MALIBU, Calif. – The #30 Pepperdine men's tennis team defeated San Diego 4-0 on Sunday to go undefeated in West Coast Conference play and win their first conference title since 2013.
The Waves now have 44 total conference championships, while the next-closest school is San Diego with nine. The win also puts Pepperdine at 15-6 on the season as well as 8-0 in the WCC.
Junior
Daniel De Jonge once again clinched the match for the Waves on court three, going 6-1, 6-4 over USD's David Norfeldt.
RESULTS
#30 Pepperdine 4, San Diego 0
Singles
1.
#113 Oetzbach, Adrian (PEPP) vs. #82 August Holmgren (USD) 2-6, 5-3, unfinished
2.
Den Ouden, Guy (PEPP) vs. Nico Borter (USD) 6-2, 3-6, unfinished
3.
DeJonge, Daniel (PEPP) def. David Norfeldt (USD) 6-1, 6-4
4.
Zeitvogel, Tim (PEPP) vs. Schaber (USD) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
5. Summaria, Corrado (PEPP) def. Garrett Kurtz (USD), by forfeit
6. Fellin, Pietro (PEPP) def. No player (USD), by forfeit
Order of finish: 3
Doubles
1.
Oetzbach, Adrian/Den Ouden, Guy (PEPP) vs. August Holmgren/Nico Borter (USD) 4-4, unfinished
2.
Summaria, Corrado/Zeitvogel, Tim (PEPP) def. David Norfeldt/Schaber (USD) 6-4
3. No player/No player (USD) vs. DeJonge, Daniel/Fellin, Pietro (PEPP) no result
Order of finish: 2
RECAP
It was a strange day for both schools, as San Diego only fielded four players, therefore pushing doubles to a single court clinch and forfeiting courts five and six in singles. In doubles, however,
Corrado Summaria and
Tim Zeitvogel played the heroes on court two after several back and forth game points. Eventually, the pair won 6-4 to clinch the doubles team point for the Waves, halting court one at four-all.
In singles, Pepperdine needed just one court to clinch the match, as the Toreros had relinquished two singles points and the doubles point to put the Waves up 3-0. It seemed as though all courts were going to go into three sets until De Jonge pulled ahead of Norfeldt on court three, winning his match in the break point.
The Waves honored seniors
Adrian Oetzbach and
Pawel Jankowiak for their time and effort spent propelling the program forward.
UP NEXT
The #30 Waves will keep their eyes posted on the NCAA Tournament selection show set to air Monday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m. for their first and second round assignments.
