Feb. 24, 2007

(San Diego, CA) - The USD men's tennis team (3-5) saw their three-match winning streak snapped by the 13th-ranked USC Trojans (8-0) today at the USD West Tennis Courts. The Toreros jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2, but were unable to get a singles win despite playing some very competitive matches. Thomas Liversage and Chris Coetzee of USD got the Toreros off to a great start by knocking off the 24th-ranked tandem of Robert Farah and Kaes Van't Hof, 9-8 (5). Charls Wolmarans and Jonas Mouly also won at No. 2 doubles with an 8-3 win over the USC team of Loucks/Snyder.

#13 USC 6, #47 USD 1

Doubles
1. Liversage-Coetzee (USD) df. (#24) Farah-Van't Hof; 9-8 (5)
2. Mouly-Wolmarans (USD) df. Loucks-Snyder; 8-3
3. Livingston-Sacks (USC) df. Ozurovich-Brown; 8-5

USD wins doubles point.

Singles 1. Jamil Al-Agba (USC) df. Thomas Liversage; 6-3, 6-3
2. Dejan Cvetkovic (USC) df. Jonas Mouly; 7-6, 6-3
3. Kaes Van't Hof (USC) df. Chris Coetzee; 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Robert Farah (USC) df. Ryo Sekiguchi; 6-1, 6-4
5. Jason McNaughton (USC) df. Charl Wolmarans; 6-2, 6-1
6. Gary Sacks (USC) df. Matt Ozurovich; 6-2, 6-4