March 14, 2004

MALIBU -- The Pepperdine men's tennis team won its 11th victory of the season Sunday afternoon when it defeated Princeton 7-0 to extend the Waves' record to 11-5 on the season.

The Waves won the top four spots in straight sets beginning with No. 45 Calle Hansen who beat Darius Craton (6-2, 6-0) at the No. 1 singles position. No. 26 Pedro Rico upended Daniel Friedman with ease (6-1, 6-0) and the Waves' Scott Doerner took care of Andrew Lieu, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3. The final straight-set victory was recorded by Alexis Rafidison with a 6-1, 6-2, win against Sratha Saengsuwarn at the No. 4 position. Pepperdine's Richard Johnson and Justin Montgomery earned thrilling victories at the bottom of the lineup over Hans Plukas (3-6, 6-0, 10-3) and Tim Koful (7-5, 3-6, 10-4), respectively.

Pepperdine earned the doubles point with three consecutive wins. At the top, the No. 8 duo with Rico and Hansen tallied an 8-3 victory over Friedman and Craton. No. 45 Alexandre Herrera and Doerner beat Kofol and Saengsuwarn (8-4) and Kevin Borzenski and Johnson earned a point at the third doubles spot with an 8-4 win against Lieu and Hans Plukas.

Pepperdine will host USC on Friday, March 19, at 1 p.m.

PEPPERDINE 7, PRINCETON 0
#1 Singles Darius Craton lost to #45 Calle Hansen Pepperdine 6-2, 6-0
#2 Singles Daniel Friedman lost to #26 Pedro Rico Pepperdine 6-1, 6-0
#3 Singles Andrew Lieu lost to Scott Doerner Pepperdine 6-3, 6-4
#4 Singles Sratha Saengsuwarn lost to Alexis Rafidison Pepperdine 6-1, 6-2
#5 Singles Hans Plukas lost to Richard Johnson Pepperdine 3-6, 6-0, 10-3
#6 Singles Tim Kofol lost to Justin Montgomery Pepperdine 7-5, 3-6, 10-4

#1 Doubles Daniel Friedman/ Darius Craton lost to #8 Pedro Rico/ #8 Calle Hansen Pepperdine 8-3
#2 Doubles Tim Kofol/ Sratha Saengsuwarn lost to #45 Scott Doerner/ #45 Alex Herrera Pepperdine 8-4
#3 Doubles Andrew Lieu/ Hans Plukas lost to Kevin Borzenski/ Richard Johnson Pepperdine 8-4