MALIBU, Calif. – Senior Bassam Beidas was part of wins over highly ranked opponents in both singles and doubles, but the #24 Pepperdine men’s tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to #16 Baylor on Saturday afternoon.
Beidas (Cairo, Egypt) teamed up with sophomore Alex Llompart (Carolina, Puerto Rico) to beat the 17th-ranked team of Maros Horny and Jordan Rux, 8-1, at the #1 doubles position. Beidas then beat 22nd-ranked Denes Lukacs by the score of 6-3, 6-2, at the #1 singles slot.
But the Waves (6-6) lost the doubles point, and though straight-set wins in singles by Beidas and freshman Mousheg Hovhannisyan (North Hollywood, Calif.) at #4 tied the match at 2-2, the Bears (12-2) won the final three matches in three sets.
Pepperdine plays again at home this Wednesday (March 17) against #52 Minnesota at 1 p.m.
#16 Baylor 5, #24 Pepperdine 2
Doubles
1) Bassam Beidas/Alex Llompart (PEP) def. #17 Maros Horny/Jordan Rux (BU), 8-1
2) Denes Lukacs/Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Hugh Clarke/Finn Tearney (PEP), 8-5
3) #45 Julian Bley/Attila Bucko (BU) def. Sebastian Fanselow/Alejandro Moreno (PEP), 8-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1) #90 Bassam Beidas (PEP) def. #22 Denes Lukacs (BU), 6-4, 6-3
2) #28 Jordan Rux (BU) def. #120 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
3) Attila Bucko (BU) def. Alex Llompart (PEP), 6-1, 6-3
4) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) def. Dominik Mueller (BU), 6-2, 7-5
5) Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Finn Tearney (PEP), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
6) Julian Bley (BU) def. Daniel Moss (PEP), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 4, 6, 5, 2
Records: #24 Pepperdine 6-6, #16 Baylor 12-2
