No. 12 Pepperdine to Much for No. 52 Mustangs

Friday, January 27

Malibu, CA

10 am

Pepperdine

No. 12 Pepperdine to Much for No. 52 Mustangs

1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

MALIBU, Calif. – The #12 Pepperdine men's tennis team advanced to tomorrow's championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend with a 4-0 win over #52 Cal Poly this afternoon. The Mustangs will face either BYU or Vanderbilt in tomorrows consolation match.

Pepperdine improved to 2-0 on the season, while Cal Poly falls to 0-3.

In doubles, the team of Alex Llompart and Finn Tearney disposed of Jordan Bridge and Brian McPhee, 8-2 in the top match.

Pepperdine clinched the doubles point when Hugh Clarke and Mousheg Hovhannisyan defeated Sebastian Bell and Jurgen De Jeager with an 8-1 victory on court three.

In singles, Fanselow put the Waves up 2-0 after defeating Brian McPhee, 6-1, 6-1, and Llompart followed suit with a straight set win from the four spot.

On court three, Hovhannisyan defeated Marco Camuzzo, 6-3, 6-3 to clinch the dual-deciding fourth point.

Play was suspended on the remaining courts once the match had been decided with Cal Poly's Andre Dome up a set on the first court. In the other unfinished matches, Je Jager, on court five, was also up a set. On the sixth court, Bell won the first set, 6-3, and was in a tiebreaker in the second.

Tennis Match Results

Cal Poly vs Pepperdine

Jan 23, 2012 at Malibu, Calif.

(Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)

#12 Pepperdine 4, #52 Cal Poly 0

Singles competition

1. #35 Finn Tearney (PEP) vs. #22 Andre Dome (CP) 3-6, 5-2, unfinished

2. #21 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. Brian McPhee (CP) 6-1, 6-1

3. Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Marco Camuzzo (CP) 6-3, 6-3

4. Alex Llompart (PEP) def. Jordan Bridge (CP) 6-4, 6-4

5. David Sofaer (PEP) vs. Jurgen DeJager (CP) 6-7, 2-2, unfinished

6. Daniel Moss (PEP) vs. Sebastian Bell (CP) 3-6, 6-6, unfinished