MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's tennis program will play two on Saturday, beginning West Coast Conference play with LMU before stepping back out of conference for the final time in the regular season.
Match 14: Pepperdine (6-7) vs Loyola Marymount (7-5) | Saturday, March 25 | 10 a.m. PT | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center | Malibu, California
Match 15: Pepperdine (6-7) vs #28 California (9-4, 1-1 Pac-12) | Saturday, March 25 | 3:30 p.m. PT | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center | Malibu, California
COVERAGE
Saturday's matches will have live video and stats, and the links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com. Scores will be updated periodically on Twitter at @PeppTennis.
ATTENDANCE
Admission is free to all home Pepperdine tennis matches at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center this season.
SERIES HISTORY
Pepperdine holds a 28-3 all-time series lead over LMU, including a 17-1 record in Malibu. Last season in Los Angeles, Pepperdine swept the Lions 4-0.
The Waves lead the all-time series with California 35-23. Twenty-two of those meetings have come in Malibu, where Pepperdine is 12-10 against the Bears. The teams have not met since 2017.
SCOUTING THE WAVES
Pepperdine competed three times last week, falling to #11 Columbia at home before rebounding to defeat #31 Oklahoma State. On Sunday, the Waves competed in the first-ever UTR College Match Challenge: BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hanging tough with #8 USC before falling 4-3. #79
Tim Zeitvogel went 3-0 in singles play last week, earning him WCC singles player of the week honors. #62
Daniel De Jonge is just one win away from 50 career singles wins. Together, the pair is ranked 58th in doubles by the ITA.
Pietro Fellin and
Maxi Homberg each have seven singles wins to lead the Waves, while Homberg and
Eero Vasa lead the squad with six doubles wins.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
LMU has already matched its win total from last season, earning victories this spring against UC Riverside, UC Irvine, San Diego State, Utah State, Idaho, Denver and Navy. In addition to UC Irvine, the Lions have played two common opponents of Pepperdine – falling to both UC Santa Barbara and Arizona State. Emin Torlic leads LMU with an 8-2 singles record. No Lions are ranked by the ITA in either singles or doubles.
California has played a challenging schedule thus far, facing ranked opponents in Florida State, Stanford, San Diego, Columbia, SMU, Arizona State and Arizona. Last weekend in Pac 12 play the Bears defeated Arizona State before falling 4-3 to Arizona. Two singles players and two doubles pairs are ranked by the ITA: #46 Yuta Kikuchi, #120 Ryder Jackson, #63 Kikuchi/Carl Emil Overbeck and #64 Jackson/Lucas Magnaudet.
FOLLOW
Follow @PeppTennis on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to pepperdinewaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
