January 19, 2019
MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's tennis team had its first dual matches on Saturday, falling to Fresno State 6-1 and Abilene Christian 4-2.
 
RESULTS
Pepperdine 1, Fresno State 6
Singles
Zdenek Derkas (FSU) def. Adrian Oetzbach (PEPP) – 6-2, 7-5
Enrique Luque Rico (PEPP) def. Angus Bradshaw (FSU) – 6-1, 7-5
Mantas Bugailiskis (FSU) def. Matias Sborowitz (PEPP) – 6-3, 6-0
Henrique Osorio (FSU) def. Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) – 6-3, 6-2
Cagatay Soke (FSU) def. Scotland Garapedian (PEPP) – 6-1, 6-2
Jeremy Moser (FSU) def. Pawel Jankowiak (PEPP) – 6-1, 6-4
 
Doubles
Zdenek Derkas/Henrique Osorio (FSU) def. Enrique Luque Rico/Pawel Jankowiak (PEPP) – 6-1
Matias Sborowitz/Scotland Garapedian (PEPP) vs. Cem Erturk/Cagatay Soke (FSU) – 3-4 unfinished
Angus Bradshaw/Mantas Bugailiskis (FSU) def. Adrian Oetzbach/Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) – 6-3
 
Pepperdine 2, Abilene Christian 4
Singles
Josh Sheehy (ACU def. Adrian Oetzbach (PEPP) – 6-3, 6-1
Enrique Luque Rico (PEPP) def. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) – 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
Nikolas Moceanu (ACU) def. Matias Sborowitz (PEPP) – 6-2, 6-4
Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) def. Dimitris Azoides (ACU) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Riley Tran (ACU) def. Pawel Jankowiak (PEPP) – 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Langdon (ACU) def. Scotland Garapedian (PEPP) – 6-1, 6-1
 
MATCH RECAP
In the first match of the day, the Waves got off to a tough start in doubles, dropping the point to the Bulldogs. In singles, Enrique Luque Rico (Cordoba, Spain) was the lone Wave to win his match, defeating Angus Bradshaw 6-1, 7-5 to give the Waves their lone point of the match.
 
In the match against Abilene Christian, it was decided to forgo the doubles portion of competition in favor of singles matches. Abilene Christian won all but one of the first sets, when Tim Zeitvogel won the first set against Dimitris Azoides. He went on to win his match, the last on the courts, in the third set.  The win was his first in his collegiate career. Luque Rico also won his match, defeating Jonathan Sheehy 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.
 
UP NEXT
The Waves are have two weeks off of match play before heading to Tempe, Ariz. to take on Arizona State on February 2, and the University of Arizona on February 3.