MALIBU, CALIFORNIA – The #21 Pepperdine men's tennis program's strong showing in singles propelled the Waves to a 4-3 win over Arizona State at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
 
After dropping doubles, the Waves won four of six singles matches to claim the victory.
 
Pepperdine (3-3) opened up doubles with a win on court three, as Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) and Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) teamed up to defeat Moritz Hoffmann and George Stoupe 6-2. Court one went to Arizona State (1-6), making court two the decider in who won the doubles point. The Sun Devils took it 6-3, giving them the early lead heading into singles.
 
Corrado Summaria (Cosenza, Italy) got things going for the Waves in singles, winning 6-3, 6-3 over Moritz Hoffmann to knot the match up at one. ASU took court three in straight sets to regain the lead, but #32 Andrew Rogers (Brentwood, Tenn.) took care of business on court four, 6-4, 7-5 to even up the score. With three courts remaining – all on third sets – Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) was the third singles winner of the day for the Waves, splitting the first two sets 6-2 and 3-6 before rolling in the third, 6-1, to give the Waves a 3-2 lead. In similar fashion, Zeitvogel, ranked 91^st nationally, split the first two sets on court two with Max McKennon before winning the third in convincing fashion, 6-0, to clinch the match for Pepperdine.
 
With the result decided, #9 Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) and #67 Murphy Cassone finished their match on court one. Cassone earned the victory 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.
 
RESULTS
 
DOUBLES
 
#23 McKennon/Salle def. Summaria/Vasa 6-3
Bullard/Cassone def. De Jonge/Rogers 6-3
Fellin/Zeitvogel def. Hoffmann/Stoupe 6-2
 
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
 
SINGLES
 
#67 Cassone def. #9 De Jonge 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
#91 Zeitvogel def. McKennon 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
Salle def. #22 Fellin 6-3, 6-3
#32 Rogers def. Bullard 6-4, 7-5
Vasa def. Cigna 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Summaria def. Hoffmann 6-3, 6-3
 
Order of finish: 6, 3, 4, 5, 2*, 1
 
NEXT UP: Pepperdine has a quick turnaround as the Waves head to Oregon for an 11:00 a.m. match on Sunday in Eugene.
 
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