Dons Fall Short to Waves on the Road

Friday, April 22

Malibu, Calif.

2:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

Pepperdine

Photo by: Virginia Cortland

4/23/2022 11:26:00 AM | Men's Tennis

MALIBU, Calif. -- It wasn't the USF Dons men's tennis team's (11-11, 3-5) day as they were unable to build momentum before falling to the Pepperdine Waves 4-0 in Southern California on Friday afternoon.

The Waves were ready to play from the opening point as they took two doubles matches and then won three singles contests to account for their four points necessary to secure the victory on Friday on their home court.

RESULTS:
Doubles:
(PEPP) De Jonge/Vasa def. (USF) Phuc Huynh/Nitzan Ricklis (6-4)
(PEPP) Rogers/Summaria def. (USF) Nil Giraldez/Mitch Johnson (6-0)
(PEPP) Fellin/Luque vs. (USF) Stevie Gould/Nikola Kuraica (4-5, DNF)
Singles:
(PEPP) De Jonge vs. (USF) Huynh (3-6, 6-3, 1-0, DNF)
(PEPP) Rogers vs. (USF) Ricklis (7-5, 5-2, DNF)
(PEPP) Luque vs. (USF) Gould (6-3, 4-6, DNF)
(PEPP) Vasa def. (USF) Johnson (6-4, 6-4)
(PEPP) Summaria def. (USF) Kuraica (6-0, 6-2)
(PEPP) Fellin def. (USF) David Woodland (6-4, 6-2)

CATCHING UP WITH COACH SUNDLING:
"Pepperdine was too good for us today. The Dons competed from start to finish but the Waves out played us. We are excited to finish off our regular season tomorrow at LMU."

UP NEXT:
USF will now finish off their regular season schedule in So Cal as they will venture just down the road to take on the Loyola Marymount Lions. Saturday's match will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the LMU Tennis Center.

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