MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's tennis team went down to the wire to defeat No. 38 BYU 4-3 with the heroics of freshman Enrique Luque Rico who won court four in an extra set to snatch the match for the Waves.
 
The three-hour-and-thirty-minute nail-biter featured eight tie-breakers and two courts went into extra sets. The win marks the 17th over BYU overall, putting Pepperdine at an even 10-10 and 4-2 in West Coast Conference play.
 


RESULTS
PEPPERDINE 4 - #38 BYU 3
Singles
1. #103 Sean Hill (BYU) def. Oeztbach, Adrian (PEPP) 7-6, 6-2
2. Summaria, Corrado (PEPP) def. Jeffrey Hsu (BYU) 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
3. Rico, Enrique Luque (PEPP) def. Mateo Vereau (BYU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 4.
4. Sborowitz, Matias (PEPP) def. Sam Tullis (BYU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Zeitvogel, Tim (PEPP) def. Ben Gajardo (BYU) 6-2, 7-5
6. Matthew Pearce (BYU) def. Jankowiak, Pawel (PEPP) 7-6, 7-6
Order of finish:4,5,1,6,2,3
 
Doubles
1. Oeztbach, Adrian/Zeitvogel, Tim (PEPP) def. #43 Sean Hill/Jeffrey Hsu (BYU) 7-5
2. Sam Tullis/Ben Gajardo (BYU) def. Summaria, Corrado/Rico, Enrique Luque (PEPP) 7-6
3. Mateo Vereau/Matthew Pearce (BYU) def. Sborowitz, Matias/Jankowiak, Pawel (PEPP) 6-4
Order of finish: 3,1,2


 
MATCH RECAP
The Waves took to doubles first, where the tandem of Adrian Oetzbach and Tim Zeitvogel took court one into a tie-breaker. The pair defeated 43^rd-ranked Sean Hill and Jeffery Hsu 7-5 in a thriller but BYU ultimately garnered the doubles point.
 
In singles, Matias Sborowitz won in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 over Sam Tullis, finishing first and evening the overall score to 1-1. Soon after, Zeitvogel took court five by storm, defeating Ben Gajardo 6-2, 7-5.
 
The Cougars took two courts to put BYU ahead of Pepperdine 3-2, but the Waves kept rolling. On court two, Corrado Summaria needed an extra set to overtake Hsu after being defeated 6-2 in the first set. Summaria came back with a vengeance in the second and third sets, though, going 7-6 and 6-1 to round out his win, putting the Waves back even with the Cougars.
 
All the pressure was put on Enrique Luque Rico on court four, where he stood last. He took a calm 5-7 loss in his first set to Mateo Melendez, but shook off the loss and stormed back, going 6-3, 6-1 to take his court and win the match for the Waves at 4-3 overall.
 
UP NEXT
Pepperdine continues the last homestand of the season on Sunday at 1 p.m., taking on the #28 San Diego Toreros in Malibu. The match will also stand as Senior Day for Matias Sborowitz and Scotland Garapedian as a presentation will follow the doubles portion of competition.