MALIBU, Calif. – In the opening match of the 2020 ITA Kick-Off Weekend, the sixth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team defeated UNLV 4-0 to christen the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center for the spring season.
RESULTS
#6 PEPP 4, UNLV 0
DOUBLES
1.
Lahey, Ashley/Failla, Jessica (PEPP) vs. Izumi Asano/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 5-3, unfinished
2.
Iamachkine,Anastasia/Olsen, Astrid (PEPP) def. Connie Li/Samantha Li (UNLV) 6-2
3.
Zaar, Lisa/Kuczer, Daria (PEPP) def. Sam Smirth/Olivia Elliott (UNLV) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
1.
#1 Lahey, Ashley (PEPP) def. Izumi Asano (UNLV) 6-0, 6-4
2.
#50 Failla, Jessica (PEPP) def. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 6-1, 6-2
3.
#62 Iamachkine, Anastasia (PEPP) vs. Connie Li (UNLV) 6-3, 5-1, unfinished
4.
Olsen, Astrid (PEPP) vs. Olivia Elliott (UNLV) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished
5.
Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) def. Sam Smirth (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2
6. #
90 Kuczer, Daria (PEPP) vs. Samantha Li (UNLV) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1, 5*
RECAP
The #6 Waves took no time in completing a 4-0 romping of UNLV on Saturday morning, beginning with doubles. At No. 2 doubles,
Anastasia Iamachkine and
Astrid Olsen struck first, defeating Connie Li and Samantha Li 6-2.
Lisa Zaar and
Daria Kuczer followed suit, clinching the doubles point 6-2 over Sam Smirth and Olivia Elliott.
In singles, it was the #50
Jessica Failla who accrued the first point for Pepperdine, going 6-1, 6-1 over En-Pei Huang on court two. The top-ranked
Ashley Lahey took a 6-0, 6-4 win over UNLV's court one Izumi Asano to give the Waves it's penultimate point at 3-0.
Freshman Zaar finished on court five where she defeated Sam Smirth 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the match for the Waves at 4-0.
UP NEXT
Pepperdine will take on the winner of Arkansas and Arizona on Sunday afternoon with a match time of 1 p.m. at Ralphs-Straus. Live stream and scoring will be available at the link provided. The consolation match will begin at 10 a.m.
