COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Pepperdine men's tennis kept its season going for at least one more day, as the Waves advanced in the NCAA Tournament after defeating Washington 4-0 on Friday morning at the Carolina Tennis Center.
The Waves (18-7) have now won at least one match in each of the last 22 NCAA Tournaments they've competed in. This also was the fifth Pac-12 win of the season for Pepperdine.
Pepperdine got things rolling in doubles, as the court one pair of #72
Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) and
Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) took down the #23 duo of Jack Davis and Ewen Lumsden 6-4. The Waves earned the all-important doubles point after
Andrew Rogers (Brentwood, Tenn.) and
Corrado Summaria (Cosenza, Italy) were 6-2 winners on court two. Court three, where Pepperdine had just taken a 5-4 lead, was abandoned.
Pepperdine took five of six first sets from Washington (18-12) with only the ranked matchup on court one going the Huskies' way early. #67
Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) and
Enrique Luque Rico (Cordoba, Spain) breezed to singles wins to open up a 3-0 lead for the Waves, winning 6-2, 6-2 over Jack Davis on court two and 6-1, 6-1 over Han-Chih Lin on court four, respectively.
Holding a commanding lead, Pepperdine finished UW off with a third straight-set win, as Summaria took care of business on court five, defeating Cesar Bouchelaghem 6-4, 6-2 to send Pepperdine to the next round.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#72
De Jonge/Vasa def. #23 Davis/Lumsden 6-4
Rogers/Summaria def. Chidekh/Suko 6-2
Rico/Zeitvogel vs. Bouchelaghem/Wong 5-4 unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
#24
De Jonge vs. #8 Chidekh 4-6, 3-4 unfinished
#67
Zeitvogel def. Davis 6-2, 6-2
#93
Rogers vs. Lumsden 6-3, 3-4 unfinished
Rico def. Lin 6-1, 6-1
Summaria def. Bouchelaghem 6-4, 6-2
Vasa vs. Suko 6-4, 5-5 unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 4, 5*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will take on the winner of South Carolina and South Carolina State Saturday at 10:00 a.m. PT for a spot in the Super Regional round next weekend.
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