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No. 10 USC Men’s Tennis Boasts Doubles Team of the Year, Six Trojans Earn All-Pac-12 Accolades
May 04, 2023 | Men's Tennis
Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye named Doubles Team of the Year for second season in a row.
USC men's tennis is enjoying a crop of Pac-12 awards with the Doubles Team of the Year and a a solid set of First Team and Honorable Mention recipients. Senior Stefan Dostanic and fifth year Bradley Frye received Doubles Team of the Year accolades while six total Trojans have picked up All-Pac-12 accolades.
USC's Dostanic and Frye are the Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year for the second consecutive season, the first back-to-back winners of the award since UCLA's Evan Zhu and Martin Redlicki in 2017 and 2018. The league's top doubles duo at No. 13, who have been as high as No. 2 in September, they carry a 12-9 overall record into NCAA play. They are just the fourth duo to earn the award in back-to-back years since it began in 2000. They're the second Trojan pair to do so, Robert Farah and Steve Johnson in 2009-10. Troy has now claimed the conference doubles team of the year award for the third consecutive season.
Troy's three-pack earning All-Pac-12 First Team honors are all first-time recipients aside from senior Dostanic, who has a first-teamer last season as the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year. He's joined on this year's list by junior Wojtek Marek and sophomore Peter Makk. All three have been instrumental in the USC lineup, having all tallied double-digit singles wins to date, led by NCAA singles bound Makk's 26 victories. The group as a whole has also combined forces to clinch 12 of USC's 19 dual match wins to date.
An additional three Trojans were honorable mention selections, including Frye, junior Lodewijk Weststrate and freshman Learner Tien. Combined the three have clinch four matches for the Trojans this season.
THIS WEEK
No. 10 USC (10-seed) is set to open up its 2023 NCAA campaign from home turf for the 16th straight time, hosting Idaho, UC Santa Barbara and San Diego for first and second round competition May 5-6 at Marks Stadium. On Friday (May 5), UC Santa Barbara and San Diego will start things off at 11 a.m., and at 2 p.m., USC will take on Idaho. Winning teams will square off in the NCAA Second Round at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 6) to fight for a ticket to the NCAA Super Regional at sites to be determined.
The eight teams that advance out of that round will head to the USTA National for the remaining rounds of NCAA competition taking place May 18-20. So, too, will NCAA Individual Championships be held at Complex, with singles and doubles competition running May 22-27.
NCAA OPENING ROUNDS | MARKS STADIUM
Friday, May 5
11 a.m. — #38 UC Santa Barbara (22-3) vs. #30 San Diego (17-7)
2 p.m. — [10] #10 USC (19-7) vs. Idaho (15-8)
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Saturday, May 6
2 p.m. — NCAA Second Round
Live scoring
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TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS
In the ITA's latest team rankings, USC remained at No. 10 following a strong showing at the Pac-12 Championships.
USC boasts three Trojans in the national singles rankings with senior Stefan Dostanic leading Troy at No. 25. Trojan sophomore Peter Makk locked in the No. 39 ranking while Wojtek Marek claimed the No. 109 ranking.
USC also boasts the No. 13 ranked doubles pair in Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye. The Trojan duo of Frye and freshman Learner Tien moved up in the rankings, checking in at No. 45.
NCAA NOTES
Under the direction of head coach Brett Masi for the fourth season, USC is making its 16th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, and 44th overall appearance. Now carrying a 19-7 overall record, the No. 10-seeded Trojans are looking to make a deep run in the tournament. With five NCAA crowns claimed since 2009, USC continues to lead the nation with 21 national championships all-time and holds a 112-38 overall record in the NCAA Tournament. USC was a No. 12 seed in 2022 in a run to the NCAA Super Regional. During USC's current 16-year run of NCAA appearances, USC has been seeded No. 1 (2012 & 2014), No. 2 (2011), No. 4 (2013 & 2017), No. 5 (2010), No. 7 (2015), No. 8 (2009 & 2019), No. 10 (2016, 2018 & 2023), No. 12 (2007 & 2021) and No. 13 (2022) — with NCAA titles captured in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
TROJANS TO DATE
USC secured its place in the 2023 NCAA Tournament as an automatic qualifier after its dominating run to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship. The title was the fourth consecutive conference crown and seventh overall for the Trojans and improved their record to 19-7 overall. In the last NCAA tourney, USC was a No. 12 seed and reached the 2022 NCAA Super Regional. Ranked No. 10 in the nation in the latest poll, 10 seed USC has a roster balanced by veteran and up-and-coming young talent. With momentum gained from the Pac-12 Championship, USC also boasts three ranked singles players as well as two ranked doubles pairs.
SCOUTING IDAHO
Unranked Idaho emerges from the Big Sky Conference after securing their second straight conference title. The Vandals have an overall record 15-8 this season with a 5-2 record in conference play. Idaho is 1-2 against ranked opponents this season, with a victory over No. 55 New Mexico in February and loses to both No. 67 Air Force and No. 70 Northern Arizona. Idaho has no ranked singles or doubles players. The Trojans are 2-0 in their all-time series against Idaho.
