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No. 1 USC Men Silence UNLV In ITA Kick-Off
January 28, 2012 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 28, 2012
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - The top-ranked USC men's tennis team snagged their third straight shutout win of the year with a 7-0 decision over #61 UNLV today in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend at Marks Stadium. The Trojans will move on to tomorrow's winner's circle to face UNC-Wilmington for the right to a ticket to the coming ITA National Team Indoor Championships. USC will face the Seahawks at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Jan. 29) after UNLV and South Florida face off at 10 a.m.
UNC-Wilmington edged out South Florida 4-2 in today's first match. When the Trojans took the court, they made a push through UNLV during doubles as Emilio Gomez and Roberto Quiroz pinned up an 8-4 win on court three before Daniel Nguyen and Ray Sarmiento iced the first point for USC with an 8-3 win at No. 2.
Singles was an all-out Trojan domination with no more than two games surrendered in every set but one. Quiroz was the clincher on the day with a smooth 6-2, 6-0 workover of Johannes Markel on court four, following quick wins by Eric Johnson and Ray Sarmiento. Also getting in on the victorious straight-set effort by USC in singles were Yannick Hanfmann, Jordi Vives and Daniel Nguyen, who was the lone upperclassman in the lineup for USC today.
The full day's results at Marks Stadium are below.
ITA Kick-Off Weekend
Jan. 28, 2012 - Los Angeles, Calif. (Marks Stadium)
#1 USC 7, #61 UNLV 0
DOUBLES
(1) Hanfmann/Johnson (USC) vs. Bull/Ruegamer (UNLV) - 6-5 susp.
(2) Nguyen/Sarmiento (USC) def. Markel/Schoeman (UNLV) - 8-3
(3) Gomez/Quiroz (USC) def. Batyi/Sublette (UNLV) - 8-4
USC wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
(1) #16 Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) - 6-2, 7-5
(2)#12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Tamas Batyi (UNLV) - 6-1, 6-0
(3) #33 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Alex Bull (UNLV) -6-2, 6-2
(4) Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Johannes Markel (UNLV) - 6-2, 6-0
(5) Eric Johnson (USC) def. Brian Kenyon (UNLV) - 6-0, 6-2
(6) Jordi Vives (USC) def. Willie Sublette (UNLV) - 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 5, 2, 4*, 3, 6, 1
#43 UNC-Wilmington 4, #45 South Florida 2
DOUBLES
(1) Blank/Cooprider (UNCW) def. Kilani/Sabogal (USF) -- 8-5
(2) #60 Pramming/Yoshizawa (USF) def. Reilly/Williams (UNCW) -- 8-5
(3) Aita/Mol (UNCW) def. Hagn/Marin-Salcedo (USF) -- 8-6
UNCW wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES
(1) Chris Cooprider (UNCW) def. Wael Kilani (USF) -- 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
(2) Rafael Aita (UNCW) def. Federico Sabogal (USF) -- 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
(3) Juan Carlos Acuna (USF) def. Pedro Mol (UNCW) -- 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
(4) Kosta Blank (UNCW) def. Ravi Patel (USF) -- 6-1, 6-2
(5) Kaue Pereira (UNCW) vs. Yannick Yoshizawa (USF) -- 6-4, 4-6, 5-6 susp.
(6) Lucas Marin-Salcedo (USF) def. Michael Reilly (UNCW) -- 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 4, 6, 2, 3, 1*
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