LOS ANGELES, California – The #15 Pepperdine men's tennis program fought tooth and nail to advance at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, but #24 Harvard rallied late to claim the 4-3 win in Saturday's first-round matchup at David X. Marks Tennis Stadium.
Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) and
Andrew Rogers (Brentwood, Tenn.) made quick work of their doubles match, defeating Harvard's David Lins and Henry Von Der Schulenberg 6-2. The last two doubles matches were close throughout, but Harvard (3-1) was able to pull out wins on courts one and two, avoiding the tiebreaker in both.
In singles, #72
Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) was the first winner of the day for Pepperdine (1-2), defeating #86 Daniel Milavsky in straight sets. #8
Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Germany) took down #17 Henry Von Der Schulenburg in a top-20 matchup, 6-3, 6-3, to tie the match up at two. After #99
Eric Hadigian (Sacramento, Calif.) was a winner on court six, #24 Fellin dropped a three-set match on court two to set up a winner-take-all on court three. After winning set one, #15 Rogers was unable to seal the match as Harvard escaped with a three-set win on court three to win the match.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#11 Milavsky/Shi def.
De Jonge/Vasa 7-5
Jachuck/Walker def.
Summaria/Zeitvogel 6-4
Fellin/Rogers def. Lins/Von Der Schulenburg 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
#8
De Jonge def. #17 Von Der Schulenburg 6-3, 6-3
#108 Walker def. #24
Fellin 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
#57 Shi def. #15
Rogers 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
#72
Zeitvogel def. #86 Milavsky 6-4, 6-0
Jachuck def.
Vasa 6-2, 6-4
#99
Hadigian def. Sun 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will be back in action twice next week, visiting Oklahoma State on Friday, February 4 at 3:00 p.m. PT and visiting Tulsa on Sunday, February 6 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The next home match for the Waves is Sunday, February 13 against Arizona State. Ticket information can be found at pepperdinewaves.com/tickets.
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