April 2, 2003

The USF men's and women's tennis teams prepare for the WCC conference championships next week with their final home matches in the next few days. Both teams are having excellent seasons.

The USF women close out their home season with a Sunday, April 6th (10 a.m. vs. Portland State). USF is 13-5 on the year.

The men will host St. Mary's on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and close out the home season on Monday at 2:00 when they host UC Santa Cruz. USF opens WCC play at San Diego the following Friday.

The West Coast Conference named Joachim Lien as one of their co-WCC men's tennis players of the Month.

USF¹s Joachim Lien and Pepperdine¹s Alexis Rafidison and are the WCC Co-Players of the Month for their performances during the month of March. Lien went a perfect 10-0 at the #1 singles spot helping the Dons to an 8-1 mark. Rafidison was just as brilliant for the Waves posting a 5-2 mark while playing at the #5 singles spot. During March, Rafidison helped the Waves claim wins versus #9 Duke, and #18 Georgia, while individually picking up wins versus the #5 singles players from #11 Texas A&M and #16 Tulane.