TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 24 Arizona grabs a huge ranked win over No. 22 Pepperdine at home. A back and forth struggle resulted in a 5-2 victory for the Cats.
The Wildcats grabbed the doubles point again with ease before heading into a tough singles match-up. No. 54 Malbasic cleaned up quickly on court 4 as well as
Nick Lagaev on court 6. Hassey and No. 105 Strom fought tooth and nail at the end of the match in two three-set matches, resulting in a gutsy wins for Hassey and Strom.Â
The Wildcats move up to 5-1 on the season and 1-1 against ranked opponents.Â
Results
Doubles
1. Middleton/Ziverts def. Oetzbach/Den Ouden 6-3
2. Reguant/Hassey vs. Summaria/Shelton 5-3
3. Malbasic/Strom def. Fellin/Jankowiak 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles
1. Adrian Oetzbach def. No. 50
Jonas Ziverts 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Guy Den Ouden def.
Alejandro Reguant 7-6(3), 7-5
3. No. 105
Gustaf Strom def. No. 90 Corrado Summaria 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2
4. No. 54
Filip Malbasic def. Robert Shelton 6-0, 7-5
5.
Carlos Hassey def. Pietro Fellin 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3
6.
Nick Lagaev def. Pawel Jankowiak 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 4, 6, 1, 2, 5, 3