MALIBU, Calif. – It was a beautiful day for fans at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon, as the #23 Pepperdine women's tennis team bested UC Santa Barbara 6-1 for a non-conference weekend matchup. 

After falling behind in doubles and dropping the point, the Waves (5-3) rallied back in singles to collected six uncontested singles wins over the Gauchos (5-4). 

With a 60º and partly cloudy disposition, some fans stayed after the match to participate in the Pepperdine Official College-AM, an experience put on by both the men's and women's tennis squads that provides them the opportunity to both learn from and play with current highly ranked Pepperdine tennis players.
 
RESULTS
#23 PEPPERDINE 6, UC SANTA BARBARA 1
Singles
1: #56 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) – 6-0, 6-2
2: Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) def. Amit Lev-Ari (UCSB) – 6-2, 6-4
3: Satsuki Takamura (PEPP) def. Tiffany Lagarda (UCSB) – 6-1, 6-4
4: Daria Kuczer (PEPP) def. Samantha Yamada (UCSB) – 6-4, 7-5
5: Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Juliana Valero (UCSB) – 6-4, 7-6
6: Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Lise Sentenac (UCSB) – 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 3, 2*, 5, 4
 
Doubles
1: #59 Ashley Lahey/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Anastasia Goncharova/Juliana Valero (UCSB) – 6-2
2: Tiffany Lagarda/Samantha Yamada (UCSB) def. Dzina Milovanovic/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) – 6-4
3: Amit Lev-Ari/Lise Sentenac (UCSB) def. Adrijana Lekaj/Satsuki Takamura (PEPP) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2*
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
In doubles, #59 Ashley Lahey and Anastasia Iamachkine opened things up with a 6-2 win over Anastasia Goncharova and Juliana Valero in the No. 1 position.   After falling on court three, all eyes went to the No. 2 slot, where Dzina Milovanovic and Daria Kuczer paired up against Tiffany Lagarda and Samantha Yamada.  Although the score was tied at 4's, UCSB had the early edge and used it to take the doubles point on a 6-4 win.
 
With a disadvantage after doubles, the Waves came out firing on all cylinders in singles action, winning all first sets with no extra point options.  #56 Lahey would go on to defeat Elizaveta Volodko 6-0, 6-2 on court one, while Iamachkine and Satsuki Takamura won on courts six and three respectively to put Pepperdine in a position to clinch the overall dual win.
 
The Waves had advantages on all three other singles courts, but Adrijana Lekaj would be the none to clinch, amassing a 6-2, 6-4 win over Amit Lev-Ari on court two for the win.  Milovanovic and Kuczer followed suit with a pair of two-set wins on court five and four respectively to close the dual with a 6-1 Waves' win.
 
NEXT UP
Next, the Waves host #6 UCLA on Wednesday in Malibu at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
 
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