No. 29 Men's Tennis Remains Unbeaten in WCC Play, Defeats No. 40 Santa Clara 4-1

Thursday, April 9

Malibu, Calif.

12:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Santa Clara

Photo by: Greg Bintz

No. 29 Men's Tennis Remains Unbeaten in WCC Play, Defeats No. 40 Santa Clara 4-1

4/9/2026 3:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Greg Bintz

MALIBU, Calif. — No. 29-ranked Pepperdine men's tennis (14-7, 5-0 WCC) continued its dominance on Senior Day in a 4-1 victory over the Santa Clara Broncos (17-3, 4-1 WCC).

"First, I want to congratulate Santa Clara and their coaching staff for an excellent spring," said Director of Tennis/Head Coach Adam Schaechterle. They came in 17-2 with wins over Alabama, Oregon, and Washington. They deserve an at-large NCAA bid."

"We played an excellent match and today was a strong step toward us clicking at all 9 spots in the lineup," continued Schaechterle. "I'm happy for Maxi that he was able to clinch the doubles and then produce a strong singles performance on his senior day. He has been a four-year starter in singles and doubles and a part of several excellent squads. We are grateful for all he's given to the program."

The Waves took a 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles point. Lasse Poertner and Aleksa Pisaric made it look easy at the No. 2 position, reigning victorious 6-0. Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida and senior Maxi Homberg put the finishing touches on the point with a 6-3 win over Valentin Faure and Ferran Redza.

David Fix came out red-hot to extend Pepperdine's lead to 2-0 with an emphatic straight-sets victory at the No. 6 position over Bluett (6-1, 6-0).

The senior tallies another point! Maxi Homberg makes it 3-0

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Not long after, it was Homberg coming through on his day with a straight-sets win on flight five over Valentin Faure (6-2, 6-3) to put the Broncos' backs against the wall.

Santa Clara was able to get on the board, however, thanks to Lukas Maskow defeating Pepperdine's freshman, Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida (4-6, 3-6).

It was Pisaric who was able to put away SCU with a victory over John Kim (6-4, 6-4) to keep Pepperdine unbeaten in conference play as the team streamrolls down the stretch.

Lasse Poertner's match against Luca Lematire was abandoned with Poertner leading 4-2 in the second set after winning 7-5 in the first.

Edward Winter's match against Alexander Eriksson was also abandoned, with Winter leading 5-2 in set two after winning the first 6-4.

RESULTS
Singles
1. Edward Winter (PEPP) vs. Alexander Watanabe Eriksson (SCU): 6-4, 5-2; abandoned
2. Lasse Poertner (PEPP) vs. Luca Lematire (SCU): 7-5, 4-2; abandoned
3. Aleksa Pisaric (PEPP) def. John Kim (SCU): 6-4, 6-4
4. Lukas Maskow (SCU) def. Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida (PEPP): 4-6, 3-6
5. Maxi Homberg (PEPP) def. Valentin Faure (SCU): 6-2, 6-3
6. David Fix (PEPP) def. Luca Bluett (SCU): 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: 6,5,4,3

Doubles
1. Lasse Poertner/Aleksa Pisaric (PEPP) def. Luca Bluett/John Kim (SCU): 6-0
2. Edward Winter/Hugh Winter (PEPP) vs. Tiago Boschmans/Luca Lemaitre (SCU): 2-5, abandoned
3. Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida/Maxi Homberg (PEPP) def. Valentin Faure/Ferran Redza (SCU): 6-3
Order of finish: 1,3

Pepperdine is scheduled for three consecutive ranked road matches to conclude the regular season, starting this Sunday at No. 16 San Diego, before beginning the WCC Championships on April 23.

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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