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Waves Sweep West Coast Conference Doubleheader

Pepperdine improves win streak to 11 after victories versus both Santa Clara and San Francisco on Sunday afternoon.

Hugh Clarke

April 1, 2012

Complete Results

MALIBU, Calif. - The #7 Pepperdine men's tennis team added two victories to its record after defeating both Santa Clara and San Francisco in today's West Coast Conference doubleheader. The Waves improve to 14-6 overall and a perfect 3-0 in the league.

The Waves opened the day with a 6-1 win against the Broncos. After a closely contested doubles point, Pepperdine cruised through singles play in dominant fashion.

Sebastian Fanselow (Essen, Germany/Kaplan College Prep) and Jenson Turner (Woodland Hill, Calif./Campbell Hall HS) took a 4-1 lead before Kyle Dandan and Tom Pham battled their way back and knotted the score at 5-all. The Pepperdine pair would not allow another game, however, and put the match away 8-5.

Mere moments later, Hugh Clarke (Brisbane, Australia/Brisbane Boys' College) and David Sofaer (Bellevue Hill, Australia/Sydney Distance Education HS) clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 triumph over Nicholas Vinel and Eugene Muchynski.

The Broncos avoided the sweep with a win from the No. 1 spot in the lineup.

In singles, Fanselow overpowered Kyle Dandan 6-1, 6-1, before Mousheg Hovhannisyan (North Hollywood, Calif./Continental Academy) defeated Pham by a score of 6-3, 6-2.

Clarke put the fourth point on the board for the Waves, issuing Muchynski a 6-4, 6-2 loss.

Llompart allowed just three games in his straight-set win versus Vinel.

Osintsev recorded Santa Clara's only point of the day with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Turner, while Tearney put the finishing touches on the Waves' first match with a three-set win against Lamble.

Pepperdine returned to the courts a little less than two hours later, and were able to keep the energy up and down the Dons 7-0.

Sofaer and Clarke opened things up with a decisive 8-1 victory to mark their team-best eighth win in a row.

Fanselow and Turner moved up to the top spot in the lineup and took down Germain Bahri and Jonathon Knowlman, 8-3, while Llompart and Hovhannisyan paired up and defeated William Schumacher and Thai Tu by a score of 7-4.

Fanselow cruised through singles once against and topped Tu 6-1, 6-2. Sofaer followed suit and put away a 6-2, 6-1 decision against Richard Bucalem.

Clarke and Llompart won in straight sets to improve their win streaks to four and six, respectively.

Hovhannisyan took the first frame against Bernardo Saraiva, 6-1, but fell behind 2-5 in set two. The junior battled back and eventually secured the win, 7-2, in the tiebreaker to avoid going to a third set.

Daniel Moss (Malibu, Calif./Malibu HS) tallied the final victory of the day, rebounding from a 6-3 loss in the opener to win 6-2, 10-5 against Jacob Hartwig.

Pepperdine returns to action next week with road matches at San Diego (April 4) and Saint Mary's (April 7).

#7 Pepperdine 6, #31 Santa Clara 1
Singles
1. #9 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. #111 Kyle Dandan (SCU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #16 Finn Tearney (PEP) def. John Lamble (SCU) 6-0, 2-6, 6-1
3. Alex Llompart (PEP) def. Nicholas Vinel (SCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. #72 Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Tom Pham (SCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Ilya Osintsev (SCU) def. Jenson Turner (PEP) 7-5, 6-3
6. Hugh Clarke (PEP) def. Eugene Muchynski (SCU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
1. Ilya Osintsev/John Lamble (SCU) def. #2 Alex Llompart/Finn Tearney (PEP) 7-5
2. Sebastian Fanselow/Jenson Turner (PEP) def. Kyle Dandan/Tom Pham (SCU) 8-5
3. Hugh Clarke/David Sofaer (PEP) def. Nicholas Vinel/Eugene Muchynski (SCU) 8-6

Match Notes:
Santa Clara 15-4, 2-1 WCC; National ranking #31
Pepperdine 13-6, 2-0 WCC; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,4,6,3,5,2)

#7 Pepperdine 7, San Francisco 0
Singles
1. #9 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. Thai Tu (USF) 6-1, 6-2
2. Alex Llompart (PEP) def. Germain Bahri (USF) 7-5, 6-2
3. #72 Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Bernardo Saraiva (USF) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
4. Hugh Clarke (PEP) def. William Schumacher (USF) 6-4, 6-2
5. David Sofaer (PEP) def. Richard Bucalem (USF) 6-2, 6-1
6. Daniel Moss (PEP) def. Jacob Hartwig (USF) 3-6, 6-2, 10-5

Doubles
1. Sebastian Fanselow/Jenson Turner (PEP) def. Germain Bahri/Jonathon Knowlman (USF) 8-3
2. Alex Llompart/Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. William Schumacher/Thai Tu (USF) 7-4
3. Hugh Clarke/David Sofaer (PEP) def. Richard Bucalem/Jacob Hartwig (USF) 8-1

Match Notes:
San Francisco 3-12, 1-2 WCC
Pepperdine 14-6, 3-0 WCC; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,4,5,2,3,6)

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