MALIBU, California – Playing in front of a large and spirited crowd for four hours, the Pepperdine men's tennis program dropped a tightly-contested 4-3 home match to #30 San Diego on Friday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
 
Doubles was tightly contested throughout. San Diego (14-6, 6-1 WCC) struck first with a 6-4 win on court three. Courts one and two were in tiebreaks and Pepperdine (13-8, 5-1 WCC) needed wins on both to take doubles. The Toreros took control on court one, winning the tiebreak and the doubles point to gain the early advantage.
 
In singles, each team took three first sets. Maxi Homberg (Freising, Germany) got Pepperdine on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 win on court five over Marvin Schaber. San Diego responded, however, taking the ranked matchup on court one to regain the lead. To tie the match for a second time, #63 Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) handled business on court two, sweeping Oliver Tarvet 6-1, 7-6 (3).
 
With the match tied at two apiece, San Diego won a three-set battle on court three to briefly lead 3-2. Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) battled back to defeat Stian Klaassen 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on court four before USD closed out the win with a three-set victory on court six.
 
RESULTS
 
DOUBLES
 
Sharrma/Vasa def. #49 De Jonge/Zeitvogel 7-6 (1)
Homberg/Vasa vs. Klaassen/Tarvet 6-6 unfinished
Ruland/Schaber def. Carlsson Halldin/Fellin 6-4
 
Order of finish: 3, 1
 
SINGLES
 
#84 Vasa def. #103 Zeitvogel 6-4, 6-4
#63 De Jonge def. Tarvet 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Sharrma def. Vasa 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Fellin def. Klaassen 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Homberg def. Schaber 6-2, 6-3
Niedner def. Carlsson Halldin 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
 
Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6*
 
NEXT UP: Pepperdine hosts BYU on Saturday, April 14th for Senior Day. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 
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