Huskers Host Pepperdine, Travel to Iowa

Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-7, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. No. 30 Pepperdine Waves (8-0, 2-0 WCC)
Friday, February 28, 5 p.m. CT
Lincoln, Neb. (Dillon Tennis Center)
Live Stream: https://huskers.com/sports/2019/8/19/211695066.aspx
Live Stats: https://static.huskers.com/custompages/2020mtennis/xlive.htm

Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-7, 0-0 Big Ten) at No. 28 Iowa Hawkeyes (8-2, 0-0 Big Ten)
Sunday, March 1, 5 p.m. CT
Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center)
Live Stream: https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/2016/7/11/play-sight-mens-tennis.aspx
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After a five-match road sequence, the Nebraska men's tennis team will make a quick stop at home this weekend for a match against Pepperdine before traveling to Iowa City for its Big Ten debut this season.

The Huskers (2-7, 0-0 Big Ten) will face off with the undefeated No. 30 Waves (8-0, 2-0 WCC) on Friday, February 28, 5 p.m. CT at the Dillon Tennis Center. Admission is free.

NU will then play No. 28 Iowa (8-2, 0-0 Big Ten) on Sunday, March 1, Noon CT at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. Live streaming and scoring links are available above.

Scouting Pepperdine
• The No. 30 Waves have a perfect start to their season so far, winning all eight matches played so far, split equally between home and away contests -- it is Pepperdine's best opening sequence since 2006, when the program won a national title.
• Pepperdine comes off a strong 5-2 win at No. 29 Minnesota last Sunday, February 23, when Tim Zeitvogel and Adrian Oetzbach led the way.
• Zeitvogel, a sophomore from Baden-Baden, Germany, clinched the match at Minnesota to continue his undefeated sequence in singles, as he holds an 8-0 record in the dual season, with five wins out of the No. 4 spot.
• Oetzbach, a fellow German, posted his third win at the No. 3 position for a 5-0 singles mark in the spring.
• After the trip to Nebraska, the Waves will head to Norman, Okla., for a match with the Sooners on Monday, March 2. 

Scouting Iowa
• No. 28 Iowa comes off a road trip with a pair of hard-fought matches -- on Friday, Feb. 21, the Hawkeyes lost to Utah, 4-3, in Salt Lake City, before rebounding with a 4-3 win at Denver on Sunday, Feb. 23. 
• The 8-2 Hawkeyes had a seven-match winning streak before the loss to the Utes, including victories against Drake, Wichita State and Marquette
• No. 61 Kareem Allaf leads the Iowa lineup at the No. 1 spot, as the Dubai native holds a team-best 8-1 dual season mark. Meanwhile, the duo of Will Davies/Oliver Okonkwo is ranked No. 10 in the nation by the latest (Feb. 18) ITA rankings.
• Iowa will host VCU on Saturday, Feb. 29, before its Sunday matchup with Nebraska.

Series History
• Nebraska and Pepperdine only played each other once in history -- and the match took place in Malibu, Calif., on March 20, 2012. That day, the Waves defeated the Huskers, 7-0.
• Iowa holds a tight 8-7 edge over Nebraska all-tme, as the Huskers last won in 2016, when Andrew Dzulnysnky clinched a 4-3 hard-fought win over the then-No. 47 Hawkeyes.
• NU and Iowa most recently met in Lincoln, where the Hawkeyes knocked off the Huskers, 5-2.
• The Nebraska-Iowa rivalry dates back to 1980, when both teams first played in Iowa City for an 8-1 Hawkeye win. 

Up Next
• Nebraska will head to Oklahoma next weekend for a matchup with the Sooners on Sunday, March 8 at Noon CT.

Moreno Starts Strong
• Sophomore Victor Moreno Lozano started off the season at No. 2, but quickly took over the No. 1 spot after notching singles wins at Vanderbilt, vs. Auburn and vs. UMKC.
• Moreno recently clinched the match for the Huskers in a 4-3 win over UTSA -- he defeated Kai Breitbach in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
• The Madrid, Spain, native also had a strong fall season, earning seven singles wins. So far, Moreno holds an 11-10 overall record.

Freshmen Racking Up Wins
• Shunya Maruyama, from Nagano, Japan, owns a team-best five dual season wins, while Newport Beach, Calif., native Andre Saleh posted another two singles victories. 
• Saleh was a five-star recruit and the No. 52-rated prospect in the nation, while Maruyama was a four-time International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Doubles Champion before joining Nebraska.

Maymi Sets Strong Schedule in 2020
• Nebraska will face 13 opponents ranked in the top-50 nationally as of the end of last season: Texas (No. 1), Ohio State (No. 3), Baylor (No. 6), Illinois (No. 15), Oklahoma (No. 17), Michigan (No. 20), UCF (No. 31), Vanderbilt (No. 32), Penn State (No. 33), Minnesota (No. 39), Iowa (No. 44), Oregon (No. 47) and Indiana (No. 49).