June 2, 1997

The Week in Review/Preview

Sport                  Overall      Conference      Nat'l Rank         Last Week
Men's Golf                 --          3rd            14th            14th at NCAA Championships
Men's Track and Field     7-2          1st             --              none
Women's Track and Field   8-1          2nd             8th (Trackwire) none
Season Complete
 
                           Record   Conf. Finish   Nat'l Finish          Notes
Baseball                    42-20   17-13  (3rd)     10th (Base. Amer.)  second at NCAA South II Regional
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.
Men's Tennis                 18-6     6-4  (3rd)     15th (Rolex)        Bastl second at NCAA singles/doubles
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 and Women's Track and Field, at NCAA Championships, at Indiana, through Saturday

Men's Golf
USC placed 14th at the NCAA Championships, hosted by Northwestern, last week. The Trojans shot 37-over-par, 25 strokes behind the winner, Pepperdine. Senior Chad Wright was Troy's top finisher, shooting a 291 and tying for 30th place. Senior Brian Hull tied for 42nd at 293 and senior Roger Tambellini tied for 52nd at 295.

Men's and Women's Track and Field
Twelve members of the men's team and 11 members of the Women of Troy meet the rest of the nation's best in Bloomington, Ind., at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this week. The USC men's team is fresh off winning the Pac-10 Championships in Seattle (May 24-25), which was Troy's first league title since 1977 and 30th overall. The Women of Troy finished second at the recent Pac-10s, a year after winning their first-ever conference crown.