SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The 27
th-ranked Pepperdine men's tennis team swept all courts against Santa Clara on Friday afternoon, going 7-0 in their West Coast Conference opener.
Tim Zeitvogel clinched on court four for the Waves, going 6-4, 6-4 to add to his impressive win streak.
RESULTS
#27 Pepperdine 7, Santa Clara 0
DOUBLES
1.
Den Ouden/Oetzbach (PEPP) def. Iliopoulos/Neuhaus (SCU) – 6-2
2.
Zeitvogel/De Jonge (PEPP) def. Dalmasso/Barretto (SCU) – 7-5
3.
Fellin/Shelton (PEPP) vs Shah/Hinojosa (SCU) – 5-2, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
1.
#67 Adrian Oetzbach (PEPP) def. Mann Shah (SCU) – 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
2.
Daniel De Jonge (PEPP) def. Guilaume Dalmasso (SCU) – 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
3.
Guy Den Ouden (PEPP) def. Dominic Barretto (SCU) – 6-3, 6-1
4.
Tim Zeitvogel (PEPP) def. Arthur Neuhaus (SCU) – 6-4, 6-4
5.
Robert Shelton (PEPP) def. Vasileios Iliopoulos (SCU) – 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
6.
Pietro Fellin (PEPP) def. Santiago Hinojosa (SCU) – 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 6, 4*, 2, 5, 1
RECAP
The Waves dominated from start to finish, beginning with doubles play. On court one,
Guy Den Ouden and
Adrian Oetzbach delivered the first blow with ease, going 6-2.
Tim Zeitvogel and
Daniel De Jonge clinched the doubles point for Pepperdine with a 7-5 win on court two, as
Robert Shelton and
Pietro Fellin were in route to defeating their Broncos opponents but abandoned at 5-2.
In singles, Den Ouden again earned the first win, going 6-3, 6-1 over SCU's Barretto to put the Waves up 2-0. Fellin followed on court six, readily handing SCU's Hinajosa a 6-2, 6-0 loss.
It was Zeitvogel who clinched for the Waves in straight sets, going 6-4, 6-4 and earning his 25
th-straight dual singles match.
As all courts played out, De Jonge took the next dub on two where he needed an extra set butcame out 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 over SCU's Dalmasso. Shelton followed soon after in the same triple-set fashion, going 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 on court five.
The last court to finish for the day was #67 Oetzbach on court one, seeing a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win for the freshly-ranked senior.
UP NEXT
The Waves will continue into conference play, taking on San Francisco in the Bay Saturday at 1 p.m.