SCOUTING UC SANTA BARBARA
No. 38 Santa Barbara enters the tournament as champions of the Big West Conference. Gauchos are 22-3 this season, with a 5-1 record in conference play. Santa Barbara has no ranked singles players and one ranked doubles pairing in No. 80 Phillip Jordan and Kai Brady. The Gauchos have played split against their two ranked opponents this season with a win against No. 28 Cal followed by a loss against No. 64 Oregon. The Trojans have never faced the Gauchos.
SCOUTING UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
No. 30 San Diego enters the tournament following a loss to No. 37 Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference championship. USD is 17-7 this season, with an 8-1 record in conference play. San Diego has gone 6-5 in 11 matches against ranked opponents this season. San Diego has one ranked singles player in No. 76 Iiro Vasa and no ranked doubles pairings. The Trojans are 43-3 all time against San Diego.
PAC-12 CHAMPS
USC worked its way to its fourth straight Pac-12 Tournament title after a dominant showing in Ojai, dropping only two singles match during the run to the Trojans' seventh overall conference crown. The No. 1 seed in the tourney, USC cruised past No. 9 seeded Oregon 4-0 in the quarterfinals with the clincher coming from Bradley Frye to get the Trojans to the semifinals for the 11th consecutive time. Against No. 4 seed Stanford in the semis, USC snagged dropped the doubles point but rebounded in singles, claiming four singles match to win the match and advance to the championship final. In the title match for the tenth time, USC struggled to get things going in doubles, once again dropping the early point. Troy bounced back in singles, winning four singles matches as Wojtek Marek delivered the clinch.
NCAA INDIVIDUAL ACTION
USC men's tennis has a familiar set of faces heading into their second consecutive NCAA Individual competition, with two Trojans locked in for singles play and one USC duo in that draw. Senior Stefan Dostanic and sophomore Peter Makk have secured their spots in the 64-player NCAA Singles draw, while Dostanic and fifth year Bradley Frye will make their second NCAA doubles appearance.
LAST SEASON
In Brett Masi's second season at the helm of the USC program, the Trojans posted a 23-6 overall record and claimed the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament Championship along the way. After a run to the 2022 NCAA Super Regional, where USC fell in a tough 4-2 decision to Ohio State, the Trojans ended the season ranked No. 10 in the land. Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye both earned ITA All-American status for doubles, having made a run to the NCAA Doubles Round of 32. Dostanic also earned ITA All-America status in singles, reaching the Round of 16. USC nearly swept the Pac-12 postseason awards as the Trojans claimed Coach of the Year, Singles Player of the Year and Doubles Team of the Year.
USC's Dostanic and Frye are the Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year for the second consecutive season, the first back-to-back winners of the award since UCLA's Evan Zhu and Martin Redlicki in 2017 and 2018. The league's top doubles duo at No. 13, who have been as high as No. 2 in September, they carry a 12-9 overall record into NCAA play. They are just the fourth duo to earn the award in back-to-back years since it began in 2000. They're the second Trojan pair to do so, Robert Farah and Steve Johnson in 2009-10. Troy has now claimed the conference doubles team of the year award for the third consecutive season.
Troy's three-pack earning All-Pac-12 First Team honors are all first-time recipients aside from senior Dostanic, who has a first-teamer last season as the Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year. He's joined on this year's list by junior Wojtek Marek and sophomore Peter Makk. All three have been instrumental in the USC lineup, having all tallied double-digit singles wins to date, led by NCAA singles bound Makk's 26 victories. The group as a whole has also combined forces to clinch 12 of USC's 19 dual match wins to date.
An additional three Trojans were honorable mention selections, including Frye, junior Lodewijk Weststrate and freshman Learner Tien. Combined the three have clinch four matches for the Trojans this season.
THIS WEEK
No. 10 USC (10-seed) is set to open up its 2023 NCAA campaign from home turf for the 16th straight time, hosting Idaho, UC Santa Barbara and San Diego for first and second round competition May 5-6 at Marks Stadium. On Friday (May 5), UC Santa Barbara and San Diego will start things off at 11 a.m., and at 2 p.m., USC will take on Idaho. Winning teams will square off in the NCAA Second Round at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 6) to fight for a ticket to the NCAA Super Regional at sites to be determined.
The eight teams that advance out of that round will head to the USTA National for the remaining rounds of NCAA competition taking place May 18-20. So, too, will NCAA Individual Championships be held at Complex, with singles and doubles competition running May 22-27.
NCAA OPENING ROUNDS | MARKS STADIUM
Friday, May 5
11 a.m. — #38 UC Santa Barbara (22-3) vs. #30 San Diego (17-7)
2 p.m. — [10] #10 USC (19-7) vs. Idaho (15-8)
Live scoring
Watch
Saturday, May 6
2 p.m. — NCAA Second Round
Live scoring
Watch
TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS
In the ITA's latest team rankings, USC remained at No. 10 following a strong showing at the Pac-12 Championships.
