Waves Set to Compete at SoCal Intercollegiate Championships
10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
NOTES | TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
MALIBU, Calif. - The No. 53 Pepperdine men's tennis team hits the road for a small journey to Los Angeles where the Waves will compete in the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships hosted by USC from October 27-31.
TOURNAMENT 5: Thursday-Monday - SoCal Intercollegiate Championships - Hosted by USC (Marks Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.).
EVENT INFO: The annual tournament, in its 60th consecutive year, will take place at Marks Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. from Thursday through Monday, October 27-31. On day one, competitors will play in the singles qualifying draw. On day two, both doubles qualifying rounds and the singles main draw will be played. On day three and four, both the singles and doubles main draws will be in action. On the last day, the singles and doubles championship matches will take place.
COVERAGE: Live coverage of courts 1-6 will be available through PlaySight each day, and available on the tournament central page located here: http://gowav.es/2eNiTUr. All draws and results will also be available on PepperdineWaves.com. Follow @PeppTennis on Twitter and Facebook for updates throughout tournament play.
THE FIELD:The tournament includes competitors from Azusa Pacific, BYU, Cal Poly, Concordia, Hawai'i, Loyola Marymount, Texas Tech, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, USC and Pepperdine. The draws are broken up into qualifying rounds and main draw brackets. In singles, 16 players have advanced to the main draw, while 48 competitors must win through the first rounds to earn a spot in the 32-man main draw bracket. In doubles, eight players have advanced to the main draw, while 22 are still to play in the qualifying rounds to garner a spot in the 16-pair main draw bracket.
WAVES PRESENCE: Junior Nicholas Baez and sophomore Guilherme Galvao will compete in both singles and doubles for the Waves, beginning in the qualifying round. After receiving a bye to open the first round of the tournament, Baez will face either Jackson Cobb of Texas Tech or David Laser of USC in the round of 32. Galvao will face off with Felix Albert from Hawai'i in the round of 32 as well. The two are also paired for qualifying doubles and are set to face off with Concordia's Sten Boersma and Manhon Ko in the opening round of 32.
SOCAL PEPPERDINE HISTORY: The Waves have won the singles draw 11 total times and the doubles draw eight times since 1957, dating back to the first singles tournament victory in 1977 by Eddie Edwards and doubles victory in 1980 by Edwards and partner Garth Haynes. Edwards won the singles side three times throughout his time at Pepperdine. The Waves won six-consecutive SoCal titles from 1977-82 and three singles titles from 2007-09. The most recent singles victory was in 2009 when Bassam Beidas took the crown. On the doubles side, Pepperdine recorded three-consecutive wins from 1980-82 and the most recent title earned was in 2007.
LOOKING AHEAD: Next up, the Waves will have an off week before completing the fall campaign in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. from November 10-13 at the Jack Kramer Club Collegiate Invitational.
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.
