Pepperdine University
USC
Women's Tennis Falls to USC, 5-2
3/12/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 12, 2011
MALIBU, Calif. - Marie Zalameda and Andrea Oates of the #30 Pepperdine women's tennis team both earned singles match victories today, but it was not enough to top #16 USC on the courts of the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. The Trojans claimed the dual win, 5-2.
The win was USC's third straight and 10th overall this season, while the Waves slip to 6-4.
The Trojans captured the doubles point with wins on the first and third court. Newly paired Ale Granillo (Pachuca, Mexico/Instituto Hidalgo) and Anamika Bhargava (Collierville, Tenn./Houston HS) tallied their second win of the season after defeating Lyndsay Kinstler and Danielle Lao, 8-5.
In singles, Arianna Colffer (Corona, Calif./Buena Vista) took on #2-ranked singles player Maria Sanchez, but suffered a two-set loss, 6-3, 6-2. Lao gave the Trojans point number three after defeating Bhargava 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 2 match.
Oates put the Waves on the board with a decisive 6-1, 6-3 triumph on court six. The junior is 3-0 when playing in the six spot this dual season, and leads Pepperdine overall with 14 singles wins.
Cristala Andrews clinched the competition for USC, escaping with a 6-4, 7-5 win against Khunpak Issara (Bangkok, Thailand/World Study Centre). Despite the setback, Issara is still 8-2 in duals in 2011.
Although the team win had been decided, Zalameda and Granillo were still hard at work in their respective matches. Zalameda rebounded from a loss in the first frame to defeat Alison Ramos 6-4, 6-4 in sets two and three.
Granillo had also lost her first set, only to top #113 Kaitlyn Christian 7-5 in the second. A tiebreaker was played to determine the winner of the third set. After going point-for-point with one another, Christian went on a late run to win 10-8 and hand Granillo her first dual loss of the season.
Up next on the Waves' slate is a March 18 dual with Long Beach State at 1:30 p.m. on the courts of the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center, followed by a home contest with Arizona at 11 a.m. on March 19.
#16 USC 5, #30 Pepperdine 2
Singles competition
1. #2 Maria Sanchez (USC) def. Arianna Colffer (PEP) 6-3, 6-2
2. #18 Danielle Lao (USC) def. Anamika Bhargava (PEP) 6-4, 6-2
3. #113 Kaitlyn Christian (USC) def. Ale Granillo (PEP) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Marie Zalameda (PEP) def. Alison Ramos (USC) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Cristala Andrews (USC) def. Khunpak Issara (PEP) 6-4, 7-5
6. Andrea Oates (PEP) def. Lyndsay Kinstler (USC) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #20 Maria Sanchez/Kaitlyn Christian (USC) def. Arianna Colffer/Marie Zalameda (PEP) 8-1
2. Anamika Bhargava/Ale Granillo (PEP) def. Lyndsay Kinstler/Danielle Lao (USC) 8-5
3. Cristala Andrews/Alison Ramos (USC) def. Andrea Oates/Khunpak Issara (PEP) 8-3
Match Notes:
USC 10-2; National ranking #16
Pepperdine 6-4; National ranking #30
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,2,6,5,4,3)
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