USD Men's Tennis 2003-2004

TORERO TENNIS TRADITION

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ning seasons and will be gunning for a second straight trip to the NCAATournament this season. The 2004 schedule includes a number of the nation's top ranked teams and several prestigious preseason tournaments. Last season the Toreros finished with a record

USD has a rich tradition of tennis. Twice the team won NCAA Division II titles (1974 &1975). In 1979 the team finished second and in 1980 the program moved up to the NCAA Division I ranks. Former coach Ed Collins directed USD's move to Divison I and was

of 13-10 and reached the NCAATournament for the first time under Hagedorn. The Toreros finished with a national ranking of 43rd in the nation and earned solid wins over Pepperdine, San Diego State and Florida State. The Fall semester ten– nis schedule is almost as ac– tive as the Spring. USD annu– ally hosts the San Diego All– College Tournament. They al so participate at the Rolex Southern CaliforniaChampion– ships at UC Irvine. In addition to intercol – legiate tennis, USO offers ad– vanced recreation tenni s classes and year ' round intra– mural tennis events. The Toreros practice and play at USD 's West Courts, an 8-court facility lo– cated in a park-like setting on the west end of the Alcala Park campus. The setting , courts and cool ocean breeze create a perfect tennis environment for

with the program for 18 sea– sons (1979-96) where he ac– cumulated an overall record of 350-190; won two Ojai team titles; two WCC titles and took the team to the NCAA's twice. This winning tradition was started by Andrew Rae, a native of Melbourne, Aus– tralia, who won NCAA Divi– sion II singles and doubles titles in 1974 and 1975. In 1978 USD's Rick Goldberg and Par Svensson won the NCAA Doubles Champion– ship. From 1980 through 1982 the netters were regu- 1 arl y ranked among the nation ' s top 20 Division I teams. In 1980 and 1981 the Toreros won Ojai team titles. During that time the teamwas led by Scott Lipton (San Jose, CA, 1980 NCAA Di– vision IAll-American), Terry Ward (St. Louis, MO, 1981

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

WCC Singles Champ and 1981 Ojai Champ) and Pe– ter 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 Joll a, CA) won the WCC Doubl es Championship. Led by four-time NCAAAll-Ameri– can, Jose Luis Noriega, USD won West Coast Con– ference Championships in 1989 and 1990 and earned Volvo/ITANational Ranki ngs of #1 4 in '89 and #1 2 in ' 90. USO annuall y competes at the nati on's highest level of intercollegiate pl ay. Eighth- year coach Tom Hagedorn has guided the Toreros to seven straight win-

both student-athletes and the general public.

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 CoachTomHagedorn. STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION TheUniversity ofSanDiego does not discriminate on the basis ofsex, race, color, religious belief, age, national ori– gin, ancestory, orhandicap in admission to the University, in financial aid programs, in educational programs and policies, and in athletic or otherUniversity-administered programs. Inquiries concerning the application of the University's non-discrimination policiesmay be addressed to USD's Director ofAcademic Services.