MALIBU, Calif. – The Yale men's tennis team opened its spring break trip to Southern California with a 4-0 loss to Pepperdine.
The match featured two teams ranked in ITA Top 60. The Wave is No. 51, while the Bulldogs are No. 55.
The three singles matches that weren't completed were all in the third set, and Yale had the lead in two, while the third was tied.
Yale is now 7-4 on the season.
The Bulldogs play Nebraska at UCSB on Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT).
#51 Pepperdine 4, #55 Yale 0
Singles
1. #24 Edward Winter (PEPPM) def.
Vignesh Gogineni (YALE) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
2. Pietro Fellin, (PEPPM) vs.
Theo Dean (YALE) 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 2-3, unfinished
3. Linus Halldin (PEPPM) def.
Eric Li (YALE) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
4. Zach Stephens (PEPPM) vs.
Jim Ji (YALE) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 0-1, unfinished
5. George Davis, (PEPPM) vs.
Aidan Reilly (YALE) 5-7, 6-4, 1-1, unfinished
6. Robert Shelton (PEPPM) def.
Dylan Tsoi (YALE) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Maxi Homberg/Christopher Papa (PEPPM) def.
Vignesh Gogineni/
Roee Benya (YALE) 6-4
2. George Davis/Linus Halldin (PEPPM) vs. #77
Theo Dean/
Aidan Reilly (YALE) 5-3, unfinished
3. Pietro Fellin/Edward Winter (PEPPM) def.
Jim Ji/
Eric Li (YALE) 6-1