The Rice University Owls, the other out-of-state team, were no strangers to the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Tournament as they have participated in this tournament for almost a decade. Head Coach RON SMARR discussed why he and the rest of his Owls continue to flock here year after year.
Q: What do you like about this tournament?
SMARR: I like this tournament because you play best two out of three sets instead of pro sets. We have been fortunate enough to play out here for the past nine or 10 years and historically we have done well in this tournament. We won it in, I believe, 2004 and we went to the semi's last year.
Q: How is your team going into the tournament?
SMARR: Two of our players are not playing because of illness and an injury, so that kind of hurts. In this tournament though we have been mixing up our doubles teams; it's a great opportunity for that. We use this tournament to focus on getting better.
Q: What do you think of La Jolla?
SMARR: If you don't like this, then you need to get your head checked!
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