TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The #16 Pepperdine men's tennis team made a nice comeback to force its match at #19 Florida State to come down to the final point, but the #19 Seminoles held on for a 4-3 victory on Saturday.

Florida State swept doubles play and won at #1 and #2 singles in straight sets to go ahead 3-0. But the Waves won the next three points thanks to freshman Sebastian Fanselow (Essen, Germany) at #3 singles, sophomore Daniel Moss (Malibu, Calif.) at #6 singles and freshman Mousheg Hovhannisyan (North Hollywood, Calif.) at #4 singles. Fanselow earned a victory over the nation's 56th-ranked player.

Only the final singles match went to a third set. Unfortunately for the Waves, Florida State's Andres Bucaro outdueled freshman Finn Tearney (Wellington, New Zealand) at the #5 position, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

The Waves play their next four matches at home, beginning against #24 Rice on Wednesday (March 3) at 11 a.m.

#19 Florida State 4, #16 Pepperdine 3

Doubles

• 1) Vahid Mirzadeh/Connor Smith (FSU) def. Hugh Clarke/Alex Llompart (PEP), 8-6
• 2) Jean-Yves Aubone/Clint Bowles (FSU) def. Bassam Beidas/Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP), 8-4
• 3) Andres Bucaro/Anderson Reed (FSU) def. Finn Tearney/Jenson Turner (PEP), 8-6

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles

• 1) #35 Jean-Yves Aubone (FSU) def. #44 Bassam Beidas (PEP), 6-2, 6-4
• 2) #77 Vahid Mirzadeh (FSU) def. Alex Llompart (PEP), 6-2, 6-3
• 3) Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. #56 Clint Bowles (FSU), 6-2, 6-4
• 4) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Connor Smith (FSU), 7-6 (6), 6-3
• 5) Andres Bucaro (FSU) def. #115 Finn Tearney (PEP), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• 6) Daniel Moss (PEP) def. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU), 6-0, 7-6 (1)

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 6, 4, 5

Records: Pepperdine 4-5, Florida State 8-1