May 21, 2006
Notes
No. 2 seed Pepperdine improves to 34-2 this season ... Waves advance to NCAA SF for first time since 1986 ... Sixth overall appearance in SF for Waves (also reached final four in `80, `82, `83, `84 and `86) ... Pepperdine is now 58-5 over the past two seasons - best in the country ... No. 10 seed UCLA finishes season at 20-6 ... Bruins were looking to become first team to repeat as champion since Stanford in 1998; NCAA tournament win streak ends at nine ... UCLA was looking to advance to SF for 21st time in last 30 years ...UCLA leads all-time series against Pepperdine 38-14 ... UCLA upset No. 7 Illinois in round of 16; Pepperdine beat No. 15 Florida ... Ivor Lovrak was a member of Baylor's 2004 NCAA championship team ... Pedro Rico is 2-0 this week and has won 10 straight ... Ivor Lovrak is also 2-0 this week.
Quotes:
UCLA Head Coach Billy Martin
"I knew we would have to play incredibly good tennis. Coming indoors didn't help us, but they had to face it too. They were just better prepared. We lost to a very good team. In doubles they really shocked us. Ben (Kohlloeffel) played incredibly good tennis, and Abid played his best match of the year bar none. He fought his heart out."
UCLA No. 1 Singles - Benjamin Kohlloeffel
"Everybody was fighting hard and did the best they could do. It was just tough luck. You can't make the weather and you can't make the courts, it was just unfortunate. I wouldn't blame (this loss) on our experience. The freshmen played great."