Pepperdine University
Georgia Tech
Lahey Clinches, Waves Advance to ITA Indoor Semifinals
2/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
MADISON, Wis. " Sophomore Ashley Lahey clinched the No. 6 Pepperdine women's tennis team's 4-2 win over No. 7 Georgia Tech at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Saturday afternoon to advance the Waves to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships semifinal.
The Waves (5-0) earned the doubles point early against the Yellow Jackets (4-1) with a pair of wins over ranked opponents, including a Lahey, Mayar Sherif victory over No. 3 Paige Hourigan and Kenya Jones on court one. The team continued with winning ways in singles en route to an exciting 4-2 win as No. 27 Lahey clinched the match on court one with a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over No. 24 Hourigan.
 | RESULTS |
Singles
1: #27 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. #24 Paige Hourigan (GT) " 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
2: #20 Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. Johnnise Renaud (GT) " 6-2, 6-3
3: #75 Laura Gulbe (PEPP) vs. #58 Ida Jarlskog (GT) " 6-2, 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
4: Evgeniya Levashova (PEPP) def. Viktoria Flores (GT) " 6-0, 6-2
5: Nami Otsuka (GT) def. #82 Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) " 6-3, 6-3
6: Kenya Jones (GT) def. Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) " 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2, 6, 1*
Doubles
1: Ashley Lahey/Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. #3 Paige Hourigan/Kenya Jones (GT) " 6-4
2: Evgeniya Levashova/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. #52 Ida Jarlskog/Johnnise Renaud (GT) " 7-6 (8)
3: Viktoria Flores/Nami Otsuka (GT) def. Laura Gulbe/Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) " 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2*
| PLAY-BY-PLAY |
Dzina Milovanovic and Evgeniya Levashova were neck-and-neck with No. 52 Ida Jarlskog and Johnnise Renaud early on, eventually seeing an even 6-6 tied score to reach a tiebreak opportunity. After going down 5-4 in the break, the Waves continued to hang with the Yellow Jackets, tying things up and going point-for-point en route to an 8-8 tie. The Pepperdine pair then plastered the final two points on the board for a 10-8 final tiebreak and the 1-0 Waves' lead heading into singles action.
In singles play, the opposition was the first to score and even the match with a two-set win on court five. Levashova was quick to establish another Waves' lead with a dominating 6-0, 6-2 win over Viktoria Flores on court four. No. 20 Sherif then put her team in a position to clinch with a solid 6-2, 6-3 win over Renaud on court two. Georgia Tech was able to get the second and last win of the day with a three-set battle on court six leaving two matches left in action including Lahey on court one.
No. 27 Lahey went down 6-1 in the first set against No. 24 Hourigan, but bounced back in the second with a well-played and hard-fought 7-6 set win with a dominating 7-2 tiebreak. In the final set, the Wave went ahead early and continued to work to her advantage en route to a 6-2 final set score and the 4-2 Waves' win.
| NOTABLES |
- The Waves are now 2-0 against ranked opponents.
- Pepperdine has won all five doubles point opportunities this season.
- Evgeniya Levashova, Mayar Sherif, Ashley Lahey and Luisa Stefani all currently have untarnished dual records with 5-0, 4-0, 3-0 and 2-0 records respectively.
- Pepperdine has gone 5-0 in the No. 1 doubles position this season thus far.
- The Waves have gone 18-4 in singles action and 10-2 in doubles play this season.
- The Waves have five ranked in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings, #20 Mayar Sherif, #27 Ashley Lahey, #35 Luisa Stefani, #75 Laura Gulbe and #82 Dzina Milovanovic. The team has one doubles pair ranked with Sherif and Stefani ranking #39.
- Luisa Stefani is currently competing in the Federal Cup for her home country Brazil.
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