Cal Hosts Pepperdine On Super Sunday

Mikey Wright, who won twice in doubles vs. UC Davis, brings a 10-8 doubles record into Sunday’s match against the Waves.

MTEN2/9/2024 10:19 PM | By: Cal Athletics

The California men’s tennis team continues its early season homestand when the Golden Bears (2-3) take on Pepperdine (1-3) in a nonconference clash on Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
 
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Match Details
 
Cal vs. Pepperdine
When: Saturday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. PT
Where: Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, Calif.
Watch: Livestream
 
The Bears and Waves last faced each other in 2022-23, when Pepperdine edged Cal, 4-3, in Malibu.
 
Last Time Out: Bears Beat UC Davis In Doubleheader
Cal is on a two-match winning streak – and is 2-0 at home – after besting UC Davis in a doubleheader last Saturday at Hellman. The Bears beat the Aggies 5-0 and 5-2, with John Kim and Timofey Stepanov, respectively, clinching the contests. Kim defeated Lucas Bollinger, 6-4, 6-2, to secure the opening match, while Stepanov topped Brett Brinkman, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, in the nightcap. The Bears won the doubles point in both matches.
 
Scouting the Bears

• The pair of Alex Chang and Carl Emil Overbeck (3-2 record compiled in the fall) is ranked 59th in the latest ITA doubles poll
• Sophomore Jonathan Irwanto (15-9) leads the Bears in singles wins
• Both Chang (13-6) and Timofey Stepanov (11-10) won twice in singles against UC Davis
• Overbeck (11-10) captured the singles title at the Jack Kramer Invitational to close the first half of the season
• Cal made two recent schedule adjustments, dropping a Feb. 29 contest vs. USC in La Jolla and adding a March 3 match against UC San Diego in La Jolla
• Kris Kwinta (UCLA ’08) is in his third season as the Peter Wright Director of Men’s Tennis
• Francis Sargeant (BYU ’15) is in his third season as a Cal assistant coach
• Former Santa Clara star Vasileios Iliopoulos is in his first season as a Cal assistant coach

Scouting the Waves

• Pepperdine lost at Stanford, 6-1, on Friday on The Farm
• The Waves played their first three dual matches in Malibu, beating Georgia Tech, 4-3, and then losing to No. 21 Michigan State, 5-2 and, No. 18 Arizona State, 4-3
• Edward Winter is ranked 2th in singles
• The duo of Winter and Maxi Homberg is ranked…