The Pepperdine men's tennis team produced its biggest win of the season to date as it upset No       Printer-Friendly Format   E-mail this article         lt;bgt;Gonzaga , Linfield College 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; lt;Pgt;13; Each member of the Gonzaga University men's tennis team won their match against Linfield College as the Bulldogs hosted their first match at Spokane Racquet Club on Saturday evening, defeating Linfield -0. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Sophomore Bryce Cooper led Gonzaga in the No. 1 spot with his defeat over Jack Fleming (6-0, 6-). Each Bulldog would win their match in straight sets. In doubles play, Gonzaga also claimed victory as Robert Penney and Jesse Goldsmith teamed up for the win over John Yates and Ian McGrath, 8-4. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;Loyola Marymount 4, Northern Arizona 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; Loyola Marymount men's tennis defeated Northern Arizona University 4-3 at the Lions' temporary home facility, the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In his second win in three matches at the No. spot, freshman Nico Terrien defeated NAU's Jeremy Coll 7-6, 6-4. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Sophomore Michael Wojnarowicz fought back after dropping the first set 3-6 to defeat Jamie Maxwell 6-1, 6- in the final two sets.lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Carlos Malet defeated Ronson Taylor in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. lt;pgt; The Lions also took the doubles point, as Wojnarowicz and Matt Phillips defeated Maxwell and Jonas Jegers 9-8, and Terrien and Ashton Politanoff knocked off Coll and Taylor 9-7. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;Fresno State 4, Santa Clara 3lt;/bgt; The Santa Clara University men's tennis team fell to 39th-ranked Fresno State 4-3 this afternoon at the SCU Tennis Center. The Broncos' record falls to -, while the Bulldogs even their mark to 4-4. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Fresno State clinched the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Bronco upperclassmen Erich Chen and Taylor Bedilion avoided the FSU sweep with an 8-4 win on the second court. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In singles action, Charles Irie and Jakub Cech earned straight-set victories on courts four and five to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 match lead. Santa Clara responded with two victories to keep the contest close. Freshman Kevin McQuaid posted a 7-, 7-4 win over Sergiu Modoc on the sixth court, while Chen picked up his first singles victory of the season, winning the last three games to earn a 6-4, 7- win over Stefan Suta. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Courts one and two saw come-from-behind victories to close the competition. Alex Krohn clinched the Fresno State team win with his individual victory over Bedilion, 3-6, 6-, 6-3. Senior Gernot Fischer posted the Broncos' final point of the afternoon with his 4-6, 6-4, 6- win over Greg Shearer. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;Pepperdine 4, California 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Pepperdine men's tennis team produced its biggest win of the season to date as it upset No. 11 California at the Hellman Courts in Berkeley Saturday afternoon. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In a very intense early season match-up, two West Coast schools battled it out with, the Pepperdine Waves coming out on top in the end, 4-3. With the win, Pepperdine improves to 6- in the season. The Golden Bears dropped to 1-3 on the year. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; After winning the No. and 3 doubles match, the Waves waltzed to singles play ahead 1-0. The duo made up of Scott Doerner and Alexandre Herrera remained perfect this season by upending Tyler Browne and Daniel Sebescen, 8-. The Waves' team of Alexis Rafidison and Kevin Borzenski dropped John Pettit and Wayne Wong, 8-. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In a match that came down to the wire, Pepperdine took control of two of the final three matches. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In those final three matches Wong defeated Pepperdine's No. 31 Calle Hansen 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. But Cal's Balazs Veress and Browne were not as lucky, falling in two hard-fought matches to the Wave's Pedro Rico, playing at the No. 1 position (6-7, 6-, 6-4) and Rafidison, playing No. singles(6-7, 6-4, 6-4), respectively. The Waves first singles point was earned by Herrera after he easily beat Patrick Briaud, 6-, 6-4. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;Washington 7, Portland 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The University of Portland men146;s tennis team fell short as the 10th-ranked Washington Huskies (6-1) did not drop a match or a set at any position in registering a 7-0 blanking on Friday night at the Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center. Portland drops to - on the season.lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;UC Santa Barbara 4, Portland 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The University of Portland men146;s tennis played well, but couldn146;t grind out the win and lost a 4-3 decision to a very impressive No. 63 ranked UC Santa Barbara team on Sun., Feb. 1 at the Lloyd Nordstrom Tennis Center. Portland drops to -3 on the season.lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;Cal Poly 3, Saint Mary's lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Saint Mary's men's tennis team dropped to -3 on the season when they fell to Cal Poly on Sunday by the score of -. The Gaels dropped all three doubles matches and were only able to take two of the singles matches away from the Mustangs.lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In singles action, Saint Mary's earned their victories at the No.3 and No. 4 positions. At the No. 3 position, Saint Mary's Andre Sion captured the match when he beat Nick Tracy in straight sets, 6-4, 6-. Saint Mary's Vincent LeBorgne had a little tougher time than Sion at the No. 4 position. LeBorgne's match against Brett Van Linge went into the third set tie-breaker, but LeBorgne was able to prevail 4-6, 6-4, (10-8). lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; In doubles action, the Gaels were unable to capture a match against the Mustangs. The Saint Mary's duo of Adam Fauvre and Rafael Lopez fell to the Mustangs' John Nguyen and Van Linge by the score of 8-. The Gaels' pair of Martin Marechal and Sion played a close match but fell to Matt Baca and Tracy 9-7. At the No. 3 doubles, LeBorgne and Dino Paul Ferrari also played in a close match but fell to Brian Kent and Davey Jones 8-6. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;USC 6, San Diego 1lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The 8th-ranked USD Toreros (4-1) surrendered their first loss of the year to the 19th-ranked USC Trojans (3-1) 6-1 this afternoon at USD's West Courts. San Diego won the first point of the day by claiming two of three doubles matches before being swept in singles action. USD's Pierrick Ysern teamed with Jason Pongsrikul to win No. 1 doubles over Johan Berg and Adriano Biasella (9-7) of USC. At No. 3 doubles, Torero's Robbie Blair and Mirza Koristovic defeated Jamil Al-Agba and Brian Wright (8-). Nic Beuque (6-, -6, 0-6), Robbie Blair (7-6, 3-6, 10-1) and Jeff Das (-6, 6-, 7-6) all sent their singles matches into a third set for USD Friday. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;