University Southern California Trojans
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Men's Tennis Claims 6-1 Victory Over Arizona
March 13, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 13, 2004
LOS ANGELES - The fourth-ranked USC men's tennis team completed a sweep of the desert schools by defeating No. 25 Arizona, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at Marks Tennis Stadium, a day after sweeping Arizona State. With the win, the Trojans improve to 10-2 overall and 3-0 in the Pac-10. The Wildcats drop to 8-6, 0-2 in conference-counting matches.
"I am very pleased with the way we've started our Pac-10 season," said USC head coach Peter Smith. "It's a nice start and hopefully we can continue this level of play against the remaining teams."
The Trojans got past all three doubles matches with ease, winning 8-5 at center court and 8-3 and 8-4 at courts two and three.
At the start of singles, USC held Arizona nearly scoreless on four of six courts in the first set. The Trojans eventually posted two-set victories on each of those four courts to ensure the USC win. Johan Berg defeated Tom Lloyd, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2. Jamil Al-Agba captured a 6-2, 6-4 win over Whi Kim at court three. Ruben Torres beat Colin O'Grady, 6-0, 6-2, at the No. 4 spot and Drew Hoskins posted a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Daniel Andrus at No. 5.
Arizona's only victory came at center court as Roger Matalonga upset the Trojans' 25th-ranked Adriano Biasella, 6-2, 6-0. USC's Daniel Langre completed the match with a comeback effort to defeat the Wildcats' Paul Warkentin, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, at court six.
The Trojans resume play on Friday, March 19, when they travel to Pepperdine for a 1:30 p.m. match in Malibu.
#4 USC 6, #25 Arizona 1
Doubles
(1) Berg/Biasella (USC) def. Matalonga/O'Grady (Ariz) - 8-5
(2) #12 Hoskins/Langre (USC) def. Andrus/Warkentin (Ariz) - 8-3
(3) Parker Collins/Torres (USC) def. Kim/Tim Mullane (Ariz) - 8-4
USC wins doubles point.
Singles
(1) Roger Matalonga (Ariz) def. #25 Adriano Biasella (USC) - 6-2, 6-0
(2) #56 Johan Berg (USC) def. Tom Lloyd (Ariz) - 6-1, 6-2
(3) #53 Jamil Al-Agba (USC) def. Whi Kim (Ariz) - 6-2, 6-4
(4) Ruben Torres (USC) def. Colin O'Grady (Ariz) - 6-0, 6-2
(5) #80 Drew Hoskins (USC) def. Daniel Andrus (Ariz) - 6-1, 6-1
(6) Daniel Langre (USC) def. Paul Warkentin (Ariz) - 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
