University Southern California Trojans
Friday, March 21
Evanston, Ill.
4:00 p.m.
USC
4
at
1
Northwestern
Photo by: Drake Lee
USC Men’s Tennis Remains Undefeated in Conference Play With Win Over Northwestern
March 21, 2025 | Men's Tennis
The Trojans are 3-0 in the Big Ten as they finished the first leg of their inaugural conference road trip
EVANSTON, Ill. – USC men's tennis (9-4, 3-0 Big Ten) remains undefeated after a quick route over Northwestern (10-8, 3-1 Big Ten) on Friday, Mar. 21 at the Combe Tennis Center.
The Trojans have now won six of their last seven of their matches, including a 3-0 start to the conference season. USC earned its win over the Wildcats by way of the doubles point and singles victories from freshman Connor Church, sophomore Volodymyr Iakubenko and senior Karl Lee.
USC won its 10th doubles point of the season, as it improved to 8-2 when it won the doubles point. Once again, the doubles point came at the heels of a victory from senior Peter Makk and graduate student Tristan Bradley. The pairing is now 8-1 from the No. 1 spot, as they won their match 6-2. The other teams that won were junior Oscar Weightman and Iakubenko, 6-3.
Church was the first Trojan to score on the singles side, as Northwestern took the first singles match at court No. 4. Church is riding a three-game win streak now as he defeated Vincent Yang 6-3, 6-3. Iakubenko earned his fourth win of the season with a three-setter, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Senior Karl Lee picked up his second clinching point of the season. Lee utilized two tiebreak points, finishing the quick dual, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
USC will continue its road trip as it travels to Champaign, Ill., to take on the No. 23-ranked Fighting Illini on their home court. The first serve for the Big Ten conference dual will start at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT at the Atkins Tennis Center.
USC 4, Northwestern 1
March 21, 2025 | Evanston, Ill. | Combe Tennis Center
DOUBLES
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
USC wins the doubles point.
SINGLES
Order of finish: 4, 6, 3, 5
The Trojans have now won six of their last seven of their matches, including a 3-0 start to the conference season. USC earned its win over the Wildcats by way of the doubles point and singles victories from freshman Connor Church, sophomore Volodymyr Iakubenko and senior Karl Lee.
USC won its 10th doubles point of the season, as it improved to 8-2 when it won the doubles point. Once again, the doubles point came at the heels of a victory from senior Peter Makk and graduate student Tristan Bradley. The pairing is now 8-1 from the No. 1 spot, as they won their match 6-2. The other teams that won were junior Oscar Weightman and Iakubenko, 6-3.
Church was the first Trojan to score on the singles side, as Northwestern took the first singles match at court No. 4. Church is riding a three-game win streak now as he defeated Vincent Yang 6-3, 6-3. Iakubenko earned his fourth win of the season with a three-setter, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Senior Karl Lee picked up his second clinching point of the season. Lee utilized two tiebreak points, finishing the quick dual, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
USC will continue its road trip as it travels to Champaign, Ill., to take on the No. 23-ranked Fighting Illini on their home court. The first serve for the Big Ten conference dual will start at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT at the Atkins Tennis Center.
USC 4, Northwestern 1
March 21, 2025 | Evanston, Ill. | Combe Tennis Center
DOUBLES
- Tristan Bradley/Peter Makk def. Saiprakash Goli/Greyson Casey 6-2
- Oscar Weightman/Volodymyr Iakubenko def. Chad Miller/Felix Nordby 6-3
- Vincent Yang/Max Bengtsson def. Matteo Morazzi/Nathan Trouve 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
USC wins the doubles point.
SINGLES
- Saiprakash Goli (NUM) vs. #30 Peter Makk (USC) 6-7 (4-7), 3-3, unfinished
- Felix Nordby (NUM) vs. #108 Nathan Trouve (USC) 6-2, 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
- Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) def. Greyson Casey (NUM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Max Bengtsson (NUM) def. Matteo Morazzi (USC) 6-4, 6-3
- Karl Lee (USC) def. Chad Miller (NUM) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3)
- Connor Church (USC) def. Vincent Yang (NUM) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 4, 6, 3, 5
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