MALIBU, Calif. - The Pepperdine men's tennis team continues the 2017-18 fall campaign Thursday through Sunday with the Jack Kramer Club Invitational in Rolling Hills, Calif.

Game Notes

JACK KRAMER CLUB INVITATIONAL: Wednesday-Sunday - Jack Kramer Club Invitational (Jack Kramer Tennis Club, Rolling Hills, Calif)

LOOKING AHEAD: Next on the schedule for the Waves is the LMU Invite, held in Los Angeles, Calif. The LMU Invite concludes the fall schedule for the Waves.

WAVES PRESENCE: The Waves will be sending Matias Sborowitz and Nicholas Baez to the Jack Kramer Club Invitational this week. Sborowitz reached the round of 16 in the consolation draw in the ITA Southwest Regional, defeating Grant Kurtz of San Diego to reach the round of 16. Baez won his first two matches of the Regional, defeating Bruce Man-Song-Hing (UCI) and Jens Sweaney (USC).

LAST YEAR AT THE JACK KRAMER INVITATIONAL: Matias Sborowitz finished as a quarterfinalist, defeating Reid Shumway of UCLA and Joseph Rotherham of UCSB in the process. Dane Esses and Nicholas Baez both made it to the round of 32.

LAST WEEK: Last week, participated in the 2017 ITA Southwest Regional, hosted in Malibu. The pairing of Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane finished the doubles draw as runners-up for the second time in three years. The pairing defeated San Diego's August Holmgren and Joel Gamerov in the semifinal, San Diego's Nico Borter and Guilherme Osorio in the quarterfinal, Jake Devine and Thibault Forget of USC in the round of 16 and Duante Harris and Chase Mascoiorini of UCSB in teh opening round of 32 en route to their runner-up finish. Max Mendelsohn finished as a seminfinalist in the singles consolation draw, defeating Bryce Pereira of UCLA and Nicholas Borchenko of LMU in the process. Dennis Uspensky and Brian Berdusco reached the round of 16 in the main draw.

FERREIRA: Marcelo Ferreira enters his fifth season as head coach of the Pepperdine men's tennis team in 2017-18. 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 four seasons at the helm of the squad is 58-41.

#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 18 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. 46 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.