<span>Men's Tennis</span> <time pubdate="" datetime="3/16/2025 7:26:00 PM">3/16/2025 7:26:00 PM</time> <br><b>INDIAN WELLS, Calif. —</b> Rallying in the third-place match of the 2025 UTR Sports Collegiate Championships, the No. 28 Pepperdine Waves took down No. 26 Princeton 4-2 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday afternoon.<br>The Waves (10-6) saw its highly-touted freshman class play like veterans to upset the Tigers (16-6). After dropping the doubles point, Pepperdine responded with singles wins from <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/edward-winter/5142" rel="smarttag" rev="5142">Edward Winter</a></dfn></b>, <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/lasse-poertner/5152" rel="smarttag" rev="5152">Lasse Poertner</a></dfn></b> and <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/david-fix/5151" rel="smarttag" rev="5151">David Fix</a></dfn></b> before <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/aleksa-pisaric/5153" rel="smarttag" rev="5153">Aleksa Pisaric</a></dfn></b> clinched the match with his three-set win at the fifth position.<br>In doubles, Pepperdine got off to a strong start with Pisaric and Poertner's thorough 6-1 beatdown of Landon Ardila and Aleksandar Mitric on court three. The Waves took a double-break lead before the Tigers got on the board, then the Waves eventually broke the Princeton duo for the 6-1 win in a quick, 22-minute match. Unfortunately for Pepperdine, the Tigers retaliated with a 6-3 win on court two before their No. 62 ranked team of Filippos Astreinidis and Paul Inchauspe edged out Edward and <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/hugh-winter/5150" rel="smarttag" rev="5150">Hugh Winter</a></dfn></b> in a tiebreak on court one.<br>But the Waves were undeterred heading into singles play. Resolved to not leave Indian Wells empty handed, four Waves won their first sets — and two were blowouts.<br>On court one, No. 69 <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/edward-winter/5142" rel="smarttag" rev="5142">Edward Winter</a></dfn></b><b> </b>took an early double-break lead against No. 33 Paul Inchauspe at the top line. Winter, who went 2-0 in Indian Wells, looked the part against Inchauspe and blazed through his first set 6-1 before taking another big lead to start the second set. Serving up 4-1, Winter's match came to a premature end when Inchauspe retired due to injury.<br>With the Waves on the board, Princeton responded with a straight-set win on court two. Yet the Tiger's lead was short-lived thanks to the efforts of <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/lasse-poertner/5152" rel="smarttag" rev="5152">Lasse Poertner</a></dfn></b><b> </b>at the fourth position.<br>Continuing his streak of dominant play in Indian Wells, Poertner put up a 6-0 first-set bagel against Ellis Short. In the second set, Short broke Poertner in the third game for a 2-1 lead, yet Poertner broke back in the fourth game to put the match back on serve. From there, Poertner powered through the rest of the match, winning four-consecutive games before breaking Short for the match in his 6-0, 6-2 victory.<br>Although the score remained tied at 2-2 for over an hour, the Waves battled back with two more three-set victories at the bottom of the lineup.<br>Playing side-by-side in the third set, freshmen <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/david-fix/5151" rel="smarttag" rev="5151">David Fix</a></dfn></b> and <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/aleksa-pisaric/5153" rel="smarttag" rev="5153">Aleksa Pisaric</a></dfn></b> answered the call. After losing a close second set to Aleksandar Mitric on court six, Fix left nothing to chance by taking a double-break lead in the third set. Although Mitric broke back and consolidated the break to make the score 4-2, Fix, the Pepperdine freshman held serve before breaking Mitric for the match in his 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory.<br>That win put Princeton on the ropes.<br>Moments later on court five, Pisaric capped off a thrilling third set, which featured several deuce point wins, strong serves and flashes of high-level athleticism from the Serbian freshman. After losing his first set 6-4 to Evan Wen, Pisaric pushed his match to a third set with a 6-2 second-set win that helped Pepperdine stay in the fight.<br>Pisaric broke through in the fifth game by breaking Wen on deuce point and then consolidated the break for a 4-2 lead — right as Fix took a big lead over on court six. Wen was broken on a double-fault in the seventh game, giving Pisaric an opportunity to serve out the match.<br>Despite falling behind 30-40, Pisaric fought off a break point to bring up deciding point. Serving from the ad side, Pisaric made his first serve and charged to the net to hit a backhand slice to Wen, hit the brakes, then backpedaled for an overhead winner that sent the Pepperdine sideline into a frenzy.<br>Pepperdine returns to Malibu to take on defending NCAA Singles Champion Michael Zheng and the No. 7 Columbia under the lights on Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m. — which was originally scheduled for Friday, March 21. All schedule updates can be found on the men's tennis team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.<br> <br><u><b>RESULTS</b></u><br><b>Singles</b><br>1. #69 <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/edward-winter/5142" rel="smarttag" rev="5142">Edward Winter</a></dfn></b> (PEPP) def. #33 Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) 6-1, 4-1, <i>retired</i><br> 2. #59 Top Nidunjianzan (PRIN) def. #47 <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/maxi-homberg/5144" rel="smarttag" rev="5144">Maxi Homberg</a></dfn> </b>(PEPP) 6-0, 6-0<br> 3. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/linus-carlsson-halldin/5136" rel="smarttag" rev="5136">Linus Carlsson Halldin</a></dfn></b> (PEPP) vs. Landon Ardila (PRIN) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-3 <i>unfinished</i><br> 4. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/lasse-poertner/5152" rel="smarttag" rev="5152">Lasse Poertner</a></dfn></b><b> </b>(PEPP) def. Ellis Short (PRIN) 6-0, 6-2<br> 5. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/aleksa-pisaric/5153" rel="smarttag" rev="5153">Aleksa Pisaric</a></dfn></b> (PEPP) def. Evan Wen (PRIN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2<br> 6. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/david-fix/5151" rel="smarttag" rev="5151">David Fix</a></dfn> </b>(PEPP) def. Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2<br><i>Order of finish: 2,1,4,6,5*</i><br><b>Doubles</b><br> 1. #62 Filippos Astreinidis/Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) def. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/edward-winter/5142" rel="smarttag" rev="5142">Edward Winter</a></dfn>/Hugh Winte</b>r (PEPP) 7-6 (3)<br> 2. Top Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short (PRIN) def. #72 <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/linus-carlsson-halldin/5136" rel="smarttag" rev="5136">Linus Carlsson Halldin</a></dfn>/<dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/maxi-homberg/5144" rel="smarttag" rev="5144">Maxi Homberg</a></dfn></b> (PEPP) 6-3<br> 3. <b><dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/aleksa-pisaric/5153" rel="smarttag" rev="5153">Aleksa Pisaric</a></dfn>/<dfn><a href="/sports/mens-tennis/roster/lasse-poertner/5152" rel="smarttag" rev="5152">Lasse Poertner</a></dfn></b> (PEPP) def. 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