SAN DIEGO – The No. 18 San Diego men's tennis program (22-3, 7-1 WCC) rallied from a doubles point loss to down No. 39 Pepperdine (14-11, 7-1 WCC), 4-1 and win the 2024 WCC Tournament on Saturday at the Aztec Tennis Center.
 
The Toreros take home their first WCC Tournament title since 2022 and complete a sweep of the regular season and tournament titles, while locking their place in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the third consecutive WCC Tournament final against the Waves, the tensions were high from the beginning.
• Sacchitt Sharrma and Iiro Vasa found early momentum at the top doubles position, jumping out to an early break.
• While the duo would go on to win, Pepperdine secured a late break on court two and secured the doubles point for a 1-0 lead.
• The Toreros rallied together at the break and came out of the gate with fire in singles.
• San Diego jumped all over the Waves, winning five of the six opening sets.
• Oliver Tarvet and Vasa stormed out to dominant 6-1 showings against their ranked opponents.
• Despite some second set pressure, Vasa would clinch his match promptly to make it 1-1.
• As the matches waned on, Tarvet, Stian Klaassen and Savriyan Danilov all closed in on wins.
• Klaassen responded from an early second set break to win four straight games and secure his match in straight sets.
• From there Tarvet and Danilov finished just seconds apart, as Danilov earned the clinching point following the official's overrule of an out call to secure the match.
• With the victory, the Toreros secured their ninth WCC Tournament title.

 
NEXT UP

• The Toreros have secured their third consecutive spot in the NCAA Tournament and will await their placement following the national selection show on Monday, Apr. 29.

 
RESULTS
#18 San Diego 4, #39 Pepperdine 1
Doubles
No. 1 – Sacchitt Sharrma/Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. George Davis/Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine) – 6-3
No. 2 – Maxi Holmberg/Chris Papa (Pepperdine) def. Stian Klaassen/Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) – 6-4
No. 3 – Pietro Fellin/Edward Winter (Pepperdine) def. Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (San Diego) – 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 6 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. No. 48 Edward Winter (Pepperdine) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 85 Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. No. 122 Pietro Fellin (Pepperdine) – 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Lambert Ruland (San Diego) vs. Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine) – 6-3, 4-5 (UF)
No. 4 – Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. Zach Stephens (Pepperdine) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. George Davis (Pepperdine) – 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 – Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) vs. Robert Shelton (Pepperdine) – 3-6, 6-5 (UF)
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 1, 4
 
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