#11 Waves Drop Heartbreaker to #14 Oklahoma State

Sunday, February 16

Stillwater, Okla.

10:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

#14 Oklahoma State

Photo by: Jacob Dye

2/16/2020 3:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: by Athletic Communications

STILLWATER, Okla. – The #11 Pepperdine women's tennis team fell in a 4-3 decision to #14 Oklahoma State on Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma. The Waves now stand 4-3 on the season.

RESULTS
#14 Oklahoma State 4, #11 Pepperdine 3
DOUBLES
1. #7 Lisa Maria Rioux/Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) def. Ashley Lahey/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) – 6-1
2. Jessica Failla/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) vs Bunyawi Thamchaiwat/Lenka Stara (OSU) – 6-6, unfinished
3. Catherin Gulihur/Dariya Detkovskaya (OSU) def. Astrid Olsen/Lisa Zaar (PEPP) – 7-6(4)
Order of finish: 1, 3

SINGLES
1. #1 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. #45 Lisa Marie Rioux (OSU) – 6-4, 6-3
2. #28 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (OSU) def. #37 Jessica Failla (PEPP) – 6-3, 6-1
3. #36 Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. #80 Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) – 6-1, 6-2
4. Alana Wolfberg (OSU) def. Astrid Olsen (PEPP) – 6-3, 6-4
5. #124 Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Dariya Detkovskaya (OSU) – 6-3, 6-3
6. Lenka Stara (OSU) def. Daria Kuczer (PEPP) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 6

RECAP
#11 Pepperdine switched up the doubles lineup once again but to no avail, dropping 6-1 on court one and 7-6(4) in a tie-break on court three to relinquish the doubles point to the Cowgirls.

In singles, #36 Anastasia Iamachkine made a statement in her win over #80 Ayumi Miyamoto on court three to put the Waves even with OSU at 1-1. #124 Lisa Zaar followed suit, defeating her court five opponent 6-3, 6-3 for the Pepperdine overall lead.

#1 Ashley Lahey had no trouble routing #45 Lisa Marie Rioux 6-4, 6-3 on court one, while the Waves faltered on courts two and four to even the score at 3-3.

Daria Kuczer fought to stay alive on court three, dropping her first set 4-6 but righting herself at 6-4 in the second set. Eventually, however, Kuczer fell 0-6 in the third, giving #14 Oklahoma State the 4-3 clincher on the day.

UP NEXT
The #11 Waves return home for the next two weeks, taking on the likes of #21 California Saturday at 12 p.m. at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.