April 3, 2004

LOS ANGELES -

The fourth-ranked USC men's tennis team defeated California, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon at Marks Tennis Stadium. The Golden Bears move to 6-12 on the season, while the Trojans improved to 16-2.

The Bears dropped two of three doubles matches and were swept in singles competition. Wayne Wong lost the only battle of two ranked singles oppoents, falling to Adriano Biasella 6-3, 6-2. But No. 12 Balazs Veress and Patrick Briaud picked up a huge victory against the No. 9 team in the country, downing Daniel Langre and Drew Hoskins, 8-3.

#4 USC vs. #34 California

Doubles
(1) #12 Veress/Briaud (Cal) def
 #9 Langre/Hoskins (USC) - 8-3
(2) Parker Collins/Berg (USC) def
 Browne/Wong (Cal) - 8-5
(3) Biasella/Torres (USC) def
 Anreas Petersen/Pettit (Cal) - 8-2
USC wins doubles point.

Singles
(1) #26 Adriano Biasella (USC) def
 #84 Wayne Wong (Cal) - 6-3, 6-2
(2) #71 Johan Berg (USC) def
 Balazs Veress (Cal) - 6-2, 6-4
(3) #42 Jamil Al-Agba (USC) def
 Tyler Browne (Cal) - 6-3, 6-4
(4) #47 Ruben Torres (USC) def
 Patrick Briaud (Cal) - 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
(5) Daniel Langre (USC) def
 Jake Leivent (Cal) - 6-4, 6-3
(6) #92 Drew Hoskins (USC) def
 John Pettit (Cal) -6-2, 6-2