Waves Tame Mustangs 4-3

Friday, February 19

Malibu, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Cal Poly

Photo by: Kyle Cajero

2/19/2021 4:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's tennis team returned home for their first home match of the season and corralled Cal Poly 4-3 at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

RESULTS
Pepperdine 4, Cal Poly 3
SINGLES
1. Alex Stater (CP) def. Oetzbach, Adrian (PEPP) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
2. Noah Berry (CP) def. Den Ouden, Guy (PEPP) 6-2, 6-1
3. Summaria, Corrado (PEPP) def. Joe Leather (CP) 6-2, 6-4
4. Shelton, Robert (PEPP) def. Gary Vardanyan (CP) 6-3, 6-1
5. Fernando Fonseca (CP) def. Fellin, Pietro (PEPP) 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
6. Jankowiak, Pawel (PEPP) def. Carter Crookston (CP) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 2,6,4,3,5,1

DOUBLES
1. Oetzbach, Adrian/Den Ouden, Guy (PEPP) vs. Roman Shenkiryk/Joe Leather (CP) 5-4, unfinished
2. Shelton, Robert/Summaria, Corrado (PEPP) def. Antoine Noel/Noah Berry (CP) 6-3
3. Fellin, Pietro/DeJonge, Daniel (PEPP) def. Alex Stater/Gary Vardanyan (CP) 6-4
Order of finish: 2,3

AND A CORRADO CLINCH ON 3 pic.twitter.com/ON0666zwiK
— Pepperdine Men's Tennis (@PeppTennis) February 20, 2021

RECAP
The Waves earned their first doubles point of the season after Robert Shelton and Corrado Summaria defeated Cal Poly's Noel and Berry 6-3. Pietro Fellin and Daniel De Jonge clinched the doubles point on three, going 6-4 over Stater and Vardanyan.

In singles, Pepperdine faltered on court two but Pawel Jankowiak snatched his first win of the season in a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Carter Crookston on court six to put the Waves back in the lead.

Shelton followed suit, drubbing Gary Vardanyan 6-3, 6-1 to put Pepperdine in reach of the clinch point at 3-1 overall. It was Summaria who grew tired of entertaining Cal Poly's Joe Leather and earned the clinch point at 6-2, 6-4 on court three.

All matches were played to completion, where Adrian Oeztbach and Fellin went to a third-set tie break but eventually fell, putting the final score at 4-3 in favor of the Waves.

UP NEXT
The Waves invite #14 Oklahoma State to Malibu for a Sunday matinee set to begin at 2 p.m.