The Women Beat a shorthanded ASU team 6-1 after ASU had to forfiet #3 doubles and #5 singles, due to injuries. The only Trojan to lose was #1 freshman Zoë Scandalis which was a close match going either way, this took place after the Lady Trojans had already won the match and reminding matches up to Zoe's. Now the #4 women take off to the bay area Friday against Stanford and Saturday with Cal, both are ranked in the top ten 6th and 9th respectively. Then the following week they end Pac-12 play with a match at Westwood against the #1 ranked Bruins.
#4 USC 6, #29 Arizona State 1
April 7, 2012 -- Marks Stadium
DOUBLES
(1) #2 Christian/Santamaria (USC) def. Brycki/Smith (ASU) -- 7-8 ret.
(2) Pulido/Scandalis (USC) def. James/Sahagun (ASU) -- 8-2
(3) Lao/Ramos (USC) win by ASU default
USC wins doubles point.
SINGLES
(1) Michelle Brycki (ASU) def. #15 Zoë Scandalis (USC) -- 7-6 (2), 6-4
(2) #22 Danielle Lao (USC) vs. Joanna Smith (ASU) -- 6-0, 6-1*
(3) #36 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) vs. Hannah James (ASU) -- 6-1, 6-2
(4) #76 Kaitlyn Christian (USC) vs. Leighann Sahagun (ASU) -- 0-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5)
(5) Gabriella DeSimone (USC) win by ASU default
(6) Valeria Pulido (USC) win by ASU default
Order of finish: 2*, 3, 4, 1
The #1 Mens team took on the Wildcats in Tucson on Staurday and came away with a 6-1 win and #23 on the year, 43 in a row not bad for a bunch of Trojans. They had wins at all doubles and five out of six singles, after moving in two freshman into the 5&6 slots and giving Nguyen and Hanfmann the day off. Emilio Gomez moving from #5 to #3 lead the singles surge with Freshman Jordi Vives clinching hid first match of the season. The Men come home to match up with #12 Cal at 1:30 friday and then #11 Stanford on Saturday at 1:00pm.
#1 USC 6, Arizona 1
April 7, 2012 -- Tucson, Ariz.
DOUBLES
(1) #15 S. Johnson/Quiroz (USC) def. Miccini/Ionescu (ARIZ) -- 7-6 (2)
(2) #18 Nguyen/Sarmiento (USC) def. Urquidi/Shinde (ARIZ) -- 8-2
(3) Gomez/Hanfmann (USC) def. Bermudez/Thompson (ARIZ) -- 8-3
USC wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
(1) #2 Steve Johnson (USC) def. Giacomo Miccini (ARIZ) -- 6-4, 6-1
(2) #23 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Andre Vidaller (ARIZ) -- 7-6 (6), 6-3
(3) #53 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Mario Urquidi (ARIZ) -- 6-1, 6-3
(4) Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Sumeet Shinde (ARIZ) -- 6-3, 7-5
(5) Carlos Bermudez (ARIZ) def. Eric Johnson (USC) -- 7-5, 7-5
(6) Jordi Vives (USC) def. Sebastian Ionescu (ARIZ) -- 6-1, 7-5*
Order of finish: 3, 1, 6*, 2, 4, 5