March 23, 2019
 
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The #7 Pepperdine women's tennis team blanked West Coast Conference and PCH Cup Rival Loyola Marymount 4-0 in a Saturday morning matchup in Los Angeles.
 
The match was the Waves' first conference opposition, as they now stand 1-0 in WCC play. Pepperdine will take on Pacific next weekend in conference play.
 
 
RESULTS
#7 PEPPERDINE 4, LMU 0
Singles
1: #45 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) vs. Veronika Miroshnichenko (LMU) – 7-6, 2-5 | uf
2: #80 Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) def. Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) – 6-1, 6-3 | 2
3: #71 Jessica Failla (PEPP) vs. Siobhan Anderson (LMU) – 6-4, 5-2 | uf
4: Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Elvira Juravliova (LMU) – 6-2, 6-4 | 3*
5: Daria Kuczer (PEPP) vs. Yesica De Lucas (LMU) – 7-5, 4-1 | uf
6: Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Lillian Gabrielsen (LMU) – 6-1, 6-3 | 1
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 4*
 
 
Doubles
1: Veronika Miroshnichenko/Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) def. #16 Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) – 5-7
2: Ashley Lahey/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) def. Siobhan Anderson/Lillian Gabrielsen (LMU) – 7-6
3: Adrijana Lekaj/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Elvira Juravliova/Camila Tumosa (LMU) – 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
In doubles play, the Waves controlled courts two and three as tandem Adrijana Lekaj & Dzina Milovanovic finished first by way of a 6-3 score. The 16^th-ranked pair of Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine fought but ultimately fell to their LMU opponents 5-6, leaving all eyes on court two. Though it took an extra rally, partners Ashley Lahey and Daria Kuczer eventually went on to win the doubles point for the Waves by a score of 7-6. 
 
Singles play was left up to the decision of three courts, as courts one, three and five went unfinished post-clinch. Iamachinke finished first to give the Waves a 2-0 lead on the match, beating her opponent 6-1 and 6-3. Lekaj followed suit on court two, dominating her LMU opponent in the same fashion and same scores. On court four,
 
Milovanovic defeated a rallying opposition by way of scores 6-1 and 6-4 to clinch the match for Pepperdine, as courts one, three and five were abandoned, leaving the final score 4-0 in the Waves favor.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves make the trip up north to take on Pacific and Saint Mary's on March 29 and 30 in Stockton and Moraga respectively.
 
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