May 23, 2011

Taube Family Tennis Center - Stanford, Calif.
Monday, May 23 - 12 p.m. - Taube South
Men's Semifinals

 No. 3 USC 4
NO. 6 GEORGIA 0

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 1)
1) No. 22 Poldma/Sundling (USC) d. No. 6 Garrapiz/Pieters (UGA) 8-6
2) Gomez/Johnson (USC) vs. Doumbia/Taboada (UGA) aban.
3) Nguyen/Sarmiento (USC) d. Spencer/Bernstein (UGA) 8-3

Singles (Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3)
1) No. 1 Steve Johnson (USC) d. No. 18 Will Spencer (UGA) 6-0, 6-0
2) No. 38 Jaak Poldma (USC) vs. No. 32 Javier Garrapiz (UGA) aban.
3) No. 44 Daniel Nguyen (USC) d. No. 51 Sadio Doumbia (UGA) 6-3, 6-3
4) No. 47 Ray Sarmiento (USC) d. Drake Bernstein (UGA) 6-2, 6-3
5) Emilio Gomez (USC) vs. Ignacio Taboada (UGA) aban.
6) Peter Lucassen (USC) vs. Hernus Pieters (UGA) aban.

USC Head Coach Peter Smith
"We played great today. I felt like we felt the moment and we responded. It was great doubles, and you get humble when you see your team play this well. Its a very humbling feeling. I'm not doing a lot of coaching out there, these guys are really playing well and feeling it, so its great."

"[Having experience is] really meaningful. In the end, the best team's going to win. Experience matters, is it worth a point or two here and there, yeah. We're very comfortable, we've been very comfortable since we came here. We've played well at Stanford in the past and we feel like we're playing well right now."