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Men's Tennis Falls at Stanford in Second Round

PALO ALTO, Calif. - For the second straight year, the Pepperdine men's tennis team was ousted in the second round of the NCAA Tournament by Stanford, as the #21 Waves lost to the #7 Cardinal, 4-0, on Sunday.

The Waves (17-11) had beaten the Cardinal (20-5) in the second round in Malibu in 2008, but Stanford won the rematch in Palo Alto in 2009. The home side prevailed for the third straight year today.

Though Pepperdine's season ends as a team, senior Bassam Beidas (Cairo, Egypt) will play in the NCAA singles tournament and Beidas and sophomore Alex Llompart (Carolina, Puerto Rico) will compete in the NCAA doubles tournament. Beidas is ranked #32 in singles by the ITA and the duo is ranked #27. The tournaments will be held May 26-31 in Athens, Ga.

Although it was an abbreviated shutout, one Wave was about to win his match and another was close when the contest was suspended after Stanford scored its fourth point.

Freshman Mousheg Hovhannisyan (North Hollywood, Calif.) couldn't quite get to the finish line in time and was leading his match at #4 singles, 7-6, 5-2, when play was stopped. Freshman Sebastian Fanselow (Essen Germany) lost the first set at the #2 position, but came back to win the second and was leading 4-3 when it was abandoned.

Pepperdine won its first-round match for the 13th straight year after beating Hawaii, 4-0, on Saturday. Today's loss snapped a seven-match winning streak.

#7 Stanford 4, #21 Pepperdine 0

Doubles

  • 1) #4 Bradley Klahn/Ryan Thacher (STAN) def. #27 Bassam Beidas/Alex Llompart (PEP), 8-5
  • 2) Hugh Clarke/Finn Tearney (PEP) vs. #51 Alex Clayton/Richard Wire (STAN), 7-7, suspended
  • 3) Matt Kandath/Denis Lin (STAN) def. Sebastian Fanselow/Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP), 8-2

Order of finish: 3, 1

Singles

  • 1) #13 Bradley Klahn (STAN) def. #32 Bassam Beidas (PEP), 6-3, 6-1
  • 2) #70 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) led #84 Ryan Thacher (STAN), 2-6, 6-1, 4-3, suspended
  • 3) #62 Alex Clayton (STAN) led Finn Tearney (PEP), 7-6 (4), 2-3, suspended
  • 4) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) led Denis Lin (STAN), 7-6 (2), 5-2, suspended
  • 5) Richard Wire (STAN) def. Alex Llompart (PEP), 6-2, 6-4
  • 6) Greg Hirshman (STAN) def. Jenson Turner (PEP), 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 5, 6

Records: #21 Pepperdine 17-11, #7 Stanford 20-5

 

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