Alcalá 1990

Kevin Bradley,

a newcomer from Vegas,

shows some backhand while in competition.

he 1989-90 men's tennis team prom–

ise to have another successful sea–

son. Due to an extremely successful

season last year

(25-7)

the Toreros were

ranked fourteenth in the nation and will

facing much harder competition this year.

Such teams as SDSU, UCLA, the U.S. Na–

val Academy, Vanderbilt University, and

St. Marys College will be this years compe–

tition.

This years team only lost four players

from the 1989 lineup and return all of the

rest, adding four freshman with impressive

record from high school. Topping the list

of returnees is

Jose Luis Noriega,

per-

Jose Noriega,

last years NCAA All-American, was rated sixth in this years preseason

competition and will no doubt move up the ranks throughout the season.

haps the best tennis player even seen at

USD. Last season, Noriega was selected

a member of the 1989 ITCA Division I Men

Volvo Tennis/All-American Team. He was

also named by the ITCA coaches as Volvo

Tennis/Rookie Player of the Year for Re–

gion 8. Other returning players include

Tim Bubnack, Thomas Simonsen,

Sven Dargatz,

and

Bob Mehran.

With this strong lineup, the Toreros

hope to duplicate last years season. Even

with four starters lost, the new members

combined with last years returning players

promises another victorious season for the

Toreros at the net.

Dan Mattera awaiting bis doubles partners

serve.

Materra won the #5-6 division ofthe San Diego Intercol–

legiate&

reached the aingles and doubles final ofthe '89

wee ehampionahips and will hopefully have a repeat

performance for

this

season.

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