“[Southern California] have a very strong team, a lot of history. They were national champions a few years ago and they have been recruiting and landing some of the better products in the country. Overall, they are trying to find out where they are as a team too... They are deep, as we are, but they do have a lot of young guys who have stepped up and earned a starting role, much like we have. I think it's going to be a good test for us to see where we are.”
“Against Davis, our level of play went up a notch. The guys got a lot of the jitters out in the morning and responded really, really well in such a short time since we played back-to back matches. I was happy for the freshmen to get their dual matches out of the way.”
“We had a lot of great energy to start the doubles and singles, and we created a lot of opportunities for ourselves. I was happy with our solid play and it was a good match for us to learn from. We will be back out on the courts tomorrow against Cal, giving it our best shot.”
“This was an important match for us, not only for conference reasons, but also for our development as we close out a challenging first third of our season. We've been on the road four weekends in a row and you could see that it was having an impact on the guys.”
“The first part of our season was very demanding with lots of tough matches and travel too. Experiencing that can only help our team improve and learn more about what it takes to compete at this level of college tennis. I'm looking forward to the next phase of our season leading up to Spring Break. We should be fresh and ready to go.”
“Sacramento State is another team that can cause trouble. They fight well and have talented players that can bring a top-level game at any time. We've been pretty successful with them the last several years, but can certainly not take anything for granted.”
“I expect this match to be tight just as our last match was here at home back in February. The final score may have indicated otherwise, but we're not expecting anything but a battle. It should be fun.”
“Cal Poly is a feisty team. We have always had intense battles with them and the home team has come away victorious the last four years. Their team is pretty well experienced and deep. John Nguyen has had a solid year with impressive wins at the top position.”
“The Gaels are riding a good streak of matches and competing well. They have a crafty team of players and it's going to be tough to play them in Moraga.”
