GAME NOTES | TOURNAMENT CENTRALMALIBU, Calif. - The No. 53 Pepperdine men's tennis team remains in Malibu this week as the Waves compete in the ITA Southwest Regional Championship at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center from Thursday to Monday, October 20-24.

TOURNAMENT 4: Thursday-Monday - ITA Southwest Regional Championship - Hosted by Pepperdine University (Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center and Crest Courts in Malibu, Calif.), 8:30 a.m. (PT) start on Thursday. All other day's times released after completion of the previous day.

EVENT INFO: The annual tournament will take place at both the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center and Crest Courts in Malibu at Pepperdine University. On day one, one round of doubles and two rounds of singles; on day two, one round of doubles and singles, one round of doubles consolation and two rounds of singles consolation; on day three, one round of doubles and two rounds of singles, one round of doubles consolation and two rounds of singles consolation; on day four, two rounds of doubles and the singles semifinal, and two rounds of doubles consolation and the singles consolation semifinal; on day five, the finals of all four draws will take place.

THE PERKS: Regional winners will gain automatic entry into the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships held at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center (home of the U.S. Open) in Flushing, N.Y. on November 3-6.

COVERAGE: All draws and results will be available on PepperdineWaves.com. The link to tournament central which includes updated results each day and the tournament draws can be found here: http://www.pepperdinewaves.com/sports/m-tennis/2016regional.html. Also, follow @PeppTennis on Twitter and Facebook for updates throughout tournament play.

THE FIELD: The tournament will include 128 singles competitors and 64 doubles partnerships from institutions out of Southern California, Hawaii and Arizona.

WAVES PRESENCE: For the Waves, seniors No. 117 Guilherme Hadlich, Stefan Menichella and Tom Hill, juniors Pedro Iamachkine and Nicholas Baez, sophomores Gabriel Sidney, Jack Van Slyke, Guilherme Galvao and freshman Dane Esses will all be competing for the Waves. In doubles, No. 18-ranked Hadlich and Sidney will pair up again this season, along with Menichella and Iamachkine, Galvao and Esses and Hill and Van Slyke.

LOOKING AHEAD: Next, the Waves will make the short trip to Los Angeles, Calif. to compete at the SoCal Intercollegiate Championships from October 27-31.

ORACLE/ITA PRESEASON RANKINGS: The Waves had one single and two doubles partnerships ranked in the 2016-17 preseason rankings released on September 13. Senior Guilherme Hadlich enters the fall campaign ranked #117, while he and sophomore partner Gabriel Sidney were tabbed #18 in the rankings. Junior duo Pedro Iamachkine and Lautaro Pane also ranked in doubles, earning the #59 slot.

FERREIRA: Marcelo Ferreira enters his third season as head coach of the Pepperdine men's tennis team in 2016-17. After serving as the Waves' associate head coach in 2013-14, he was elevated to head coach in July 2014. Ferreira is now the 14th head coach in the program's storied history, dating back to the 1940s. His record after two seasons at the helm of the squad is 32-21.

#PURPOSE: The Pepperdine University Department of Athletics is committed to Christian values, to the academic well-being of all of our student-athletes and to competing for championships. We prepare students for success by challenging them to think differently - find your purpose, serve others and lead by example. The Competing with Purpose campaign highlights the commitment to our core values that student-athletes, coaches and staff dedicate themselves to daily. Competing with Purpose provides the foundation on which champions are built.

WAVES IN THE PROS: Pepperdine has sent its fair share of student-athletes into the pro circuit. Most recently, Sebastian Fanselow won the Claremont Club Pro Classic, defeating UCLA standout Evan Zhu, a competitor that was on an eight-match winning streak, in three sets. Alex Sarkissian won the Silex Men's $15,000 Futures tournament in Vancouver in the summer of 2014. He went on to reach the semifinals of the US Open's inaugural American Collegiate Invitational. Robert Lindstedt, 1998 All-American and NCAA Doubles Championship finalist, has reached as high as #3 in the world doubles rankings. He won the doubles draw at the 2014 Australian Open and is a three-time Wimbledon finalist. Andre Begemann, member of the 2006 NCAA Championship-winning squad, can also be found playing on the pro tour, as can 2012 graduate Alex Llompart.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE: Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I Championships in five different men's sports — one of just 17 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, Calif., the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks No. 50 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.