MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's tennis program started 3-0 in West Coast Conference action for the third consecutive season after a 4-1 win against Saint Mary's on Saturday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
 
Doubles were extremely close across all three courts to open the match. Saint Mary's (3-10, 2-3 WCC) struck first, earning a 6-4 win on court one and a 7-5 victory on court three to win the doubles point and gain the early advantage.
 
Pepperdine (10-7, 3-0 WCC) rallied in singles, winning all six first sets. Maxi Homberg (Freising, Germany) tied the match at one apiece with a 6-4, 6-3 win on court four over Mathis Moysan.  Robert Shelton then (Lancaster, Penn.) gave the Waves their first lead of the day with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Felipe Rincon on court six. In two matches over the weekend, Shelton only dropped five games total.
 
Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) then doubled the lead with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Diego Jarry on court two. The Gaels would not go away, however, forcing third sets on courts one, three and five to stay alive.
 
Linus Carlsson Halldin (Stockholm, Sweden) won the first dual singles match of his career to clinch the Pepperdine win, defeating Caelan Potts 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on court five.
 
RESULTS
 
DOUBLES
 
Membrives/James Watt def. Homberg/Vasa 6-4
Carlsson Halldin/Fellin vs. Jarry/Potts 5-6 unfinished
Moysan/Rincon def. Shelton/Zeitvogel 7-5
 
Order of finish: 1, 3
 
SINGLES
 
#79 Zeitvogel vs. James Watt 7-6 (2), 4-6, 5-1 unfinished
Vasa def. Jarry 7-5, 6-2
Fellin vs. Membrives 6-2, 2-6, 4-3 unfinished
Homberg def. Moysan 6-4, 6-3
Carlsson Halldin def. Potts 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Shelton def. Rincon 6-0, 6-4
 
Order of finish: 4, 6, 2, 5*
 
NEXT UP: Pepperdine heads to the Pacific Northwest for a non-conference match at Washington on Wednesday, April 5th at 5 p.m.
 
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