#5 Waves Roll Past Saint Mary's 7-0

Thursday, March 29

Malibu, Calif.

1:30 PM

Pepperdine University

Saint Mary's

Dzina Milovanovic (Photo by Sarah Otteman)

3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

March 29, 2018

Final Stats

Results |

MALIBU, Calif. " The No. 5 Pepperdine women's tennis team dominated the courts at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon, collecting a 7-0 win over West Coast Conference opponent Saint Mary's.

The Waves (12-1, 2-0 WCC) won on all three doubles courts over the Gaels (8-7, 2-2 WCC) to open the match and junior Dzina Milovanovic clinched the overall win with a two-set win on court six.

RESULTS

#5 Pepperdine 7, Saint Mary's 0

Singles

1: #25 Luisa Stefani (PEPP) def. #106 Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) " 6-4, 7-5

2: #15 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. Hind Abdelouahid (SMC) " 7-5, 6-4

3: #12 Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. Clementine Clement (SMC) " 6-3, 6-3

4: #61 Evgeniya Levashova (PEPP) def. Kareena Manji (SMC) " 6-0, 6-1

5: #95 Laura Gulbe (PEPP) def. Emma Critser (SMC) " 6-2, 6-0

6: Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Vanessa Nommensen (SMC) " 6-1, 6-3

Order of Finish: 5, 4, 6*, 3, 1, 2

Doubles

1: #30 Luisa Stefani/Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. #39 Hind Abdelouahid/Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) " 6-1

2: #70 Evgeniya Levashova/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Emma Critser/Kareena Manji (SMC) " 6-1

3: Ashley Lahey/Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) def. Clementine Clement/Aubane Ville (SMC) " 6-2

Order of Finish: 1, 2*, 3

MATCH RECAP

The Waves crushed the opposition in Malibu today, opening doubles action with a solid win from #30 Luisa Stefani and Mayar Sherif on court one as the Waves downed #39 Hnid Abdelouahid and Mariia Kozyreva with a 6-1 mark. #70 Evgeniya Levashova and Dzina Milovanovic clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win on court two over Emma Critser and Kareena Manji. As both coaches decided to play all matches out, the final match on three was played to completion, with Ashley Lahey and Adrijana Lekaj downing Clementine Clement and Aubane Ville 6-2.

In singles, the Waves won first sets on all six courts to set the tone. #95 Laura Gulbe would be the first to finish, dominating Critser on court five with a 6-2, 6-0 final mark. #60 Levashova then downed Manji with a 6-0, 6-1 result on court four to put the Waves in a position to clinch the overall win.

Milovanovic would do the honors on court six, as she bested Vanessa Nommensen 6-1, 6-3. The three other matches still in play were played to completion as well. #12 Mayar Sherif put the Waves ahead 5-0 with a pair of 6-3 set wins to overtake Clement on court three.

Courts one and two had the toughest and closest competitions of the day. #25 Stefani put down #106 Kozyreva 6-4, 7-5 on court one and #15 Lahey bested Abdelouahid with a 7-5, 6-4 final mark to complete the full 7-0 sweep for Pepperdine.

NOTABLES

The Waves have gone 3-1 against opponents ranked in the top-12 of the Oracle/ITA rankings.
Laura Gulbe is on a six-match winning streak in singles, while Evgeniya Levashova is on a five-match streak.
In doubles, Ashley Lahey and Adrijana Lekaj have won six-consecutive matches.
The No. 1 doubles position has gone 11-2 this season for the Waves in dual action.
The Waves have gone 52-13 in singles action and 25-8 in doubles play this season.
The Waves have five ranked in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings #12 Mayar Sherif, #15 Ashley Lahey, #25 Luisa Stefani, #61 Evgeniya Levashova and #95 Laura Gulbe.
The team has three doubles pairs ranked with Sherif and Stefani ranking #30, Sherif and Lahey ranking #33 and Milovanovic and Levashova ranking #70.

NEXT UP

The Waves continue West Coast Conference action tomorrow with a home-match against Pacific set for 1:30 p.m. at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

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