The day after our men's tennis team beat the Bruins 4-1, Trojan Candy was able to interview Men's Tennis Senior Nick Crystal during the break after the Women's doubles vs. Cal. I took his picture first. Normally, I would write about Nick's interview now, but I misplaced my notebook in which I wrote his information. So, after the men's next tennis match versus Oregon on Friday, March 31st, I will hopefully interview Nick again.
Trojan Candy and my husband Jim arrived at the Marks Stadium two hours before the start of our match against UCLA. We were able to sit in our Center Court section.
On Court 3 Jack Jaede paired with Rob Bellamy for our third Doubles team.
Our Trojans won the Doubles matches against the Bruins on Courts 2 and 3 to earn the Doubles point. We were ahead 1-0.
Now it was time for the Singles to begin.
Our men won the Singles in this order. Thibault Forget won in two sets at Court 5. Brandon Holt won in two sets at Court 1. Then, Logan Smith won in two sets at Court 3.
We beat the Bruins 4-1!
FIGHT ON, USC Men's Tennis!
Today is the USC Men's Basketball Senior Salute. Our opponent is the University of Washington Huskies. Trojan Candy took videos of the Salute while my good friend Dan Avila (1/16/2009), who is the official USC photographer for this game, took pictures on the court.
Dan Avila took beautiful pictures of the three honorees and sent them to me. Thank you so much, Dan!
Four year Manager Silas Gaines was honored first. Silas was joined on the court by his father Harry, his mother Stephanie and his brother Harris. Congratulations and FIGHT ON, Silas!
Next to be honored were our two basketball Seniors.
In the pre-game Men's Basketball Chalk Talk, head Coach Andy Enfield had told us that Senior Charles Buggs didn't have a Senior Salute Ceremony at Minnesota, where he had transferred from. Tonight USC honored #1. Charles is seeking a Master's of Communication Management. He was accompanied by his adoptive USC parents. Congratulations and FIGHT ON, Charles!
Our second basketball Senior #13 Samer Dhillon (3/26/2014) embodies what being a true student-athlete is all about. Samer was honored at the 2016 Final Four as one of the nation's "Five Good Works Honorees" for his work to make his community better. One of his good works was to co-found the first USC Mobile Clinic to provide health care for those less fortunate. Samer was accompanied by his parents Harjit and Surjit and his sister Raveet. Congratulations and FIGHT ON, Samer!
Now it was time for the game to start.
Our team got off to a slow start and got ahead in the second half.
In the video, Senior Samer Dhillon made a fantastic three-point shot near the end of the game. In an interview after the game, Samir said that he had practiced that shot for four years!
I videorecorded our team celebrating its last home game victory of the season. FIGHT ON, USC Men's Basketball!