,.fifth.season Rick.Leach day.in.advance..Check.with.the.USC.Sports.Informa- Dir..of.Operations:..................................Jamie.Gelbart Martin.Massman tion. Office. regarding. the. team. practice. schedule. Gelbart’s.Phone:...................................... 213-821-4426 Toby.Page Players.can.be.made.available.after.practice.sessions. 2009.Overall.Record:..............................................25-5 J..Douglas.and.Marian.Pardee and.following.home.matches... Bonnie.Sanborn 2009.Conference.Record:.............................5-1.(2nd) Eric.Schick 2009.Postseason:........................... NCAA.Champions Con.and.Diane.Schweitzer trojans on the Web: Current. men’s. tennis. Final.Team.Ranking:................................................. No..1 Doug.Snyder information,.as.well.as.news,.features.and.updated. Letterwinners.Returning/Lost:..............................8./.1 Hank.Weeks statistics.can.be.found.on.the.web.at: Newcomers:....................................................................3. http://www.usctrojans.com Gold tennis History Brad.and.Amanda.Cherry For. more. information. on. the. Pac-10. Conference,. All-Time.Program.Record:............1192-333-4.(.781) Ron.Peterson go.to: All-Time.Conference.Record:........ 381-177-3.(.682) http://www.pac-10.org All-Time.NCAA.Tourn..Record:..............68-29.(.701) cardinal National.Team.Championships:.................................17 Tom.Moulton.and.Ginny.Dunn For.more.information.on.all.NCAA.Division.I.sports. ........................... (1946,.1951,.1955,.1958,.1962,.1963,. Ray.Weber and.championships,.go.to: .............................1964,.1966,.1967,.1968,.1969,.1976,. Trojan.Club.of.San.Diego http://www.ncaa.com .......................................1991,.1993,.1994,.2002,.2009) National.Singles.Championships:..............................13 ...................................... (1934,.1946,.1952,.1956,.1958,. PlaYer For.more.information.on.the.Intercollegiate.Tennis. .Bill.Bond ........................................1962,.1963,.1964,.1967,.1968,. Association.(ITA),.go.to: David.Blankenship .............................................................1969,.1980,.1996) http://www.itatennis.com Richard.Bohrnstedt National.Doubles.Championships:...........................21 Alexander.Campbell ...................................... (1934,.1938,.1941,.1946,.1951,. Buddy.Carls it’s not southern cal: In.references.to.athletic. ........................................1955,.1956,.1958,.1961,.1962,. Berkley.Eichel teams.of.the.University.of.Southern.California,.the. ........................................1963,.1964,.1967,.1968,.1969,. Ernie.Follico following.are.preferred:.USC,.Southern.California,.So.. ............................1975,.1977,.1986,.1987,.1989,.2007) Patricia.Galt California,.Troy.and.Trojans.for.men’s.and.women’s. Pac-10.Team.Championships.....................................14 J.Douglas.Gilmour teams,. and.Women. of.Troy. for. women’s. teams. ...................................... (1962,.1963,.1964,.1966,.1967,. Steve.and.Carol.Kreisle PLEASE.do.not.use.Southern.Cal. It’s.like.calling.San. Richard.Mackaig ........................................1968,.1980,.1984,.1987,.1991,. Francisco.“Frisco”.or.North.Carolina.“North.Car.”). Brien.O’Connell ..................................................1992,.1993,.1994,.2004) Arnold.Saul NCAA.Appearances:...................................................31 Bonnie.Sanborn credits John.Shea The.2010.Men’s.Tennis.Media.Guide.was.prepared.by. sports information Brian.Sonner Darcy.Couch, Assistant.Sports.Information.Direc- Men’s.Tennis.SID:......................................Darcy.Couch Mike.Stein tor. Special.thanks.to.Dan.Avila.for.headshots.and. SID.Phone:.............................................(213).740-3808 to.Jon.Eilts.and.Gabe.Chmielewski.for.2009.NCAA. Cell.Phone:.............................................(213).725-3447 club photography. Additional.photography.also.courtesy. SID.Fax:...................................................(213).740-7584 John.Huber of.Dan.Avila, Jason.Chan,.Sam.Haythorn,.John.Pyle,. E-mail:.................................................. [email protected] Robert.Kato Heston. Quan,. Gary. Rus,. Jim. Sabo,. Eddie. Siegel,. Website:........................................www.usctrojans.com James.Marvick Michael.Sugarman,.Jon.SooHoo,.Po-He.Tseng,.Gavin. Sports.Information.Address:.......................................... John.Mellot Werboloff.and.Troy.Witt..Printing.by.Chromatic. ................................................ USC.Sports.Information Carol.and.Bruce.Munch ...............................3501.Watt.Way,.Heritage.Hall.103 Tim.Pawsat ...................................................Los.Angeles,.CA.90089 Robert.Washer 2010 USC Men’s Tennis Media Guide • 1 • 2010 USC ROSTER NAME HT WT YEAR EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Pronunciation Robert Farah 6-2 185 Sr. 3V Cali, Colombia (San Andres Apostol) Guide Joel Giger 6-2 145 Fr. HS Busserach, Switzerland Daniel Gliner 5-9 150 Jr. 2V San Francisco, Calif. (Hebrew Academy) Robert FARAH Steve Johnson 6-4 200 So. 1V Orange, Calif. (Orange HS) FARR-uh Matt Kecki 5-10 170 So. 1V Sacramento, Calif. (Horizon Charter School) Jason McNAUGHTON Ben Lankenau 6-4 215 So. 1V Denver, Colo. mick-NOT-tin Peter Lucassen 5-7 140 Jr. TR Vught, The Netherlands (Universiteit van Tilburg) Daniel NGUYEN Jason McNaughton 6-0 170 Sr. 3V San Diego, Calif. (Futures International HS) WINN Daniel Nguyen 5-10 165 So. 1V Oxnard, Calif. (Santa Barbara HS) JAAK POLDMA Jaak Poldma 5-11 170 Jr. 2V Tallinn, Estonia (Audentese Erakool) yawk POLED-mah JT Sundling 6-3 170 Fr. HS Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Westlake HS) Peter LUcASSEN LOO-cah-sin HEAD COACH: Peter Smith (eighth season), Long Beach State 1987 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: George Husack (first season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: COACH: Eric Amend (fifth season) 2010 SEASON OUTLOOK They’re probably the last words that opposing teams want to hear from the “Clearly the focus defending national champions: is the national team “I think we’re better than last year.” Not one to mince words, USC head championship, and that’s coach Peter Smith’s first impression of his what we will try and 2010 men’s tennis team bodes well for the direct all of our energies season to come for the Trojans. His squad picked up the 2009 NCAA Championship toward.” for Smith’s first national title and the 17th — USC head coach Peter Smith overall for the USC men’s tennis program. And if Smith’s early glimpse of the Trojans