CHICAGO, Ill. – The sixth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team defeated eleventh-ranked Virginia 4-2 on an
Astrid Olsen clincher in the first round of back draw play to continue their run in the 2020 ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
RESULTS
#6 Pepperdine 4, #11 Virginia 2
DOUBLES
1. #59 Gullickson/O'Dell (UVA) def.
Anastasia Iamachkine/Astrid Olsen (PEPP) – 7-5
2. Subhash/Munera (UVA) def.
Ashley Lahey/Jessica Failla (PEPP) – 6-3
3. Johanson/Glozman (UVA) def.
Lisa Zaar/Daria Kuczer (PEPP) – 7-6(2)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
SINGLES
1.
#1 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. #21 Subhash (UVA) – 6-3, 6-3
2.
#37 Jessica Failla (PEPP) vs #55 Johanson (UVA) – 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
3.
#36 Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. #78 O'Dell (UVA) – 6-4, 6-0
4.
Astrid Olsen (PEPP) def. #87 Munera (UVA) – 7-5, 6-4
5.
#124 Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Glozman (UVA) – 6-1, 6-3
5. Gullickson (UVA) def.
Daria Kuczer (PEPP) – 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 5, 1, 6, 4
RECAP
Kicking things off early in Chicago, the #6 Waves took to doubles. Down 2-0, the tandem of
Lisa Zaar and
Daria Kuczer fought back against UVA's Johanson and Glozman, but eventually fell 7-6(2) in a tie break.
In singles, however, Pepperdine picked it up and went at the Cavaliers. The
#36 Anastasia Iamachkine struck first on court three, going 6-4 in the first set and taking an uncontested 6-0 second set to put the overall score tied at 1-1. Then, #124 Zaar defeated Glozman on court five, 6-1, 6-3 to put the Waves back in winning position at 2-1.
Top-ranked
Ashley Lahey beat Virginia's #21 Subhash 6-3, 6-3 to put Pepperdine up two but Kuczer faltered on six for a 3-2 overall score. Then it was a race to the finish between
#37 Jessica Failla and
Astrid Olsen, who were both tied at fives in their respective second sets on courts two and four. It was Olsen who clinched the match, however, going 7-5, 6-4 over #87 Munera, making the final score 4-2 in favor of the Waves.
UP NEXT
#6 Pepperdine will take on #17 Princeton tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. PT in the back draw quarterfinals. In their opening round, Princeton was defeated by #8 NC State to send them to consolation, where they beat #14 Arizona State 4-0.
Live streaming and stats will again be available via PepperdineWaves.com and ITATennis.com.
