April 10, 2015 Complete Results
MALIBU, Calif. -- The #16-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team shut out #55 Portland, 7-0 on Friday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. As the last home dual of the regular season, Senior Day was celebrated for the Waves' ace Lorraine Guillermo.
Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS), a three-time All-West Coast Conference selection in both singles and doubles, was honored before the match. The senior clinched today's dual at 4-0 with her 101st singles win of her impressive college career.
Pepperdine was off and running in doubles, jumping out to sizable leads on all three courts. Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS) and Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai (Bangkok, Thailand/IMG Academy) were the first to finish, downing Lucia Butkovska and Jelena Lazarevic by a 6-2 tally.
Christine Maddox (Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica HS) and Matea Cutura (Zagreb, Croatia/Gimnazija Birotehnika/DePaul) clinched the doubles point and improved to 11-0 as a pair following their 6-3 triumph over Sophie van den Aarssen and Amanda Zuidema.
Michaela Capannolo (Melbourne, Australia/Genazzano FCJ College) and Danielle Feneridis (Auckland, New Zealand/Westlake Girls HS) were up 5-2 at No. 3 when action was suspended.
The Waves continued to roll in singles, and took a set lead on all six courts.
Maddox shut out Tori Troesch, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 before Runglerdkriangkrai put away a straight-set triumph at No. 3 to give Pepperdine the 3-0 lead.
Fittingly enough, it was Guillermo to clinch the dual for the Waves today in Malibu. The senior, up to #9 in the singles rankings, beat Butkovska 6-1, 6-4 to chalk point No. 4 for her team.
Capannolo kept it rolling, outlasting Saroop Dhatt, 6-1, 2-6, 10-8.
Cutura also went to the 10-point tiebreaker in the third against Lazarevic, and won soundly, 10-3.
Laura Gulbe (Riga, Latvia/Murjāņu Sporta Ģimnāzija) was the last left on the court. After splitting sets with Maja Mlandenovic, the Waves' rookie took set three, 6-2 to round out the 7-0 sweep.
Pepperdine continues action on Sunday, April 12 with a 12 p.m. match at #13 Stanford. Live scores and video will be available.
Portland vs Pepperdine
Apr 10, 2015 at Malibu, Calif.
(Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)
#16 Pepperdine 7, #55 Portland 0
Singles
1. #9 Lorraine Guillermo (PEP) def. BUTKOVSKA, Lucia (POR) 6-1, 6-4
2. Laura Gulbe (PEP) def. MLADENOVIC, Maja (POR) 6-0, 1-6, 6-2
3. #78 A.Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) def. VAN DEN AARSSEN, S. (POR) 6-1, 6-2
4. Matea Cutura (PEP) def. LAZAREVIC, Jelena (POR) 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 10-3
5. Michaela Capannolo (PEP) def. DHATT, Saroop (POR) 6-1, 2-6, 10-8
6. Christine Maddox (PEP) def. TROESCH, Tori (POR) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. Lorraine Guillermo/A. Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) def. BUTKOVSKA, Lucia/LAZAREVIC, Jelena (POR) 6-2
2. #28 Christine Maddox/Matea Cutura (PEP) def. VAN DEN AARSSEN, S./ZUIDEMA, Amanda (POR) 6-3
3. Michaela Capannolo/Danielle Feneridis (PEP) vs. MLADENOVIC, Maja/GOULD, Emily (POR) 5-2, unfinished
Match Notes:
Portland 13-5, 5-2 WCC; National ranking #55
Pepperdine 13-4, 7-0 WCC; National ranking #16
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,3,1,5,4,2)