LINCOLN, Neb. – The 30
th-ranked Pepperdine men's tennis team defeated Nebraska 6-1 on an
Adrian Oetzbach clinch point on Friday afternoon to remain undefeated at 9-0 on the season.
RESULTS
#30 Pepperdine 6, Nebraska 1
SINGLES
1.
Daniel de Jonge (PEPP) def. Victor Moreno Lozano (NEB) 6-3, 6-4
2. William Gleason (NEB) def.
Corrado Summaria (PEPP) 2-6, 7-6, 10-8
3.
Adrian Oetzbach (PEPP) def. Andre Saleh (NEB) 6-3, 6-3
4.
Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) def. Albert Sprlak-Puk (NEB) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Enrique Luque Rico (PEPP) def. Shunya Maruyama (NEB) 6-1, 7-6
6.
Robert Shelton (PEPP) def. Patrick Cacciatore (NEB) 5-7, 7-6, 10-6
Order of finish: 4, 3, 1*, 5, 6, 2
DOUBLES
1.
Daniel de Jonge/Adrian Oetzbach (PEPP) def. Albert Sprlak-Puk/Andre Saleh (NEB) 6-2
2.
Corrado Summaria/Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) def. William Gleason/Patrick Cacciatore (NEB) 6-1
3.
Enrique Luque Rico/Pawel Jankowiak (PEPP) vs. Shunya Maruyama/Victor Moreno Lozano (NEB) 5-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1
RECAP
In doubles, the Waves never left a doubt as
Corrado Summaria and
Tim Zeitvogel won first, beating William Gleason and Patrick Cacciatore 6-1 on court two.
Daniel De Jonge and
Adrian Oetzbach grabbed the doubles point for Pepperdine on court one, going 6-2 over Nebraska's Albert Sprlak-Puk and Andre Saleh.
#30 Pepperdine took the doubles win and ran, as Zeitvogel won once again (with a streak dating back to March of 2019) on court four, 6-1, 6-2 over Sprlak-Puk to give the Waves a 2-0 lead. Oetzbach, with a dual streak of his own this season, finished next, beating Saleh on court three 6-3, 6-3.
De Jonge took charge on court one for the Pepperdine clinch point, going 6-3, 6-4 over the Huskers' Victor Moreno Lozano to seal the deal for the Waves at 4-0. All matches were played to completion, as
Enrique Luque Rico took a 6-1, 7-6 win on court five and
Robert Shelton came from behind to beat his Huskers opponent 5-7, 7-6, 10-6 in a tie break.
#69 Summaria also took his match into a tie-breaker but eventually fell 2-6, 7-6, 10-8 for Nebraska's lone point of the match.
UP NEXT
The #30 Waves will stay on the road in the central United States as they travel to Norman, Okla. to take on the likes of #42 Oklahoma Monday at 11 a.m. PT.
