Thursday, October 18
San Diego, Calif.
9:00 a.m. PT
Pepperdine University
vs
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
Photo by: Sarah Otteman
Women's Tennis Treks to San Diego for ITA Southwest Regionals
10/17/2018 11:42:00 AM | Women's Tennis
MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's tennis team makes the short trip to San Diego from Thursday through Monday, to compete in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, hosted by the ITA and University of San Diego.
All Waves will enter the singles and doubles draws, with Anastasia Iamachkine and Jessica Failla, Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova, and Adrijana Lekaj and Dzina Milovanovic pairing up for doubles.
COVERAGE
In addition to extensive coverage of the Waves' competitors on @WavesTennis on Twitter, the ITA will also be providing information @ITATennis.
DRAW
To be announced late Wednesday night.
ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The tournament will be hosted by San Diego at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. There will be a singles draw of 128 with a consolation bracket created after the first round and a doubles draw of 64. The action will begin on Thursday morning. Competitors from institution throughout the southwest region will be in attendance, including Pepperdine, UCLA, USC, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Hawai'i, Loyola Marymount, Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, Arizona State and CSUN.
THE PERKS
The ITA regional finalists earn a bid into the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships, to be played in Surprise, Ariz. from November 7-11.
WAVES IN PAST REGIONALS
Ashley Lahey has won the ITA Southwest Regional Championships for the last two years in singles. In 2017, she and recent Pepperdine alumna Mayar Sherif went head-to-head for the title, eventually ending with Lahey winning in a three-set finish. She first defeated Zoe Katz of USC in a two-set win in 2016. In 2015, freshman Luisa Stefani had a dominant performance, working through her competitors to the final and defatd #22 Catherine Harrison from UCLA in a three-set battle for the title rights.
In 2016, Sherif and partner Christine Maddox won the doubles draw, defeating Camille De Leon and Alexis Valenzuela of Fullerton with a pair of 6-1 set wins. In 2015, Stefani and Jean Runglerdkriangkrai reached the finals alongside fellow Waves Matea Cutura and Christine Maddox, defeating their familiar competitors for the title.
In 2014, a Lorraine Guillermo reached the finals of both singles and doubles, falling due to illness in singles and falling in a tough two-tiebreak set doubles final alongside Runglerdkriangkrai.
THE WAVES
Last season, #4 Ashley Lahey made history as the first Wave to ever reach the NCAA Singles Championship final after an impressive showing through the opening rounds of play. She is a two-time ITA All-American in singles and earned a spot on the ITA Collegiate All-Star Team. She was ITA Southwest Region Player to Watch and WCC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and garnered All-WCC first team honors in 2017 and 2018 and doubles first team honors in 2017 and honorable mention status in 2018. Last season, Lahey marked a 27-5 overall record with a 12-2 dual output and a 14-4 record against ranked opponents. In doubles, she put up a 15-6 overall record and a 14-4 dual record, while going 2-2 against ranked opposition.
#41 Evgeniya Levashova jumped into the new season with an outstanding performance at the Oracle/ITA Masters, reaching the tournament final. She went 4-1 overall over the weekend, with a 3-1 record against nationally ranked opponents. She posted a two-set win over #17 Michaela Bayerlova of Washington State and a three-set win over #18 Kate Fahey of Michigan during the tournament. This season overall, she has marked a 6-2 overall record in singles Last season, Levashova was named WCC Freshman of the Year, as well as receiving All-WCC singles first team and doubles second team honors.
Lahey and Levashova have won the only doubles match the pair have played this season, over a ranked opponent.
Dzina Milovanovic ranked #104 in the Oracle/ITA preseason singles rankings. This season thus far, Milovanovic has marked an even 1-1 record. She has gone 67-28 in her career for the Waves. . She earned All-WCC second team singles honors in 2016 and honorable mention status in 2018, while also recording All-WCC second team doubles honors in her three previous seasons with the Waves.
Adrijana Lekaj showcased her first performance of the season with the Waves in last week's Oracle/ITA Masters, collecting a 1-1 record against nationally ranked opponents. This season, she has posted a 3-2 record overall with a 2-1 output against ranked opponents.
In doubles, Lekaj and Milovanovic have played one match together, dropping for a loss.
This tournament will be Jessica Failla's second tournament of the 2018 fall season. She went 1-1 in the first tournament of the season in singles thus far.
Anastasia Iamachkine, ranked #7 in the Oracle/ITA newcomer/freshmen rankings, has posted an even 1-1 record for the Waves this season falling in her only loss to a ranked opponent.
Iamachkine and Failla have been impressive as a doubles partnership, amassing a 4-1 overall record this season with a 2-1 output against nationally ranked opponents.
NEXT UP
After the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, the Waves will have a pair of ITF Pro Circuit events before heading to Surprise, Ariz. for the ITA Fall Championships on November 7.
