May 19, 1997

The Week in Review/Preview

Sport                  Overall      Conference      Nat'l Rank         Last Week
Baseball                39-18       17-13 (3rd)    9th (Base. Amer.)   none
Men's Golf                 --          3rd         3rd (Golfweek)      3rd at NCAA Regionals
Men's Tennis             18-6         6-4 (3rd)   14th (Rolex)         none
Men's Track and Field     7-2           --        16th (Trackwire)     none
Women's Track and Field   8-1           --         9th (Trackwire)     none
Season Complete
 
                           Record   Conf. Finish   Nat'l Finish      Notes
Men's Basketball            17-11    12-6 (t2nd)      ---            first NCAA berth since 1992
Women's Basketball           20-9    13-5  (3rd)      ---            reached second round of NCAAs
Women's Cross Country         ---           6th       ---            Emebet Shiferaw an All-American
Football                      6-6     3-5 (t5th)      ---            def. Notre Dame, 27-20 (OT)
Women's Golf                   --           6th      24th (Rolex)    Josefsson All-Pac-10 hon. men.
Women's Soccer               15-5     4-3 (t4th)      ---            Isabelle Harvey Pac-10's top scorer
Men's Swimming & Diving       8-0     4-0  (2nd)      6th            6th at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming & Diving     9-1     4-1  (2nd)      1st            first-ever national championship
Men's Volleyball            12-12    9-10  (9th)     13th (VB Mag.)  Guigliano, Seiffert, All-MPSF hon. men.
Women's Tennis               8-15    0-10  (6th)     34th (Rolex)    Baklarova All-Pac-10 hon. men.
Men's Volleyball            12-12    9-10  (9th)     13th (VB Mag.)  Guigliano, Seiffert, All-MPSF hon. men.
Women's Volleyball           21-9    12-6 (t3rd)     13th (AVCA)     reached round of 16 in NCAAs
Men's Water Polo             23-3     7-1  (1st)      2nd            Cizmic, Zagar first team All-Americans
Women's Water Polo          15-20     0-6  (5th)      7th            7th at National Championships
This Week
Wednesday: Men's Tennis, at NCAA Individual Championships, at UCLA, through Sunday
Thursday: Baseball, at NCAA South II Regional, at Alabama, through Sunday
Saturday: Track, at Pac-10 Championships, at Washington, through Sunday

Baseball
USC will head to Tuscaloosa, Ala., as the No. 2 seed at the South II Regional, the NCAA announced today. The Trojans will battle with host Alabama, the top seed, and North Carolina State, Wichita State, Virginia Tech and Troy State for the right to advance to the College World Series. USC meets Virginia Tech, the fifth seed, in the first game on Thursday. Junior righthander Seth Etherton, junior second baseman Wes Rachels, senior shortstop Marc Mirizzi and freshman catcher Eric Munson were named to the All-Pac-10 first team.

Women's Crew
The Women of Troy finished seventh out of 9 teams at the Pac-10 Championships at Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on Sunday. Washington won the title. USC's Malora Guerrero was named to the All-Pac-10 team.

Men's Golf
The Trojans placed third at the NCAA West Regional, hosted by San Diego State, over the weekend. USC will now advance to the NCAA Championships on May 28-31, hosted by Northwestern. UNLV won the tournament, 10 strokes ahead of USC. Seniors Chad Wright and Brian Hull were Troy's top finishers, tying for eighth at 3-under-par. Sophomore Jorge Corral tied for 14th, senior Roger Tambellini tied for 32nd and freshman Nick Webb tied for 42nd.

Men's Tennis
Juniors George Bastl and Kyle Spencer and freshman Patrick Gottesleben will participate in the NCAA Individual Championships, hosted by UCLA, this week. Bastl and Gottesleben will play singles while Bastl and Spencer will team up to play doubles.

Athlete of the Week

Jorge Corral, Men's Golf
Corral, a sophomore, had 3 rounds of par or better (72-72-70=214, 2-under-par), the only Trojan to do so, and tied for 14th place at the NCAA West Regional.