No. 5 USC Men’s Tennis Hits the Trails for its First Road Trip of the 2024 Season

Men’s Tennis | February 08, 2024

LOS ANGELES – No. 5 USC men’s tennis (4-0) ventures to the Midwest for its first hint of road duals, as it does battle with Oklahoma State (6-2) at 11 a.m. PT/1 p.m. CT on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla., and Baylor (6-1) at 3:30 p.m. PT/5:30 CT on Monday, Feb. 12 at the Hurd Tennis Courts in Waco, Texas.
 
RANKINGS 
The Trojans enter this weekend as the No. 5 ranked team in the country (ITA Coaches Poll, Feb. 7) after being ranked at No. 7 for four consecutive polls. USC currently hosts two-ranked individuals and one ranked doubles squad in the most recent individual rankings (Feb. 7). Junior Peter Makk is the highest-ranking individual, ranked #38. Sitting behind him is #96 senior Lodewijk Weststrate. Makk is 3-1 in duals this season, including wins over #88 Adam Neff (SMU) and #31 Iiro Vasa (USD). Weststrate is also 3-1 in duals, with his only loss coming to #98 Jerry Barton (SMU).
 
USC has one ranked doubles squad with the combination of graduate student Stefan Dostanic and sophomore Oscar Weightman at #37. The brand-new duo featuring the latest member to the Trojans roster is 2-0 overall, as they have yet to drop a match as a pair in duals. The doubles squad already has one quality win as they took down #15 Sharma/Klaassen 6-4. 
 
LAST WEEK
The Trojans only hosted one match last weekend, as they had a makeup dual date with UNLV. USC won 5-2 and claimed its fourth win in a row, including its fourth doubles-point win of the season. 
 
#7 USC 5, UNLV 2
Saturday, February 3, 2024 | Marks Tennis Stadium (Los Angeles)
 
DOUBLES

1. Peter Makk/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-3
2. Volodymyr Iakubenko/Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Taiyo Hirano/Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 7-5
3. Joseph Chen/Aaron Bailey (UNLV) def. Karl Lee/Niroop Vallabhaneni (USC) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
USC wins the doubles point. 
 
SINGLES

1. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. #39 Peter Makk (USC) 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
2. #73 Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Joseph Chen (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2
3. Volodymyr Iakubenko (USC) def. Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
4. Samuel Rubell (USC) def. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
5. #94 Karl Lee (USC) def. Martin Jovenin (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
6. Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) def. Niroop…