No. 10 USC Men’s Tennis Opens Another NCAA Run On Home Turf

Men’s Tennis | May 01, 2023

THIS WEEK
No. 10 USC (10-seed) is set to open up its 2023 NCAA campaign from home turf for the 16th straight time, hosting Idaho, UC Santa Barbara and San Diego for first and second round competition May 5-6 at Marks Stadium. On Friday (May 5), UC Santa Barbara and San Diego will start things off at 11 a.m., and at 2 p.m., USC will take on Idaho. Winning teams will square off in the NCAA Second Round at 2 p.m. on Saturday (May 6) to fight for a ticket to the NCAA Super Regional at sites to be determined.
 
The eight teams that advance out of that round will head to the USTA National  for the remaining rounds of NCAA competition taking place May 18-20. So, too, will NCAA Individual Championships be held at Complex, with singles and doubles competition running May 22-27.   

NCAA OPENING ROUNDS | MARKS STADIUM

Friday, May 5 

11 a.m. — #39 UC Santa Barbara (22-3) vs. #30 San Diego (17-7)

2 p.m. — [10] #10 USC (19-7) vs. Idaho (15-8)

Saturday, May 6

2 p.m. — NCAA Second Round

 

TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS 

In the ITA’s latest team rankings, USC moved up one spot to No. 10. 

 

USC boasts four Trojans in the national singles rankings with senior Stefan Dostanic leading Troy at No. 32. Trojan sophomore Peter Makk locked in the No. 48 ranking while Wojtek Marek claimed the No. 100 ranking and Bradley Fryerounded out the field at No. 116. 

 

USC also boasts the No. 11 ranked doubles pair in Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye. The Trojan duo of Frye and freshman Learner Tien also entered the rankings for the first time this week, checking in at No. 52. 

TROJANS AT THE PAC-12 TOURNEY     

Since the team event began in 2012, USC has won seven Pac-12 Tournament titles — 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 — and has reached the final every year but 2016. USC has faced UCLA five times in the title match, winning twice (2012 and 2017). In 2015, USC beat Stanford in the final, topped Cal in the 2019 title match and took down Arizona State to win the 2021 trophy. The 2020 tournament was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Most recently, USC captured the 2023…