MALIBU, Calif. – It will be an all-Waves championship Sunday in the finals of the Pepperdine tennis Women's Collegiate Invitational on Sunday morning, as Ashley Lahey and Jessica Failla both advanced in the Orange bracket championship and Lisa Zaar advanced into the Blue bracket's finals at Ralphs-Straus on Saturday.
 
RESULTS
DOUBLES
Lahey/Zaar (PEPP) def. Christofi/Ma (UGA) – 6-4
#9 Failla/Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Jones/Cerdan (MICH) – 6-4
 
SINGLES SEMIS-ORANGE
#14 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. #22 Solymar Colling (USD) – 6-3, 6-2
#32 Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. #13 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) – 6-0, 7-5
 
SINGLES SEMIS-BLUE
Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Annette Goulak (UCLA) – 6-3, 6-2
 
CONSOLATION
#6 Michaela Gordon (STAN) def. Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) – 6-2, 6-0
 
RECAP
Starting day three of the WCI in doubles, both pairs saw wins once more. The pair of Ashley Lahey and Lisa Zaar defeated the Georgia team of Christofi/Ma 6-4, as the ninth-ranked Pepperdine pair of Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine took a similar win over Michigan's Jones/Cerdan 6-4 as well.
 
No. 14 Lahey defeated her fellow West Coast Conference foe in #22 Solymar Colling in straight sets, going 6-3, 6-2 to send her into tomorrow's championship match. There, she will meet teammate #32 Failla, who won her own semifinal matchup over #13 Marta Gonzalez of Georgia. Failla blanked Gonzalez in the first set going 6-0, but found herself down in the second set. Failla fought back, however, and earned the 7-5 win to snatch the match.
 
In singles, freshman Zaar took her semifinal match over Annette Goulak of UCLA 6-3, 6-2. She'll advance and play in the Blue bracket championship tomorrow against UNC's Anika Yarlgadda.
 
Iamachkine fought but was dealt the #6-ranked player in Michaela Gordon of Stanford and dipped 6-2, 6-0 in her consolation match.
 
NEXT MATCHES
BLUE SINGLES – CHAMPIONSHIP (9a.m.)
Lisa Zaar (PEPP) v. Anika Yarlagadda (UNC)
 
ORANGE SINGLES – CHAMPIONSHIP (11a.m.)
#14 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) v. #32 Jessica Failla (PEPP)