Championships Conclude with Crowning of Individual Titles

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS:    TEAM    SINGLES    DOUBLES
MONDAY'S RESULTS:    SINGLES    DOUBLES

COLLEGE STATION, Texas-- The 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships came to a close Monday with the crowning of the individual champions at the A&M Tennis Center.

Georgia's Matias Boeker, the top seed in the singles draw, won his second consecutive singles title with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over Kentucky's Jesse Witten.

Post-Match Audio (Real Audio format):    Matias Boeker   |   Jesse Witten

Then, Auburn's tandem of Andrew Colombo and Mark Kovacs upset the second-seeded Stanford duo of David Martin and Scott Lipsky, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, to claim the doubles crown.

Post-Match Audio (Real Audio format):    Auburn (doubles)   |   Stanford (doubles)

The 10-day event drew 11,132 fans to the Texas A&M Tennis Center.

Southern Cal Wins 16th National Title

COLLEGE STATION, Texas-- The 11th-ranked Southern Cal men's tennis team completed its cinderella run through the NCAA Championships Tuesday with a 4-1 victory over top-ranked Georgia before 1,261 fans at the Texas A&M Tennis Center.

USC sent retiring coach Dick Leach out with his fourth national championship and first since 1994. The Trojans upset sixth-seeded Baylor, third-seeded Illinois, second-seeded Tennessee and the top-seeded Bulldogs in College Station and finish the season 25-5.

Georgia, meanwhile, was denied its second straight national title and wraps up the year at 28-4.

The Trojans dominated the doubles point with 8-3 and 8-4 wins at No. 3 and No. 2, respectively, to take a 1-0 lead.

Southern Cal's Daniel Langre captured the first singles point with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 5.

Georgia's Matias Boeker, the nation's top-ranked player, responded with a 6-1, 7-5 victory at No. 1 to make the score 2-1.

With the Bulldogs fighting back on all courts, USC's Ruben Torres put his team one win away from the title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 6.

Tournament MVP Prakash Amritraj clinched a USC win for the third straight day with a 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory on court three. The freshman also iced the matches against Illinois and Tennessee.

ESPN will televise the team championship on a tape-delay basis on Tuesday, May 28 at 2 p.m. (EDT).

7 p.m.: Southern Cal 4, Georgia 1    RESULTS
Post-Match Audio (Real Audio format):    Southern Cal   |   Georgia

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
• No. 1 Singles: Peter Handoyo, Tennessee
  
• No. 2 Singles: Brandon Wagner, Georgia
  
• No. 3 Singles: Prakash Amritraj, Southern Cal
  
• No. 4 Singles: Jean-Julien Rojer, UCLA
  
• No. 5 Singles: Daniel Langre, Southern Cal
  
• No. 6 Singles: Ruben Torres, Southern Cal
  
  
• No. 1 Doubles: Matias Boeker/Bo Hodge, Georgia
  
• No. 2 Doubles: Adam Carey/Peter Handoyo, Tennessee
  
• No. 3 Doubles: Prakash Amritraj/Daniel Langre, Southern Cal
  
  
• MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Prakash Amritraj, Southern Cal
  

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