#11 Women's Tennis Blanks #45 Cal 5-0

Saturday, February 22

Malibu, Calif.

12:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

#45 California

Photo by: Sarah Otteman

2/22/2020 7:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The #11 Pepperdine women's tennis team took no time in handing #45 California a 5-0 loss on Saturday afternoon, after another Anastasia Iamachkine clinch point, putting the Waves at an overall 5-3 on the season.

RESULTS
#11 Pepperdine 5, #45 California 0
DOUBLES
1. Failla, Jessica/Iamachkine,Anastasia (PEPP) vs. Giavara, Haley/Ivanov, Valentina (CAL) 4-3, unfinished
2. Lahey, Ashley/Olsen, Astrid (PEPP) def. Rosenqvist, Julia/Dunk, Jasie (CAL) 6-3
3. Kuczer, Daria/Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) def. Bright, Anna/Nelson, Alexis (CAL) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2

SINGLES
1. #2 Lahey, Ashley (PEPP) def. #50 Rosenqvist, Julia (CAL) 6-2, 6-1
2. #53 Failla, Jessica (PEPP) vs. #13 Giavara, Haley (CAL) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
3. #45 Iamachkine,Anastasia (PEPP) def. #28 Ivanov, Valentina (CAL) 6-3, 6-2
4. Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) def. Bright, Anna (CAL) 6-2, 6-3
5. Olsen, Astrid (PEPP) def. Stloukalova,Katerina (CAL) 6-1, 6-3
6. Kuczer, Daria (PEPP) vs. Zeynel, Jessica (CAL) 6-4, 5-1, unfinished
Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 4

RECAP
Starting off the day in doubles action, the Waves never gave the Bears a chance as Daria Kuczer and Lisa Zaar struck first with a 6-0 win over Cal's Bright and Nelson. Ashley Lahey and Astrid Olsen defeated Rosenqvist and Dunk 6-3 to clinch the point for Pepperdine.

The Waves then took to singles where no Pepperdine player dropped a set. Olsen grabbed the first Waves win on court five, defeating Cal's Stloukalova 6-1, 6-3 for a 2-0 overall score. The #2 Ashley Lahey beat the #50 Rosenqvist 6-2, 6-1 before #45 Anastasia Iamachkine defeated #28 Ivanov 6-3, 6-2 on court three to clinch the match 4-0 for the Waves.

Before the match succumbed to the foul weather, Zaar beat Bright on court four 6-2, 6-3 to make the final score 5-0 in favor of the Waves.

UP NEXT
The #11 Waves take on #3 Texas next weekend at Ralphs-Straus set to begin at 12 p.m.