PRINCETON, N.J. — No. 27 Pepperdine men's tennis fell to the No. 28-ranked Princeton Tigers on Friday afternoon, 4-1.
 
"Missed opportunity today," said Director of Tennis Adam Schaechterle. "We had a great chance to come all the way back after losing doubles. Congrats to Princeton. They took a big punch of momentum, but they gathered and closed it out. We are excited to finish a long road trip at MTSU Sunday."
 
The Tigers were able to clinch the doubles point thanks to the No. 7-ranked doubles team in the country, featuring Paul Inchauspe and Landon Ardila.
 
The Waves had a good battle in singles matches, with three of them reaching a third set.
 
Ardila defeated Maxi Homberg on flight three to start the singles play (6-2, 6-3), before Inchauspe took down Edward Winter in straight sets (6-3, 6-3) on court one.
 
With Pepperdine's back against the wall, Lasse Poertner, the reigning WCC Singles Player of the Week, was victorious against Top Nindunjianzan in straight sets (6-4, 7-5).
 
It ultimately wasn't enough as Aleksandar Mitric clinched the fourth point for Princeton with a three-set victory over David Fix (2-6, 6-2, 6-3).
 
Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida dropped the third set of his match and Aleksa Pisaric was in the midst of a third set when the match concluded.
 
RESULTS
Singles
1. Paul Inchauspe (Princeton) def. Edward Winter (PEPP): 6-3, 6-3
2. No. 100 Lasse Poertner (PEPP) def. Top Nindunjianzan (Princeton): 6-4, 7-5
3. Landon Ardila (Princeton) def. Maxi Homberg (PEPP): 6-2, 6-3
4. No. 96 Sebastian Sec (Princeton) vs. No. 124 Aleksa Pisaric (PEPP): 3-6, 6-3, 2-5 (abandoned)
5. Milan Markovits (Princeton) vs. Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida (PEPP): 5-7, 6-4, 2-5
6. Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton) def. David Fix (PEPP): 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 6
 
Doubles
1. No. 7 Paul Inchauspe/Landon Ardila (Princeton) vs. No. 83 Aleksa Pisaric/Lasse Poertner (PEPP) 6-4
2. Top Nidunjianzan/Meecah Bigun (Princeton) def. Maxi Homberg/David Fix (PEPP) 6-4
3. Edward Winter/Hugh Winter (PEPP) def. No. 87 Sebastian Sec/Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton) 6-4
Order of finish 2,3,1
 
The Waves will return to the court on Sunday for an 11 a.m. pacific time start at No. 33 Middle Tennessee. Fans can follow with live stats or tune in to live video feed here.
 
ABOUT PEPPERDINE MEN'S TENNIS
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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