This is great news because the the other teams involved are Stanford, Ucla and Baylor, which are all good teams. One thing I like is how USCs players dismissed plan B players and two of the best were Steve Johnson over Micheal Hui 6-0,6-0 and the Freshman square off of Eric Johnson against #86 Marcus Giron. Giron has always been ranked ahead of Eric but it looks as if the tide has changed. With five in the round of eight Two trojan with play each other in Freshman Yannick Hanfmann vs. Soph Ray Sarmiento this like a team challenge match for position.

Funny thing is as I have looked at this team these five are the ones I thought would be there, with # 6 player being between Vives, E Johnson, Quiroz, Wang and Smith.

SHERWOOD COLLEGIATE CUP (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
SINGLES
Round of 32 - Jan. 13
[1] Steve Johnson (USC) def. Michael Hui (UCLA) -- 6-0, 6-0
Denis Lin (STAN) def. Jordi Vives (USC) -- 7-5, 6-4
[5] Nick Meister (UCLA) def. Jonny Wang (USC) -- 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
[8] #48 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Robert Stineman (STAN) -- 6-1, 6-2
Eric Johnson (USC) def. #86 Marcus Giron (UCLA) -- 6-3, 6-1
[3] #16 Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. Daniel Ho (STAN) -- 6-4, 6-4
Max Ta Ba Truong (UCLA) def. Corey Smith (USC) -- 7-6 (2), 6-0
Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) -- 6-1, 6-3
[7] #33 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Jamin Bell (STAN) -- 6-4, 6-2
[2] #12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Walker Kehrer (STAN) -- 6-4, 6-2

Round of 16 - Jan. 13
[1] Steve Johnson (USC) def. #52 Lars Behlen (BAY) -- 6-4, 6-2
[8] #48 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Marko Krickovic (BAY) -- 6-3, 6-2
#20 Mate Zsiga (BAY) def. Eric Johnson (USC) -- 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
[3] #16 Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. Max Ta Ba Truong (UCLA) -- 7-6 (4), 6-4
#37 Ryan Thacher (STAN) def. Roberto Quiroz (USC) -- 6-0, 6-1
[7] #33 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #54 Roberto Maytin (BAY) -- 6-4, 6-1
[2] #12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. #72 Clay Thompson (UCLA) -- 6-3, 6-2

Quarterfinals - Jan. 14
[1] Steve Johnson (USC) vs. [5] Nick Meister (UCLA) -- 11:30 a.m.
[8] #48 Emilio Gomez (USC) vs. #20 Mate Zsiga (BAY) -- 11:30 a.m.
[3] #16 Daniel Nguyen (USC) vs. #37 Ryan Thacher (STAN) -- 11:30 a.m.
[2] #12 Ray Sarmiento (USC) vs. [7] #33 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) -- 11:30 a.m.

USC women are playing in Las Vegas and Palm Springs, Freshmen Zoe Scandelis and Sabrina Santamaria reach round of eight while Christain and Pulido lose early. The palm springs tourney doesn't start till today with Alison Ramos, Danielle Lao and Gabriella DeSimone playing in it.

Round of 16 - Jan. 13
[2] #8 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. #99 Kaitlyn Christian (USC) -- 6-2, 6-3
[4] #18 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. #62 McCall Jones (UCLA) -- 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
[5] #19 Zoë Scandalis (USC) def. #66 Mary Clayton (DUKE) -- 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Quarterfinals - Jan. 14
[4] #18 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) vs. [6] #38 Hanna Mar (DUKE) -- 11 a.m.
[5] #19 Zoë Scandalis (USC) vs. Lucia Batta (UNLV) -- 11 a.m