April 13, 2004

STANFORD -- The No. 25 Pepperdine men's tennis team dropped its final regular season match of the 2004 season, 5-2, Tuesday afternoon against No. 11 Stanford and fell to 15-8 overall and 2-0 in West Coast Conference (WCC) play. The Cardinal improved to 15-6 overall and 4-1 in conference action.

The Waves' Scott Doerner won his fifth consecutive singles match when he crushed Phil Sheng (6-4, 6-3) at the No. 4 singles spot. The other Pepperdine point was received by Alexis Rafidison's victory over Carter Morris at No. 6. Rafidison won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1.

The No. 2 doubles team and 42nd-ranked Doerner and Alexandre Herrera defeated Sheng and KC Corkery, 9-8.

The Waves' No. 22nd-ranked Pedro Rico was forced to retire early because of an injury sustained.

Pepperdine will start the WCC Championships April 23, 2004.

NO. 11 STANFORD 5, NO. 25 PEPPERDINE 2
SINGLES
#1 Singles #45 Calle Hansen fell to #11 Sam Warburg 6-2,7-6
#2 Singles #22 Pedro Rico fell to #110 KC Corkery 6-4,3-6,4-1 ret inj
#3 Singles Alexandre Herrera fell to #85 James Wan 6-1,6-1
#4 Singles Scott Doerner def. Phil Sheng 6-4,6-3
#5 Singles Richard Johnson fell to James Pade 6-2,7-6
#6 Singles Alexis Rafidison def. Carter Morris 6-4,6-1

DOUBLES (POINT STANFORD)
#1 Doubles #22 Pedro Rico #22 Calle Hansen fell to #34 Carter Morris #34 Sam Warburg 9-8
#2 Doubles #42 Scott Doerner #42 Alex Herrera def. Phil Sheng KC Corkery 9-8
#3 Doubles Kevin Borzenski Justin Montgomery fell to James Pade James Wan 8-3