MALIBU, Calif. - Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida and Lasse Poertner earned two of the three weekly awards, as announced today by the WCC (West Coast Conference).
 
Poertner earned Singles Player of the Week while Almeida collected another Freshman of the Week honor.
 
The accolades come on the heels of an impressive victory for the Waves last Sunday at No. 40 Harvard, as Pepperdine took down the Crimson 5-2 without perhaps the squad's best player in Edward Winter, who has won a weekly WCC award several times this season.
 
Almeida played a big role in the Waves' win over Harvard, defeating the Crimson's Mitchell Lee on flight five in straight sets (7-5, 6-3), while assisting in the doubles point by combining with Hugh Winter to defeat Harvard's Masato Perera and James Mcdonald.
 
Poertner's dominant spring continued by tallying a point for the Waves on flight two over Peter Privara. After dropping the first set, Poertner prevailed in the second set 6-3 before finishing off Privara by the same score in the third set. He also defeated No. 27 Columbia's Sachin Palta, ranked 66th in the country, in straight sets (6-3, 6-3). Poertner previously earned WCC Singles Player of the Week on February 3, 2026.
 
West Coast Conference Weekly Awards (March 3)
Singles - Lasse Poertner, So., Pepperdine
Doubles -  Nikola Keremedchiev, Sr., and Cade Fernando, Jr., Portland
Freshman - Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, Fr., Pepperdine
 
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Pepperdine men's tennis has a longstanding tradition of success, highlighted by an NCAA Championship in 2006 which came 54 years after its first NAIA Championship in 1952. Robbie Weiss recorded the program's first NCAA singles championship in 1988 after the program saw doubles national championships in 1984 and 1985. 44-time WCC Champions, Pepperdine has reached 40 NCAA Tournaments and six NCAA Regionals in its history with 53 total All-Americans.
 
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