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Men's Tennis Rallies to Beat Boise State

MALIBU, Calif. - With the #23 Pepperdine men's tennis team on the verge of defeat, the Waves' three freshmen -- Finn Tearney, Sebastian Fanselow and Mousheg Hovhannisyan - posted victories to rally the squad to a 4-3 victory over #42 Boise State on Tuesday at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

"It was amazing to win another 4-3 match," Pepperdine Coach Adam Steinberg said. "Boise State played incredibly well. I'm proud of the guys because they're playing together so well."

Boise State (13-7) captured the doubles point and won two of the first three singles matches to go ahead 3-1 and move within one point of winning the match.

But Tearney (Wellington, New Zealand) won in three sets (6-1, 2-6, 6-1) at #4 singles while Fanselow (Essen, Germany) went long (7-6, 7-5) to capture the #2 singles spot, evening the contest.

In the final match to be decided, Hovhannisyan (North Hollywood, Calif.) came back from being a set down to win 7-5 in both the second and third sets to give the Waves the overall victory.

The Waves won their second straight 4-3 match after also beating then-#11 Illinois last weekend. These have come after Pepperdine lost its first three 4-3 matches of the season.

Pepperdine (8-9) next hosts a doubleheader on Thursday (April 1) against Loyola Marymount at 10 a.m. and San Diego State at 3:30 p.m.

#23 Pepperdine 4, #42 Boise State 3

Doubles

  • 1) #22 Bassam Beidas/Alex Llompart (PEP) def. Alex Bothe/James Meredith (BSU), 8-6
  • 2) Vicente Joli/Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def. Hugh Clarke/Finn Tearney (PEP), 9-8 (3)
  • 3) Jeff Mullen/Erik Sheldon (BSU) def. Sebastian Fanselow/Alejandro Moreno (PEP), 8-3

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles

  • 1) #48 James Meredith (BSU) def. #33 Bassam Beidas (PEP), 6-2, 6-4
  • 2) #58 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. Vicente Joli (BSU), 7-6 (4), 7-5
  • 3) Alex Llompart (PEP) def. Harry Skinner (BSU), 7-6 (4), 6-0
  • 4) Finn Tearney (PEP) def. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU), 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
  • 5) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Alex Bothe (BSU), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
  • 6) Jeff Mullen (BSU) def. Jenson Turner (PEP), 6-2, 6-4

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

Records: #23 Pepperdine 8-9, #42 Boise State 13-7

 

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