Complete Results

MALIBU, Calif. - Just two days after snagging its first top-25 win of the season, the #30-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team earned its first win of the year over a top-20 opponent. Although #17 TCU won the doubles point, the Waves were unstoppable in singles and took the dual 4-1.

Pepperdine, now 4-2 in 2015, was fresh off its 5-2 triumph over #25 Texas on Saturday.

The day began with doubles. TCU controlled the tempo at No. 3, while the Waves were in firm control at No. 2. The match at No. 1 was tight from start to finish.

Simona Parajova and Sofiko Kadzhaya charted a win at No. 3, but Matea Cutura (Zagreb, Croatia/Gimnazija Birotehnika/DePaul) and Christine Maddox (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS) responded at No. 2, defeating Alexis Pereira and Palina Dubavets, 6-3.

Lorraine Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS) and Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai (Bangkok, Thailand/IMG Academy) played #39-ranked Stefanie Tan and Seda Arantekin to a 3-3 tie, before TCU earned what would be the only break of serve they would need. The Waves put up a tough fight at the end, but bowed at 6-3.

Pepperdine quickly evened the score in singles, thanks to a TCU default. The Horned Frogs pulled Parajova, slated to play at No. 2, from the lineup, moving everyone else up a spot. With no player to fill the No. 6 slot, Cutura took the win and the Waves were awarded the point.

The Waves were simply dominant in singles, with all five players - Guillermo, Laura Gulbe (Riga, Latvia/Murjāņu Sporta Ģimnāzija), Runglerdkriangkrai, Michaela Capannolo (Melbourne, Australia/Genazzano FCJ College) and Maddox - winning their respective first sets. Pepperdine gave up a combined five games across the five sets.

With momentum rolling in the Waves' favor, it was a race to clinch. Guillermo dispatched Tan 6-2, 6-0 to give Pepperdine the 2-1 lead.

Maddox followed, downing Arantekin 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5.

Gulbe wound up with the clincher, after beating Sofiko Kadzhaya, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2.

Capannolo was up 6-2, 5-2 when action was suspended. Runglerdkriangkrai was leading 4-3 in set two after shutting out Debavets 6-0 in the first.

The Waves are back in action next week Friday, February 27 to host UCLA at 1:30 p.m. on the courts of the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

TCU vs Pepperdine
Feb 16, 2015 at Malibu, Calif.
(Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)

#30 Pepperdine 4, #17 Texas Christian 1
Singles
1. #41 Lorraine Guillermo (PEP) def. #76 Stefanie Tan (TCU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Laura Gulbe (PEP) def. Sofiko Kadzhaya (TCU) 6-1, 6-1
3. #109 A.Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) vs. Palina Dubavets (TCU) 6-0, 4-3, unfinished
4. #118 Michaela Capannolo (PEP) vs. Alexis Pereira (TCU) 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
5. Christine Maddox (PEP) def. Seda Arantekin (TCU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Matea Cutura (PEP) def. No player (TCU), by default

Doubles
1. #39 Seda Arantekin/Stefanie Tan (TCU) def. Lorraine Guillermo/A.Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) 6-3
2. Christine Maddox/Matea Cutura (PEP) def. Alexis Pereira/Palina Dubavets (TCU) 6-3
3. Simona Parajova/Sofiko Kadzhaya (TCU) def. Michaela Capannolo/Laura Gulbe (PEP) 6-2

Match Notes:
Texas Christian 4-5; National ranking #17
Pepperdine 4-2; National ranking #30
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,1,5,2)