USD Men's Tennis 2000-2001

TORERO TENNIS TRADITION

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straight winning seasons, and hi s 2001 squad should be hi s strongest yet as they will be gunning for a trip to the NCAA Tournament in mid-May. The 2001 schedule includes a number of the nation 's top ranked teams and several prestigious

USO has a rich tradition of tenni s. Twice the team won NCAA Division II titl es ( 1974 & 1975). In 1979 the team finished 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 l and was with the pro g ram for 18 seaso ns ( 1979 -96) where he accu– mul ated an overall record of 350- 190 ; won two Oj a i team titles ; two WCC titl es and took th e team to th e NCAA's tw ice . Thi s winning tradi– tion was started by Andrew Rae , a nati ve of Melbourne, Austra lia, who won NCAA Di v is io n ll s in g les and doubl es titl es in 1974 and 1975. In 1978 USD's Rick Goldberg and Par Svensson won the NCAA Doubl es Championshi p. From 1980 through 1982 the netters were regu– la rly ranke d among th e nati on' s top 20 Di vision l teams. ln 1980 and 198 1 the Toreros won Ojai team tit les . Duri ng that time the team w as le d by Scott Lipton (S a n Jo se , CA , 1980 NCAA Div ision I All–

tournaments. At the end of the season the Toreros will compete in the 2001 West Coast Conference Champi– onships with all eight teams participating ove r a three– day format (April 27-29) at Pepperdine Uni versity. The Fall semester ten– ni s schedule is almost as ac– ti ve as the Spring. USO an– nuall y hosts the San Di ego A ll- Coll ege Tourn ament. They also participate at the Rolex Southern Ca li fo rnia Ch ampi o n ship s a t UC Irvine. In addition to inter– collegiate tenni s, USO offers advanced recreation tenni s classes and year ' round in– tramu ra l tenni s events. The Toreros practice a nd pl ay a t USD 's Wes t Courts, an 8-court facility lo– cated in a park-like setting on the west end of the Alcala Park campus. The setting,

4-Time NCAA All-American Jo.fie Luis Noriega ('89-92)

American), Terry Ward (St. Louis, MO, 198 1WCC Si ngles Champ and 198 1 Ojai Champ) and Peter Herrmann (San Di ego, 1982 Oj ai Champ) . Th e Torero s we re back in th e 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 Championship. Led by four– time NCAAAll-American, Jose Luis Noriega, USD won West Coast Conference Championships 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 high– est level of intercollegiate play. Fifth-year coach Tom Hagedorn has guided the Toreros to four

courts and cool ocean breeze create a perfec t tenni s environment for both student-athl etes and the gen– eral public. SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION The University ofSan Diego men's tennis program dis– tributes scholarships based on athletic ability. These are given at the discretion of Head Coach Tom Hagedorn. STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The University ofSan Diego does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religious belief, age, national ori– gin, ancestory, or handicap in admission to the Univer– sity, in financial aid programs, in educational programs and policies, and in athletic or other University-adminis– tered programs. Inquiries concerning the application of the University's non-discrimination policies may be ad– dressed to USD's Director ofAcademic Services.