USD Men's Tennis 1999-2000

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TORERO TENNIS TRADITION

ning seasons and will be gunning for a trip to the NCAA Tournament this season. The 2000 schedul e includes a number of the nation 's top ranked teams and several prestigious tournaments. In add ition to the 29th San Diego Intercollegiates (Feb. 4-6), the Toreros will have

USO has a rich tradition of tenni s. Twice the team won NCAA Divi sion II titl es ( 1974 & 1975). In 1979 the team fini shed second and in 1980 the program moved up to the NCAA Di vision I ranks. Former coach Ed Collins directed USD's move to Di vison I and was

some players participate in the Pacific Coast Doubles Cham– pionships (Mar. 3-5). At the end of the season the Toreros will compete in the 2000 West Coast Conference Champion– ships with all eight teams par– ticipating over a three-day for– mat (April 7-9) at Santa Clara University. The Fall semester ten– ni s schedule is almost as ac– tive as the Spring. USO annu– ally hosts the San Diego All – College Tournament. They also participate at the Rolex Southern California Champi– onships at UC Irvine. In addition to intercol – legiate tennis, USO offers ad– vanced recreat ion te nni s classes and year 'round intra– mu ral tenni s events. The Tore ros prac ti ce and play atUSD'sWestCou1ts, an 8-court facility located in a park-like setting on the west end of theAlcala Park campus. The setting, courts and cool

with the program for 18 sea– sons ( 1979-96) where he ac– cumu lated an overall record of 350-1 90; won two Ojai team ti tl es ; two WCC titles and took the team to th e NCAA's twice. Thi s wi nning tradi – tion was started by Andrew Rae, a native of Melbourne, Australi a, who won NCAA Di v is io n II s in g les a nd doubl es titl es in 1974 and 1975. In 1978 USD 's Rick Goldberg and ParSvensson wo n the NCAA Doubles Championshi p. From 1980 through 1982 the netters were regu- 1a rl y ra nk ed amo ng th e nati on's top 20 Divi sion I teams. In 1980 and 198 1the Toreros won Oj ai team titles. During that time the teamwas led by Scott Lipton (San Jose, CA, 1980NCAADivi– sion I All-Ameri can), Terry Ward (St. Loui s, MO, 198 1 WCC Singles Champ and

4-Time NCAA All-American Jose Luis Noriega ('89-92)

ocean breeze create a perfect tenni s environment for both student-athl etes and the general public.

1981 Ojai Champ) and Peter Herrmann (San Diego, 1982 Ojai Champ). The Toreros were back in the national rankings in 1987, on the strength of their 24-9 record and dual match wins over Stanford and Pepperdine. Senior Jim McNamee (Seattle, WA) was a WCC Singles Finalist and the team of Dave Stewart (Saratoga, CA) and Scott Patridge (La Jolla, CA) won the WCC Doubles Cham– pionship. Led by four-time NCAAAll-American , Jose LuisNoriega, USOwonWestCoast ConferenceCham– pionships in 1989 and 1990 and earned Volvo/ITA National Rankings of #14 in '89 and #12 in '90. USD annually competes at the nation 's highest level of intercollegiate play. Fourth-year coach Tom Hagedorn has guided the Toreros to three straight win-

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION The University of San Diego men's tennis program dis– tributes scholarships based on athletic ability. These are given at the discretion ofHead Coach TomHagedorn. STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The University of San Diego does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religious belief, age, national ori– gin, ancestory, or handicap in admission to the University, in financial aid programs, in educational programs and policies, and in athletic or other University-administered programs. Inquiries concerning the application of the University's non-discrimination policies may be addressed to USD's Director ofAcademic Services.