FOLLOW
Follow Pepperdine tennis on Facebook and Twitter @WavesTennis. For all the recent schedules, updates and more, go to www.PepperdineWaves.com.
All Waves will enter the singles and doubles draws, with Anastasia Iamachkine and Jessica Failla, Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova, and Adrijana Lekaj and Dzina Milovanovic pairing up for doubles.
COVERAGE
In addition to extensive coverage of the Waves' competitors on @WavesTennis on Twitter, the ITA will also be providing information @ITATennis.
DRAW
To be announced late Wednesday night.
ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The tournament will be hosted by San Diego at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. There will be a singles draw of 128 with a consolation bracket created after the first round and a doubles draw of 64. The action will begin on Thursday morning. Competitors from institution throughout the southwest region will be in attendance, including Pepperdine, UCLA, USC, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Hawai'i, Loyola Marymount, Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, Arizona State and CSUN.
THE PERKS
The ITA regional finalists earn a bid into the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships, to be played in Surprise, Ariz. from November 7-11.
WAVES IN PAST REGIONALS
Ashley Lahey has won the ITA Southwest Regional Championships for the last two years in singles. In 2017, she and recent Pepperdine alumna Mayar Sherif went head-to-head for the title, eventually ending with Lahey winning in a three-set finish. She first defeated Zoe Katz of USC in a two-set win in 2016. In 2015, freshman Luisa Stefani had a dominant performance, working through her competitors to the final and defatd #22 Catherine Harrison from UCLA in a three-set battle for the title rights.
In 2016, Sherif and partner Christine Maddox won the doubles draw, defeating Camille De Leon and Alexis Valenzuela of Fullerton with a pair of 6-1 set wins. In 2015, Stefani and Jean Runglerdkriangkrai reached the finals alongside fellow Waves Matea Cutura and Christine Maddox, defeating their familiar competitors for the title.
In 2014, a Lorraine Guillermo reached the finals of both singles and doubles, falling due to illness in singles and falling in a tough two-tiebreak set doubles final alongside Runglerdkriangkrai.
THE WAVES
Last season, #4 Ashley Lahey made history as the first Wave to ever reach the NCAA Singles Championship final after an impressive showing through the opening rounds of play. She is a two-time ITA All-American in singles and earned a spot on the ITA Collegiate All-Star Team. She was ITA Southwest Region Player to Watch and WCC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and garnered All-WCC first team honors in 2017 and 2018 and doubles first team honors in 2017 and honorable mention status in 2018. Last season, Lahey marked a 27-5 overall record with a 12-2 dual output and a 14-4 record against ranked opponents. In doubles, she put up a 15-6 overall record and a 14-4 dual record, while going 2-2 against ranked opposition.
#41 Evgeniya Levashova jumped into the new season with an outstanding performance at the Oracle/ITA Masters, reaching the tournament final. She went 4-1 overall over the weekend, with a 3-1 record against nationally ranked opponents. She posted a two-set win over #17 Michaela Bayerlova of Washington State and a three-set win over #18 Kate Fahey of Michigan during the tournament. This season overall, she has marked a 6-2 overall record in singles Last season, Levashova was named WCC Freshman of the Year, as well as receiving All-WCC singles first team and doubles second team honors.
Lahey and Levashova have won the only doubles match the pair have played this season, over a ranked opponent.
Dzina Milovanovic ranked #104 in the Oracle/ITA preseason singles rankings. This season thus far, Milovanovic has marked an even 1-1 record. She has gone 67-28 in her career for the Waves. . She earned All-WCC second team singles honors in 2016 and honorable mention status in 2018, while also recording All-WCC second team doubles honors in her three previous seasons with the Waves.
Adrijana Lekaj showcased her first performance of the season with the Waves in last week's Oracle/ITA Masters, collecting a 1-1 record against nationally ranked opponents. This season, she has posted a 3-2 record overall with a 2-1 output against ranked opponents.
In doubles, Lekaj and Milovanovic have played one match together, dropping for a loss.
This tournament will be Jessica Failla's second tournament of the 2018 fall season. She went 1-1 in the first tournament of the season in singles thus far.
Anastasia Iamachkine, ranked #7 in the Oracle/ITA newcomer/freshmen rankings, has posted an even 1-1 record for the Waves this season falling in her only loss to a ranked opponent.
Iamachkine and Failla have been impressive as a doubles partnership, amassing a 4-1 overall record this season with a 2-1 output against nationally ranked opponents.
NEXT UP
After the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, the Waves will have a pair of ITF Pro Circuit events before heading to Surprise, Ariz. for the ITA Fall Championships on November 7.
FOLLOW
Follow Pepperdine tennis on Facebook and Twitter @WavesTennis. For all the recent schedules, updates and more, go to www.PepperdineWaves.com.
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