#6 Waves Conclude Season in NCAA Quarterfinals

Friday, May 17

Orlando, Fla.

11:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Stanford (NCAA Quarterfinal)

Photo by: Bill Kallenberg

5/17/2019 1:58:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Photo Gallery Final Stats

By: by Athletic Communications

ORLANDO, Fla. - The sixth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team won the doubles point before falling 4-1 to third-ranked Stanford in the NCAA Quarterfinals Friday afternoon.

The Waves finish the 2018-2019 season at 24-4 overall, going undefeated for the third-straight year and winning the regular season title for the eighth-straight, as they went on to win their seventh-straight WCC Tournament championship.

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Throughout the season, Pepperdine remained in the ITA's top 30 rankings, as they recorded non-conference wins over #10 Syracuse, #10 Northwestern, #6/#8 UCLA, #41 Rice, #8 Texas, #38 San Diego and # 13 USC.

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RESULTS
#6 Pepperdine 1 vs #3 Stanford 4
Singles
1. #37 Lahey, Ashley (PEPPW) vs #24 Michaela Gordon (STAN) 6-4, 2-6, 2-0, unfinished
2. #29 Melissa Lord (STAN) def. #102 Lekaj, Adrijana (PEPPW) 6-1, 6-3
3. #53 Failla, Jessica (PEPPW) vs #66 Caroline Lampl (STAN) 3-6, 4-4, unfinished
4. #44 Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) def. Milovanovic, Dzina (PEPPW) 6-1, 6-4
5. #108 Janice Shin (STAN) def. Kuczer, Daria (PEPPW) 6-1, 6-1
6. #107 Emma Higuchi (STAN) def. Iamachkine,Anastasia (PEPPW) 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 5,6,2,4*

Doubles
1. #41 Failla, Jessica/Iamachkine,Anastasia (PEPPW) def. #19 Caroline Lampl/Kimberly Yee (STAN) 6-1
2. #86 Kuczer, Daria/Lahey, Ashley (PEPPW) def. #29 Emily Arbuthnott/Michaela Gordon (STAN) 6-4
3. #57 Melissa Lord/Niluka Madurawe (STAN) vs. Lekaj, Adrijana/Milovanovic, Dzina (PEPPW) 6-5, unfinished
Order of finish: 1,2

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RECAP
The #6 Waves came out hot in doubles play, where the #41 pair of Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine took the feet out from under the #19 tandem of Caroline Lampl and Kimberly Yee 6-1. The 86^th-ranked Daria Kuczer and Ashley Lahey stifled a comeback from the 29^th-ranked pair of Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon with a score of 6-4 and clinching the doubles point for Pepperdine.

Up 1-0, the Waves took to singles in the 90-degree Florida heat. Playing against all-ranked Cardinal players, Pepperdine struggled to break the wall. The #37 Lahey added a bright spot, however, winning 6-4 in her first set. Court five, six and two saw the first three points go to Stanford, while #53 Failla and Dzina Milovanovic provided a stalemate, fighting to keep the Waves alive as the Cardinal led 3-1.

Stanford then took court four 6-1, 6-4 to end Pepperdine's season in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

The loss marks the last match in a Waves uniform for Jessica Failla, Adrijana Lekaj and Dzina Milovanovic.

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