University of San Francisco Athletics

Although the team l;ost its two top players from last season's squad, Bill Eavis and Norm Sauer, the team had a most successful year. Last year's team had the unfortunate experience of beginning the season by meeting the three toughest teams: Cal, Stanford, and San Jose State. The teams in this year's league were more evenly balanced with San Jose State being the most formidable. 

The team was captained by Brian Rutley, a pre-med junior from Inglewood. He filled one of the top spots. Al Barrett, a second year man from Vallejo, was indispensable. A fine-stroking singles player, he teams with White in the number one doubles. He also filled one of the vacated spots. 

SF State presented the team with hard-hitting Fred White. While at State, he played No. 1 in 1964, and No. 4 in 1963, and was a member of the double team that  captured the Far Western Conference doubles title. He was a much needed addition to the top seeds. Dave Rychel, Al Peck, and Walt Stone battled for the remaining three spots.

As is often the case with small colleges, the tennis team and other "minor" sports suffer along the coaching lines. This year at USF was no exception. However Phil Vukicevich, next season's varsity basketball coach, showed a keen interest and offered much encouragement to the team (TheDon).

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