Rice University
Pepperdine
Rice Flies West to Take On Pepperdine, Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
2/26/2025 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Match 11 | #62 Rice Owls (7-3) vs. #23 Pepperdine Waves (6-5) | Thursday, February 27 | 1 p.m. CT
Location: La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club)
Video Stream: none
Live Stats: none
Series: Pepperdine leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: Pepperdine won, 6-1 (March 3, 2010)
Pacific Coast Doubles Championships | Friday, February 28 - Sunday, March 2
Location: La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club)
Video Stream: none
Live Stats: none
Tournament Page: USTA
HOUSTON - The 62nd-ranked Rice Owls will head west to The Golden State to take on 23rd-ranked Pepperdine on Thursday, February 27, before taking part in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship from Friday, February. 28 - Sunday, March 2.
Rice enters the match with a 7-3 record and a ITA ranking of No. 62, moving up one spot after taking down the Florida Atlantic Owls, 4-0, in their lone match last week. Pepperdine enters with a 6-5 overall record and a ITA ranking of No. 23, falling at second-ranked TCU in their lone match last week.
Rice currently sits at 0-4 all-time against the Waves, with the last meeting between the two coming in 2010. This will be the first neutral site match-up between the two squads.
As new ITA singles and doubles rankings did not debut this week, the Rice tandem of Arthus de la Bassetiere and Kabeer Kapasi hold steady at No. 61 in the doubles rankings.
After the Pepperdine match, Rice will remain in La Jolla to take part in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship.
The tournament features several top-ranked teams and tandems, including seventh-ranked San Diego's top-ranked tandem in the nation of Oliver Target and Stian Klaassen.
The following duos will be competing for Rice:
Emir Sendogan / Gabriel Porras
Tommy Czaplinski / Joshua Mandelbaum
Santiago Navarro / Eduardo Morais
Arthus de la Bassetiere / Petro Kuzmenok
The following institutions will have representation in this year's Pacific Coast Doubles Championship:
Ball State
Bucknell
Cal Poly
Georgetown
Nevada
Occidental
Pepperdine
Pomona-Pitzer
#62 Rice
#7 San Diego
San Diego State
UC Davis
#52 UCLA
UC San Diego
#21 USC
Villanova
Fans can keep up with the PCDC via the tournament's link above. There will be no video or live stats for Rice's match against Pepperdine, but there will be occasional in-match updates via X (Twitter) at @RiceTennisM.
RANKED PLAYERS VS PEPPERDINE
DOUBLES
#63 - Arthus de la Bassetiere / Kabeer Kapasi (RICE)
#67 - Maxi Homberg / Linus Carlsson Halldin (PEPP)
SINGLES
#53 - Maxi Homberg (PEPP)
#76 - Edward Winter (PEPP)
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