USC boasts three Trojans in the national singles rankings with senior Stefan Dostanic leading Troy at No. 25. Trojan sophomore Peter Makk locked in the No. 39 ranking while Wojtek Marek claimed the No. 109 ranking.
USC also boasts the No. 13 ranked doubles pair in Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye. The Trojan duo of Frye and freshman Learner Tien moved up in the rankings, checking in at No. 45.
NCAA NOTES
Under the direction of head coach Brett Masi for the fourth season, USC is making its 16th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, and 44th overall appearance. Now carrying a 19-7 overall record, the No. 10-seeded Trojans are looking to make a deep run in the tournament. With five NCAA crowns claimed since 2009, USC continues to lead the nation with 21 national championships all-time and holds a 112-38 overall record in the NCAA Tournament. USC was a No. 12 seed in 2022 in a run to the NCAA Super Regional. During USC's current 16-year run of NCAA appearances, USC has been seeded No. 1 (2012 & 2014), No. 2 (2011), No. 4 (2013 & 2017), No. 5 (2010), No. 7 (2015), No. 8 (2009 & 2019), No. 10 (2016, 2018 & 2023), No. 12 (2007 & 2021) and No. 13 (2022) — with NCAA titles captured in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
TROJANS TO DATE
USC secured its place in the 2023 NCAA Tournament as an automatic qualifier after its dominating run to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship. The title was the fourth consecutive conference crown and seventh overall for the Trojans and improved their record to 19-7 overall. In the last NCAA tourney, USC was a No. 12 seed and reached the 2022 NCAA Super Regional. Ranked No. 10 in the nation in the latest poll, 10 seed USC has a roster balanced by veteran and up-and-coming young talent. With momentum gained from the Pac-12 Championship, USC also boasts three ranked singles players as well as two ranked doubles pairs.
SCOUTING IDAHO
Unranked Idaho emerges from the Big Sky Conference after securing their second straight conference title. The Vandals have an overall record 15-8 this season with a 5-2 record in conference play. Idaho is 1-2 against ranked opponents this season, with a victory over No. 55 New Mexico in February and loses to both No. 67 Air Force and No. 70 Northern Arizona. Idaho has no ranked singles or doubles players. The Trojans are 2-0 in their all-time series against Idaho.
SCOUTING UC SANTA BARBARA
No. 38 Santa Barbara enters the tournament as champions of the Big West Conference. Gauchos are 22-3 this season, with a 5-1 record in conference play. Santa Barbara has no ranked singles players and one ranked doubles pairing in No. 80 Phillip Jordan and Kai Brady. The Gauchos have played split against their two ranked opponents this season with a win against No. 28 Cal followed by a loss against No. 64 Oregon. The Trojans have never faced the Gauchos.
SCOUTING UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
No. 30 San Diego enters the tournament following a loss to No. 37 Pepperdine in the West Coast Conference championship. USD is 17-7 this season, with an 8-1 record in conference play. San Diego has gone 6-5 in 11 matches against ranked opponents this season. San Diego has one ranked singles player in No. 76 Iiro Vasa and no ranked doubles pairings. The Trojans are 43-3 all time against San Diego.
PAC-12 CHAMPS
USC worked its way to its fourth straight Pac-12 Tournament title after a dominant showing in Ojai, dropping only two singles match during the run to the Trojans' seventh overall conference crown. The No. 1 seed in the tourney, USC cruised past No. 9 seeded Oregon 4-0 in the quarterfinals with the clincher coming from Bradley Frye to get the Trojans to the semifinals for the 11th consecutive time. Against No. 4 seed Stanford in the semis, USC snagged dropped the doubles point but rebounded in singles, claiming four singles match to win the match and advance to the championship final. In the title match for the tenth time, USC struggled to get things going in doubles, once again dropping the early point. Troy bounced back in singles, winning four singles matches as Wojtek Marek delivered the clinch.
NCAA INDIVIDUAL ACTION
USC men's tennis has a familiar set of faces heading into their second consecutive NCAA Individual competition, with two Trojans locked in for singles play and one USC duo in that draw. Senior Stefan Dostanic and sophomore Peter Makk have secured their spots in the 64-player NCAA Singles draw, while Dostanic and fifth year Bradley Frye will make their second NCAA doubles appearance.
LAST SEASON
In Brett Masi's second season at the helm of the USC program, the Trojans posted a 23-6 overall record and claimed the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament Championship along the way. After a run to the 2022 NCAA Super Regional, where USC fell in a tough 4-2 decision to Ohio State, the Trojans ended the season ranked No. 10 in the land. Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye both earned ITA All-American status for doubles, having made a run to the NCAA Doubles Round of 32. Dostanic also earned ITA All-America status in singles, reaching the Round of 16. USC nearly swept the Pac-12 postseason awards as the Trojans claimed Coach of the Year, Singles Player of the Year and Doubles Team of the Year.
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