Failla, Iamachkine Advance to Riviera/ITA Qualifying Draw

Sunday, September 30

Malibu, Calif.

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Pepperdine University

Riviera/ITA All-American Championships

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Failla, Iamachkine Advance to Riviera/ITA Qualifying Draw

9/30/2018 4:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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MALIBU, Calif. – Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine advanced to the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships qualifying draw after defeating their opponents from North Carolina with an 8-6 doubles win in the final round of the pre-qualifying draw at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Sunday. The qualifying draw begins on Tuesday, October 2 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

TODAY'S RESULTS
Pre-Qualifying Rounds
Singles
16: #9 (new/fresh) Tijana Spasojevic (Texas) def. Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) – 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
16: Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) vs. Shweta Sangwan/Julia Eshet (Oregon) – 8-5
QF: Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) vs. Cameron Morra/Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) – 8-6

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Failla & Iamachkine
32: Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Michaela Haet/Linda Huang (RICE) – 8-6

PLAYS
The Waves opened the day in doubles as Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine took the court against #52 Shweta Sangwan and Julia Eshet of Oregon. After pulling ahead 3-1 to open, the momentum was in the Waves' court and Pepperdine continued on to an 8-5 victory.

After the first round of doubles, Pepperdine's junior Adrijana Lekaj took the court for singles, prepared to face Texas's Tijana Spasojevic, a competitor ranked #9 in the Oracle/ITA newcomer/freshman rankings. She and her opposition went point-for-point for the 2-2 mark, but the Longhorn collected a few points shortly after to take the first set 6-2. She followed up with a 6-1 win in the second set to win the overall.

In the second doubles-match of the day for the Waves, Failla and Iamachkine faced Cameron Morra and Chloe Ouellet-Pizer of North Carolina. The duo worked ahead 3-1 early to gain the early advantage, and although the Tarheels tied the set at 4-4, Pepperdine remained in control of the action. In the final moments, Failla and Iamachkine once again pulled ahead and ended with an 8-6 win to advance to the qualifying round.

QUALIFYING ROUND
The draws to the qualifying round has not yet been released. It will be available on the ITA website or tournament central link. Specific Pepperdine-matches will be available on PepperdineWaves.com or on Twitter @WavesTennis.

RIVIERA/ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
This is the 34^th-consecutive year of the tournament that invites the nation's top Division I women's players to compete. In addition to vying for the All-American national title, players will be competing to secure a berth into the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which takes place November 7-11, in Surprise, Ariz. Singles quarterfinalists, consolations singles champion and finalist, along with doubles semifinalists and consolation doubles champion and finalist advance to the end of fall national championship.

COVERAGE
In addition to live tweets available for Pepperdine matches on Twitter, @WavesTennis, Pepperdine will be providing live stream coverages on the upper courts 1-6. Link: gowav.es/TEN1819LS.

NEXT UP
Next, the Waves will continue with the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. After hosting the prequalifying rounds in Malibu from September 29-October 1, the Waves make the short trip to Pacific Palisades, Calif. for the qualifying round and main draw.

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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