the 1980 titans squad was led by a number 1 freshman player named pia tamayo who was also a member of the philippines federation cup team and went three sets, losing (6–2, 2–6, 0–6) to tennis professional hana mandlíková from the czechoslovakia fed cup team; the match took place in santa clara, california. tamayo as an international junior tournament player competed at the wimbledon championships "girls singles bracket" playing in 1978, 1979 and 1980 defeated in each year in the second round after winning her first round matches in '78 losing to anna-maria fernandez 2-6, 3-6 and in '79 to player sonia davies 6-7, 6-3, 5-7 and in '80 after her first year for the titans to another player kate brasher 1-6, 6-2, 4-6. tamayo played one successful year for the titans and went on to finish her collegiate career at princeton university and was a 3-time all-ivy league tennis selection for the tigers. carol pat christian who played her 1980 first year/season as the number no. 2 singles player behind tamayo on the titan team, she played at pacific high school in san bernardino, ca. during her junior's years and as a junior player she played tracy austin and lost 0–6, 2–6 in the finals of the 31st annual fullerton junior tennis tournament. christian won the singles and doubles titles at the national indoor girls' tennis championships at mt. clemens, michigan and she was also ranked no. 1 in singles in southern california sectionals in the girls' 14-and-under class as a junior player. christian also during the 1980 titan season beat cal berkeley's top singles player as her highlight victory of that season. she had an 8–2 record in the league in singles and had a 1–1 record against ucla's becky bell the no. 2 singles player for the bruins, the league again as in the past was the toughest in the nation with conference members like ucla, usc, arizona state, arizona, long beach state and san diego state these school's were in top ten rankings in many season's year in year out in division i women's tennis nationally. as a sophomore christian played her last season in 1981 as a titan as the number no. 1 singles player on the team and played with her pacific high school teammate sherrie shellhammer on that titan team for coach jan billings. christian went onto playing professionally in 1984 competing in the us open, wimbledon and french open and in 1988–89 years competed in the australian open along with the us open and french open her highest singles professional ranking was no. 111 on august 1, 1988 and her highest doubles ranking was no. 199 december 21, 1986. christian was honored by southern california tennis association as for women tennis players from 1960–80 in the "socal so good" article of tennis individuals who have made an impact on the game locally by the southern california tennis hall of fame that took place on july 20, 2002.