#8 Waves Demolish #38 San Diego

Friday, April 12

San Diego, Calif.

1:00 P.M.

Pepperdine University

San Diego

4/12/2019 4:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The No. 8 Pepperdine women's tennis team demolished No. 38 San Diego 4-0 on Friday afternoon at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center.

The win puts the Waves alone at the top of the West Coast Conference standings, having won six-straight conference matches and 13-straight in a run dating back to February 24^th of this year.

RESULTS
#8 Pepperdine 4 - #38 San Diego 0
Singles
1. #58 Solymar Colling (USD) vs. #43 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) – 6-3, 5-5 (unfinished)
2. #84 Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) vs. Gemma Garcia (USD) – 6-4, 5-2 (unfinished)
3. #57 Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. Daniela Morales (USD) – 6-2, 6-4
4. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) vs. Kati Kukaras (USD) – 6-3, 3-1 (unfinished)
5. Daria Kuczer (PEPP) def. Maria-Paula Torres (USD) – 6-1, 6-2
6. Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Maria Tyrina (USD) – 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 5,6,3*

Doubles
1. #31 Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. #54 Solymar Colling/Maria-Paula Torres (USD) – 7-5
2. Ashley Lahey/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) def. Daniela Morales/Maria Tyrina (USD) – 6-1
3. Kati Kukaras/Gemma Garcia (USD) def. Dzina Milovanovic/Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) – 6-4
Order of finish: 2,3,1

MATCH RECAP
The 8^th-ranked Waves started out in doubles play, where court two pairing Ashley Lahey and Daria Kuczer struck first, blowing out San Diego's Daniela Morales and Maria Tyrina 6-1. Court three was next in line to finish, splitting the score at 1-1.

It was the #31 doubles team in the country, Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine who garnered the doubles point, however, going into an extra point and defeating the 54^th-ranked pair Solymar Colling and Maria-Paula Torres 7-5.

In singles play, no match went into extra sets as Kuzcer again finished first, defeating Torres in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. Iamachkine then snuck up on Maria Tyrina on court six, winning 6-2, 6-1 and finishing second for the Waves to put Pepperdine up 3-0 on the Toreros.
In a race to the clinch point, 57^th-ranked Failla beat out Morales 6-2, 6-4 to win it for the Waves 4-0. Pepperdine was up on all other unfinished courts but one.

UP NEXT
The Waves make a quick turn around and head to Provo, Utah on Saturday to take on BYU in their last WCC road match. The Cougars currently stand 10-8 overall and 3-3 in conference play. The Saturday match is set to begin at 1 p.m. (PST). Live stats and streaming will be provided.