#8 Waves Crush Gaels

Saturday, March 30

Moraga, Calif.

11:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Saint Mary's

Photo by: Sarah Otteman

3/30/2019 9:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

MORAGA, Calif. – The 8^th-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team smothered Saint Mary's with a 4-0 decision on Saturday morning.

The win puts the Waves at 10-3 overall, going 2-0 in West Coast Conference play this week for a 3-0 output this season. Only one game went into an extra set and it was eventually abandoned due to the complete sweep.

RESULTS
#8 Pepperdine University 4, Saint Mary's 0
Singles competition
1. Lahey, Ashley (PEPPW) def. Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) 6-1, 6-4
2. Lekaj, Adrijana (PEPPW) def. Chloe Goyette (SMC) 6-0, 6-2
3. Clementine Clement (SMC) vs. Failla, Jessica (PEPPW) 6-1, 1-6, 0-1, unfinished
4. Hind Abdelouahid (SMC) vs. Milovanovic, Dzina (PEPPW) 4-6, 2-3, unfinished
5. Liesl Pieters (SMC) vs. Kuczer, Daria (PEPPW) 5-7, 1-1, unfinished
6. Iamachkine,Anastasia (PEPPW) def. Aubane Ville (SMC) 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6*

Doubles competition
1. Hind Abdelouahid/Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Iamachkine,Anastasia/Failla, Jessica (PEPPW) 7-5
2. Kuczer, Daria/Milovanovic, Dzina (PEPPW) def. Chloe Goyette/Clementine Clement (SMC) 6-2
3. Lekaj, Adrijana/Takamura, Satsuki (PEPPW) def. Danielle McIntyre/Jordan Harris (SMC) 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

MATCH RECAP
The Waves started off in doubles play as partners Daria Kuczer and Dzina Milavanovic beat their Gaels opposition 6-2. The 16^th-ranked pair of Adrijana Lekaj and Satsuki Takamura had a bit of a challenge as Saint Mary's rallied and forced them into extra points, but snatched the doubles point by grabbing a 7-5 win.

In singles play, the win didn't take more than two sets per Pepperdine player. No. 80 Lekaj took down her Gael opponent first by way of commandeering 6-0, 6-2 scores, while 45^th-ranked Ashley Lahey followed, defeating her competition 6-1 and 6-4.

Anastasia Iamachkine took hold of court six, clinching the match for the Waves in two sets with scores of 6-0 and 6-2 apiece. Courts three, four and five went abandoned due to the 4-0 sweep.

NEXT UP

The #8 Waves make a short trek to Westwood, Calif. to take on 11^th-ranked UCLA before continuing WCC play in the Pacific Northwest. Pepperdine hosted the Bruins earlier this month where the Waves handed UCLA a 4-0 loss. Since that meeting, the 12-4 Bruins have only recorded one loss by the hands of Stanford.