MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's tennis program returns home for a critical weekend of West Coast Conference action, hosting San Diego on Friday with first place in the WCC on the line before welcoming in BYU on Saturday for Senior Day.
Match 21: #35 Pepperdine (13-7, 5-0 WCC) vs #30 San Diego (13-6, 5-1 WCC) | Friday, April 14 | 2 p.m. PT | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center | Malibu, California
Match 22: #35 Pepperdine (13-7, 5-0 WCC) vs BYU (5-13, 3-3 WCC) | Saturday, April 15 | 2 p.m. PT | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center | Malibu, California
ATTENDANCE
Admission is free to all home Pepperdine tennis matches at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center this season.
PROMOS
Friday's match will feature free Chick-fil-A sandwiches for the 50 Pepperdine students with a valid ID, while Pepperdine tennis trucker hats will also be given out to the first 75 fans. Saturday's match is Senior Day, where the Waves will honor
Daniel De Jonge,
Tim Zeitvogel,
Eero Vasa and
Eric Hadigian for all their contributions to the Pepperdine men's tennis program.
COVERAGE
Pepperdine will be providing live video and stats for both matches, and the links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com. Scores will be updated periodically on Twitter at @PeppTennis.
SERIES HISTORY
Pepperdine holds a 34-14 all-time advantage over San Diego and is 22-5 against the Toreros in Malibu. USD had the upper hand last year, however, taking a pair of matches from the Waves which included a 4-3 thriller in the 2022 WCC Tournament Championship.
Pepperdine is 19-2 against BYU and is a perfect 11-0 at home. This will be the final WCC meeting between the schools as BYU heads to the Big 12 Conference next season.
SCOUTING THE WAVES
Pepperdine had a successful trip to the Pacific Northwest last week, defeating #51 Washington, Gonzaga and Portland over the course of four days. #63
Daniel De Jonge won all three of his singles matches, while
Linus Carlsson Halldin and
Pietro Fellin won each of their three doubles matches.
Maxi Homberg leads the Waves with 11 dual singles wins, while Homberg and
Eero Vasa lead the squad with 10 dual doubles victories.
Tim Zeitvogel is ranked 103rd by the ITA in singles, while he and De Jonge are 49th in the doubles rankings.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
San Diego has been impressive in playing a difficult schedule this season, defeating ranked opponents in Texas A&M, Old Dominion, Oklahoma, Memphis and Tulane. USD hasn't played since April 1st when the Toreros were upset on the road by BYU, 4-2. Oliver Tarvet leads the team with 11 dual singles wins. Iiro Vasa, brother of current Wave
Eero Vasa, is ranked 84th by the ITA in singles.
BYU split a pair of conference matches last weekend, defeating San Francisco 4-0 before falling to Santa Clara 4-1. Two weeks ago, BYU collected a marquee win with its home victory over San Diego. The Cougars have not won away from Provo this season, losing their first eight road matches. No Cougars are ranked by the ITA in singles or doubles.
FOLLOW
Follow @PeppTennis on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to pepperdinewaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
