Northwestern
Pepperdine
Wildcats Fall to No. 13 Pepperdine, 6-1
3/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 23, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - In their first competition in almost three weeks, the Northwestern men's tennis team fell at No. 13 Pepperdine (12-2) Wednesday afternoon by a score of 6-1.
The Waves took the doubles point and five of six singles matches to earn their sixth-straight victory.
Northwestern drops to 6-8 overall and remains at 1-2 in the Big Ten.
The Wildcats' Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College) continued his scorching play with a win at No. 4 singles. Lock has won six of his last eight matches and holds a team-best 17-7 overall record and 11-3 dual mark.
Head Coach Paul Torricelli shook up his doubles lineup a bit, putting Lock with sophomore Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Lohbrugge) for the first time this year. The duo got off to a flying start with an 8-4 win at No. 3.
Junior Adam Schaechterle (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine) and senior Justin Hoeveler (Ross, Calif./The Branson School) played together at No. 2, barely falling to Berg and Lovrak, 9-7.
Pepperdine 6, Northwestern 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Rico/Doerner (PEP) def. Perrin/Hanus (NU), 8-4
No. 2 - Berg/Lovrak (PEP) def. Schaechterle/Hoeveler (NU), 9-7
No. 3 - Tempke/Lock (NU) def. Borzinski/Johnson (PEP), 8-4
Singles
No. 1 - Scott Doerner (PEP) def. Tommy Hanus (NU), 6-1, 2-0 (retired/injury)
No. 2 - Pedro Rico def. Christian Tempke (NU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - Jonas Berg (PEP) def. Chuck Perrin (NU), 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (8)
No. 4 - Lock def. Ivor Lovrak (PEP), 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 - Richard Johnson (PEP) def. Adam Schaechterle (NU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 - Alexis Rafidison (PEP) def. Matt Christian (NU), 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (5)
Order of finish for doubles: 1, 3, 2
Order of finish for singles: 1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 3
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