The University of San Francisco Men's Tennis team will face the Pepperdine Waves Saturday January 17th at 12p.m. at the Malibu Racquet Club to kickoff the 09-10 season. The Dons finished the 2008-2009 season last year 9-12 with a 3rd place finish in the West Coast Conference losing to #18 Pepperdine University 4-0 in the Conference Semifinals and defeating University of Portland 4-1 to finish 3rd. The Pepperdine Waves finished the 2008-2009 season 20-10 Winning the WCC Title and defeating Cal 4-1 in the first round of the NCAA's before losing to Stanford 4-0 in the 2nd rd of the NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto.
New Faces for the Dons
The Dons Bring in 5 new players to the squad this year led by sophomore Cal Transfer Thai Tu(Alameda,CA). Tu is the brother of former USF #1 Tommy Tu c/o'09. The Dons also add University of Arizona transfer Ola Bakke (Oslo,Norway)and three freshman Mark DeCastro (Union City,CA) Will Schumacher (New Orleans,LA) and Spring 2010 addition Richard Bucalem (San Paulo, Brazil). The Dons look improve on their 2009 Season.
Scouting the Opponent
The Pepperdine Waves will be led by #39 Bassam Beidas who claimed the 2009 Southern Intercollegiate tournament defeating USC's Daniel Nguyen. Returning players for the Waves will be Alex Llompart (Carolina, Puerto Rico) , Alejandro Moreno (Queretaro, Mexico), and Stuart Kepler (Dallas, TX).
Match Location
The Dual match will be played at the Malibu Racquet Club. For more information log on to www.maliburacquetclub.com
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