No. 21 Pepperdine blanked No. 37 Hawai'i, 4-0, in the first round of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships today at Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, Calif.

Pepperdine is 17-10 and will face the Stanford-Quinnipiac winner in the second round. The Rainbow Warriors, the Western Athletic Conference champions, finished 12-8.

The Waves won the doubles point taking the first two matches. They also won at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, before getting the clinching point at No. 1 singles when Bassam Beidas defeated Dennis Lajola, 6-3, 7-6 (8).

The Rainbow Warriors were making their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

RESUITS

No. 21 Pepperdine Waves (17-10, 5-0 WCC) 4,

No. 37 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (12-8, 4-1 WAC) 0

Doubles

(1) No. 27 Beidas/Llompart (PEP) d. No. 78 Weber/Eberhard (HAW) , 8-2

(2) Hugh Clarke/Tearney (PEP) d. Dennis Lajola/Daniel Llarenas (HAW), 9-7

(3) Fanselow/Hovhannisyan (PEP) vs. Rosenberg/Tweedt (HAW), 6-6, suspended

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles

(1) No. 32 Bassam Beidas (PEP) d. No. 113 Dennis Lajola (HAW), 6-3, 7-6 (8)

(2) No. 70 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) led Andreas Weber (HAW), 6-3, 7-6 (8)

(3) Finbar Tearney (PEP) led Leo Rosenberg (HAW), 6-4, 5-6, susp.

(4) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) led Jeremy Tweedt (HAW), 7-5, 5-3, susp.

(5) Alex Llompart (PEP) d. Philipp Eberhard (HAW), 6-1, 6-0

(6) Jenson Turner (PEP) d. Dmytro Kovalyov (HAW), 6-3, 6-0

Order of Finish: 5, 6, 1