No. 7 USC Men’s Tennis Finishes Home Stand With UNLV

Men’s Tennis | February 01, 2024

LOS ANGELES – No. 7 USC men’s tennis (3-0) heads into its final home dual until the end of February, as it takes on UNLV (4-1) in a rescheduled match starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at Marks Stadium. 
 
RANKINGS 
The Trojans enter this weekend as the No. 7 ranked team in the country after being ranked there for four consecutive polls (ITA Coaches Poll, Jan. 31). USC currently hosts three ranked individuals and one ranked doubles squad in the most recent individual rankings (Nov. 15, 2023). Junior Peter Makk is the highest-ranking individual, ranked No. 39. Sitting behind him is No. 73 senior Lodewijk Weststrate. The last player with an individual ranking is No. 94 junior Karl Lee. Makk made the biggest splash that will change the individual rankings as he upset San Diego’s No. 31 player, Iiro Vasa, last weekend. 
 
USC has one ranked doubles squad with the combination of graduate students Samuel Rubell and Niroop Vallabhaneni at No. 47. The duo is 4-1 together and won the SoCal Intercollegiate on their home courts.
 
LAST WEEK
The Trojans clinched a spot in the ITA National Indoor Team Championships, as they won their ITA Kickoff Weekend Regional with wins over SMU and San Diego.
 
#7 USC 4, SMU 2
Saturday, January 27, 2024 | Marks Tennis Stadium (Los Angeles)
DOUBLES

1. Stefan Dostanic/Oscar Weightman (USC) def. Adam Neff/Trevor Svajda (SMU) 6-3
2. Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Callaway Clark/Liam Krall (SMU) 6-1
3. Volodymyr Iakubenko/Samuel Rubell (USC) vs. #60 Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) 5-3 UNF.

Order of finish: 2, 1
USC wins the doubles point. 
SINGLES

1. Trevor Svajda (SMU) def. Stefan Dostanic (USC) 7-6(7), 6-2
2. #39 Peter Makk (USC) def. #88 Adam Neff (SMU) 7-6 (3), 6-1
3. #98 Jerry Barton (SMU) def. #73 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) 7-6(0), 6-3
4. Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) def. Liam Krall (SMU) 7-5, 7-6 (1)
5. #94 Karl Lee (USC) def. Maks Silagy (SMU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Samuel Rubell (USC) vs. Louis Cloud (SMU) 6-2, 6(6)-7, 1-0 UNF. 

Order of finish: 5, 2, 1, 3, 4
 
#7 USC 4, USD 3
Sunday, January 28, 2024
 Marks Tennis Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. 
 DOUBLES

1. Stefan Dostanic /Oscar Weightman (USC) def. #15 Sacchitt Sharma/Stian Klaassen (USD) 6-4 
2. Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) vs….