CHICAGO, Ill. – The #6 Pepperdine women's tennis team faltered to #5 Duke in the opening round of the 2020 ITA National Team Indoor Championships on Friday morning, going 4-1 overall.
DUAL MATCH #3: #6 Pepperdine vs #11 Virginia | Saturday, February 8 | 7 a.m. PT | XS Tennis Center, Chicago, Ill.
RESULTS
#6 Pepperdine 1, #5 Duke 4
DOUBLES
1. Chloe Beck/Kelly Chen (DU) def.
Ashley Lahey/Jessica Failla (PEPP) 6-1
2. Margaryta Bilokin/Meible Chi (DU) def.
Anastasia Iamachkine/Astrid Olsen (PEPP) 6-4
3.
Lisa Zaar/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) def. Summer Dvorak/Yasmine Mansouri (DU) 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1. #10 Kelly Chen (DU) vs.
#1 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
2.
#37 Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. Yasmine Mansouri (DU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
3. #74 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) def.
#36 Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) 6-3, 6-4
4. #89 Meible Chi (DU) def.
Astrid Olsen (PEP) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. #17 Chloe Beck (DU) def.
#124 Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
6. Summer Dvorak (DU) vs.
Daria Kuczer (PEPP) 7-6 (8-6), 5-2, unfinished
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 5
RECAP
The #6 Waves fought hard through Friday's match, beginning in doubles where
Daria Kuczer and
Lisa Zaar saw a 6-3 Pepperdine win on court three following a loss on court one to split in doubles. Partners
Anastasia Iamachkine and
Astrid Olsen fell 6-4 on court two to give the deciding point to the Blue Devils.
In singles,
#37 Jessica Failla saw the lone Wave win going 6-1 in the first set and then battled off a comeback effort from Duke's Mansouri, winning 7-6(4) in a tie-breaker to take her respective match and put Pepperdine at 1-2 on the day.
The last two matches went to three sets but ultimately saw Duke wins as Olsen dipped 6-4, 2-6, 1-6 to #89 Chi on court four, followed by #124 Zaar on five who lost to #17 Beck 6-1, 2-6, 4-6 to clinch the match for the Blue Devils at 4-1.
UP NEXT
The #6 Waves will take on #11 Virginia Saturday at 7 a.m. PT in the back draw following the Cavaliers' loss to #3 Georgia.
Live stats and streaming will again be available on PepperdineWaves.com and ITATennis.com.
