Jan. 4, 2004

LOS ANGELES - USC tennis newcomers Drew Hoskins and Dianne Matias captured both the men's and women's singles titles, as well as the women's doubles title, at the 30th Intercollegiate Classic held over the holiday break at the Sunny Hills Raquet Club in Fullerton, Calif.

With most students on break, 10 members of Trojans' men's and women's tennis teams stayed behind to compete at the five-day tourney held Dec. 26-30.

In what was described as one of Hoskins' best performances, the second-year Texas transfer defeated third-seeded Alex Anselme of UC Santa Barbara, 6-0, 6-1, on Tuesday for the singles championship. Hoskins, who entered as the tournament's No. 2 seed, defeated Michael Chin of UC Davis, Arash Bornand of UC Irvine, Daniel Andrus of Arizona and Jeff Das of San Diego en route to the championship match.

Top-seeded Matias was given a bye to start the tournament, then beat Kim Tran of UC Riverside and Gina Le of Cal State Fullerton before having to face teammate Bernadette Bayani in the semifinals. Matias defeated Bayani, 6-2, 6-1, and eventually got past fourth-seeded Nina Yaftali of UCLA in three sets, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, for the championship.

USC also brought home a women's doubles title as the duo of Matias and Judy DeVera beat fellow teammates Bayani and Erica Sauer, 8-1, in the final.

30th Intercollegiate Classic - Sunny Hills Raquet Club

Women's Singles - First Round
(1) Dianne Matias (USC) - bye
(3) Bernadette Bayani (USC) - bye
Allison Laygo (Claremont McKenna) def. Erin Everly (USC) - 6-2, 6-2
Megan Kawahara (USC) def. Brittany Minna (Purdue) - withdrawl
(5) Erica Sauer (USC) - bye
(2) Judy DeVera (USC) - bye

Women's Singles - Second Round
(1) Dianne Matias (USC) def. Kim Tran (UC Riverside) - 6-1, 6-1
(3) Bernadette Bayani (USC) def. Caroline Freeman (CSF) - 6-0, 6-4
(5) Erica Sauer (USC) def. Megan Kawahara (USC) - 6-3, 6-4
(2) Judy DeVera (USC) def. Yuka Otaka (UC Davis) - 6-1, 6-0

Women's Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Dianne Matias (USC) def. Gina Le (CSF) - 6-1, 6-0
(3) Bernadette Bayani (USC) def. (5) Serena Fermin (LMU) -
(4) Nina Yaftali (UCLA) def. Erica Sauer (USC) - 6-1, 6-3
(2) Judy DeVera (USC) def. Mai Ly Tran (CSF) - 6-2, 6-0

Women's Singles - Semifinals
(1) Dianne Matias (USC) def. (3) Bernadette Bayani (USC) - 6-2, 6-1
(4) Nina Yaftali (UCLA) def. (2) Judy DeVera (USC) - 6-1, 5-7, 6-3

Women's Singles - Finals
Dianne Matias (USC) def. (4) Nina Yaftali (UCLA) - 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Men's Singles - First Round
(2) Drew Hoskins (USC) def. Michael Chin (UC Davis) - 6-2, 6-0
Matt Ozurovich (USD) def. Aaron Badart (USC) - 6-1, 6-1
(5) Brian Wright (USC) def. Jayce Fitch (UC Davis) - 6-3, 6-0
Daniel Andrus (Arizona) def. Scott Patterson (USC) - 6-1, 6-3

Men's Singles - Second Round
(2) Drew Hoskins (USC) def. Arash Bornand (UCI) - 6-2, 6-1
(5) Brian Wright (USC) def. Stacey Meronoff (CPSLO) - 6-1, 6-3

Men's Singles - Quarterfinals
(2) Drew Hoskins (USC) def. Daniel Andrus (Arizona) - 6-2, 7-6
(3) Alex Anselme (UCSB) def. (5) Brian Wright (USC) - 6-2, 6-1

Men's Singles - Semifinals
(2) Drew Hoskins (USC) def. (4) Jeff Das (USD) - 6-1, 6-2

Men's Singles - Finals
(2) Drew Hoskins (USC) def. (3) Alex Anselme (UCSB) - 6-0, 6-1

Women's Doubles - First Round
(1) DeVera/Matias (USC) - bye
(2) Bayani/Sauer (USC) def. Arias/Le (CSF) - 8-3

Women's Doubles - Semifinals
(1) DeVera/Matias (USC) def. Dunbar/Freeman (CSF) - 8-2
(2) Bayani/Sauer (USC) def. Rocha/Rocha (CSF/LBSU) - 9-7

Women's Doubles - Finals
(1) DeVera/Matias (USC) def. (2) Bayani/Sauer (USC) - 8-1