SPOKANE, Wash. — Kicking off its final regular-season road trip, the No. 23 Pepperdine men's tennis team swept the Gonzaga Bulldogs in Spokane on Saturday afternoon.
Playing indoors at the Stevens Center, the Waves (13-8, 3-1 WCC) took the doubles point and won three straight-set matches to blank the Bulldogs (9-9, 1-4 WCC). Lasse Poertner and Chris Papa wrapped up their matches quickly, setting the table for Aleksa Pisaric to clinch the match with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Tom Dunlop on court three.
Despite playing with a new doubles lineup, the Waves fended off the Bulldogs to win the doubles point. The freshman duo of Pisaric and Poertner recorded their 12th win of the season with a lopsided, 6-1 win over Jay Fairclough and Oscar Rashed on court two. Although Gonzaga countered with a win on court one, Hugh Winter and Papa clinched the doubles point by serving out their 6-4 win at the third position.
From there, the Waves rolled with five first-set wins. Poertner got off the court first, giving Pepperdine a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Kai-Luca Ampaw for his 11th victory of the season. Papa followed shortly thereafter on court six, wrapping up his first set before everyone else en route to beating Diego Herrera 6-1, 6-3.
Finally, Aleksa Pisaric clinched yet another match for the Waves with a straight-set win over Tom Dunlop on court three. When Pisaric finished his 7-5, 6-1 win, Pepperdine had David Fix waiting in the wings up 7-5, 5-4 over Jay Fairclough one court over. The win was Pisaric's ninth of the year and his third in league play.
Pepperdine heads to Portland to face the Pilots tomorrow at 10 a.m. All schedule updates can be found on the men's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.
RESULTS
Singles
1. Linus Carlsson Halldin (PEPP) vs. Giovanni Branchetti (GU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
2. Lasse Poertner (PEPP) def. Kai-Luca Ampaw (GU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Aleksa Pisaric (PEPP) def. Tom Dunlop (GU) 7-5, 6-1
4. David Fix (PEPP) vs. Jay Fairclough (GU) vs. 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
5. Hugh Winter (PEPP) vs. Oscar Rashed (GU) 6-3, 3-6, 0-0, unfinished
6. Chris Papa (PEPP) def. Diego Herrera (GU) 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: 2,6,3*
Doubles
1. Giovanni Branchetti/Kai-Luca Ampaw (GU) def. Linus Carlsson Halldin/David Fix (PEPP) 6-4
2. Aleksa Pisaric/Lasse Poertner (PEPP) def. Jay Fairclough/Oscar Rashed (GU) 6-1
3. Chris Papa/Hugh Winter (PEPP) def. Gus Krauel/Diego Herrera (GU) 6-4
Order of finish: 2,1,3*
