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No. 7 USC defeats No. 3 Men's Tennis, 5-2
03.11.2011 | Men's Tennis
March 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES - No. 3 Texas (11-3) picked up the doubles point and a singles victory from sophomore Daniel Whitehead, but No. 7 USC (11-2) posted a 5-2 victory over the Longhorns Friday evening at USC's Marks Tennis Stadium.
Texas opened up a 1-0 lead on USC on the strength of doubles wins at the first and second slots. S UT senior Kellen Damico and freshman David Holiner notched their second win of the week at second doubles, as they posted an 8-4 win over the Trojans' Jaak Poldma and J.T. Sundling. UT's fourth-ranked tandem of senior Ed Corrie and junior Jean Andersen sealed the doubles point for the Longhorns when they tallied an 8-5 win over the Trojans' Steve Johnson and Raymond Sarmiento at first doubles. USC's Emilio Gomez and Daniel Nguyen edged UT's Ben Chen and Whitehead in a tiebreak at third doubles.
USC evened the match at one when the Trojans' 19th-ranked Nguyen finished off UT's Andersen by a 6-2, 6-2 count at third singles. The Trojans assumed a 2-1 lead when Gomez dealt Texas' Chen a 6-3, 6-2 defeat at fifth singles. Texas evened the match at fourth singles when USC's Sarmiento retired due to an injury. UT's Whitehead took the first set off of Sarmiento, 7-5 and held a 2-0 second-set lead when the match was called.
USC took a 3-2 lead after registering a victory at second singles, as the Trojans' 44th-ranked Poldma defeated UT's 88th-ranked Damico, 7-5, 6-2. USC's Johnson clinched the victory at first singles with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Texas' 29th-ranked Corrie. The Trojans finished off the victory with a win at sixth singles, where UT's Holiner suffered a 7-5, 6-1 defeat to Michael Grant.
Texas resumes play on Thursday, March 17 when it hosts UTSA at 6 p.m. Central.
#7 USC 5, #3 Texas 2
Doubles - Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
1 #4 Corrie/Andersen (UT) def. Johnson/Sarmiento (USC) - 8-5
2 #23 Damico/Holiner (UT) def. Poldma/Sundling (USC) - 8-4
3 Gomez/Nguyen (USC) def. Chen/Whitehead (UT) - 8-7 (6)
Singles - Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 6
1 #1 Steve Johnson (USC) def. #29 Ed Corrie (UT) - 6-2, 6-3
2 #44 Jaak Poldma (USC) def. #88 Kellen Damico (UT) - 7-5, 6-2
3 #19 Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. #83 Jean Andersen (UT) - 6-2, 6-2
4 Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. #56 Raymond Sarmiento (USC) - 7-5, 2-0, ret.
5 Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Ben Chen (UT) - 6-3, 6-2
6 Michael Grant (USC) def. David Holiner (UT) - 7-5, 6-1
