Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific men's tennis program got two strong doubles performances but could not hold on to either lead and dropped a 4-1 decision to Pepperdine on Friday and a 4-1 match to LMU on Saturday at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center.

Sophomore Reigning WCC Doubles Pair of the Week Jonty Giesen and Nico Rating built on a strong opening conference performance with a pair of wins on doubles court one against both Pepperdine and LMU. Since the move to conference play, the duo is unbeaten and hold a 4-3 season record.

Helping the sophomores claim the doubles points in both matches were the combination of redshirt senior Terence Das and sophomore Niv Zuckerman on court three, who both went 2-0 over the weekend on doubles court three. Zuckerman made his return to doubles courts for the first time since March 4 and extended his personal winning streak to six straight matches. Beyond the winning streak, the sophomore has only lost once in the doubles portion this season.

As a pair, Das and Zuckerman had never paired up prior to this weekend.

However, once in the singles half of both matches, the Tigers (7-12, 1-2 WCC) faltered and lost their leads. Losses on courts two, three, four and six on Friday gave the Waves the victory over Pacific while losses on courts one, two, four and six propelled LMU to the Saturday win.

Prior to Saturday's match, both Das and senior Riley Hillenbrand were honored in the senior day ceremony to recognize the hard work and dedication both have shown to the program.

Coming up next for the program are four straight road matches to close the regular season, beginning with Santa Clara on Thursday before a trip to San Diego on Saturday.

FULL RESULTS
GAME ONE DOUBLES

1. Jonty Giesen and Nico Rating (PAC) def. Fix/Pisaric (PEP), 6-4
2. Christof Schaertlin Coffey and Reuben De Klerk (PAC) led Homberg/E. Winter (PEP), 5-4
3. Terence Das and Niv Zuckerman (PAC) def. Almeida/Photiades (PEP), 6-4

GAME ONE SINGLES

1. Pisaric (PEP) led Jonty Giesen (PAC), 4-6, 7-6, 1-0
2. Almeida (PEP) def. Christof Schaertlin Coffey (PAC), 6-1, 6-2
3. Homberg (PEP) def. Terence Das (PAC), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. Fix (PEP) def. Nico Rating (PEP), 6-0, 6-1
5. H. Winter (PEP) led Reuben De Klerk (PAC), 6-7, 6-3, 2-0
6. Boeckli (PEP) def. Hasith Gummuluru (PAC), 6-3, 6-4

GAME 2 DOUBLES

1. Jonty Giesen and Nico Rating (PAC) def. Wuelfing/Padro (LMU), 6-4
2. Cruz/Kindhult (LMU) led Christof Schaertlin Coffey and Reuben De Klerk (PAC), 4-3
3. Terece Das and Niv Zuckerman (PAC) def. Ahmad/Tamaddon (LMU), 6-1

GAME TWO SINGLES

1. Wuelfing (LMU) def. Jonty Giesen (PAC), 6-4, 7-5
2. Cruz (LMU) def. Christof Schaertlin Coffey (PAC), 6-2, 6-1
3. Terence Das (PAC) led Kindhult (LMU), 7-6, 3-0
4. Padro (LMU) def. Nico Rating (PAC), 6-4, 6-4
5. Reuben De Klerk (PAC) led Hrynkiewicz (LMU), 7-5, 5-5
6. Messerli (LMU) def. Gummuluru (PAC), 6-2, 6-1

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