USC Women's Tennis news

1. No. 7 USC Women Return Home For Two Matches
   The No. 7 USC women's tennis team has worked its way back into the nation's top-10 after almost two full years out of the pack, and now sets up for a pair of home matches at Marks Stadium this week. The Women of Troy (7-1) first go up against No. 66 UC Santa Barbara on Thursday (Feb. 23) for a 1:30 p.m. matchup. Two days later, USC engages in a bigtime battle with No. 5 Cal (6-1) for the Trojans' third tilt wit a top-10 team in five matches. The Trojans and the Bears will start their top-10 tangle at 12 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 25).
2. Crook, DeSimone and Feathers Named USC Credit Union Student-Athletes Of The Week
   Ariya Crook of the women's basketball team, Gabriella DeSimone of the women's tennis team and Robert Feathers of the men's volleyball team were named USC Credit Union Student-Athletes of the Week today (Feb. 13) for the week of February 6-12.
3. USC Women's Run Stops In ITA Semis
   The No. 16 USC women's tennis team reached the ITA National Team Indoor Championship semifinals for just the third time in Trojan history, making a resurgence to the semis today after nine years. In today's 2012 semifinals, USC faced crosstown rival UCLA, and took a 4-0 loss to the No. 4 Bruins. The loss is the Trojans' first of the year, putting USC at a 7-1 overall record on the year.
4. No. 16 USC Women Fight Back To ITA Indoor Semis
   The No. 16 USC women's tennis team has locked in on its best start since 1999 in claiming its seventh straight win of 2012 with today's 4-1 comeback win over No. 17 Tennessee. The Vols were riding an upset of No. 5 Baylor from the previous day on the way into today's quarterfinal clash with the Trojans at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, but USC also had a boost of confidence with an upset win of its own in a victory over No. 8 UNC yesterday. Today, the Trojans were undeterred when the doubles point slipped away from their grasp. Instead, USC answered the call and flexed its singles muscle with four straight-set wins to plow to a 4-1 win over the Vols. The win puts a 7-0 USC squad in its first semifinal appearance at the ITA Indoors since 2003 tomorrow.
5. USC Women Upset No. 8 North Carolina
   The No. 16 USC women's tennis team gutted out its first win over a top-10 team since 2009 with a 4-2 comeback win over No. 8 North Carolina today in the first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va. After UNC sneaked away with the doubles point, USC buckled in for the long haul in singles, claiming three straight-set victories before junior Danielle Lao pinned up the heroic clincher with a three-setter from court two. The Women of Troy are now 6-0 on the year and advance to tomorrow's quarterfinals.