Friday, February 5
Stillwater, Okla.
10:00 a.m. PT
Pepperdine University
4
vs
2
Georgia Tech
Photo by: Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Women's Tennis Advances in Dramatic Fashion
2/5/2021 2:41:00 PM | Women's Tennis
STILLWATER, Okla. – The fifth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team overpowered #6 Georgia Tech 4-2 on Friday in a four-hour marathon of a match to advance into the ITA Indoors semifinals.
The Waves will face top-ranked North Carolina in Stillwater Saturday at 10 a.m. PT.
RESULTS
#5 Pepperdine 4, #6 Georgia Tech 2
DOUBLES
1. Jones/Flores (GT) def. Shiori Fukuda/Jessica Failla (PEPP) – 6-3
2. Cohen/Marsh (GT) def. Nikki Redelijk/Astrid Olsen (PEPP) – 7-6
3. Taisiya Pachkaleva/Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Lee/Dedaj (GT) – 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
SINGLES
1. Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. Kenya Jones (GT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Victoria Flores (GT) vs. Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-5), 2-5, unfinished
3. Gia Cohen (GT) def. Taisiya Pachkaleva (WPEPP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) def. Mahak Jain (GT) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
5. Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Carol Lee (GT) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
6. Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
RECAP
Starting off the day in doubles, Taisiya Pachkaleva and Lisa Zaar proved to be a bright spot for the Waves after they defeated Georgia Tech's Lee and Dedaj on court three 6-2 for the first win of the day. The tide turned slightly on the other two courts and Pepperdine dropped the doubles point.
Being down 1-0 didn't stop the Waves' fight, however, as #33 Jessica Failla took on the tall task of upsetting Tech's #13 Kenya Jones in straight sets in what seemed to be the easiest match of the day.
After a loss on court three, redshirt freshman #45 Lexi Ryngler battled the Jackets' Mahak Jain on court four. The first set required a tie-breaker as Ryngler outlasted her opponent going 7-6(8). She only needed an extra game in the second set, however, to finally put Jain to rest and even the overall score at 2-2.
Sophomore Lisa Zaar had herself a day, pushing through three sets against Carol Lee on court five. Zaar handily took the first set 6-1, but dipped in a tie break in the second set to force a third. She gathered her notes from the first set and defeated Lee 6-2 in the third to finally get the Waves over the hump at 3-2.
With #13 Shiori Fukuda's match going into tie-breaks on each of the first two sets, all eyes landed on Nikki Redelijk battling it out on court six. Redelijk had taken the first set at 7-5 but fell 2-6 in the second. She came out strong in the third set and went up a quick 5-1 before Tech's Garcia Gross made a short comeback, pushing the score to 5-4.
Redelijk eventually grew tired of entertaining Garcia Gross and only allowed her a single point in the last frame, as the Wave won 6-4 and clinched the match for Pepperdine at 4-2.
UP NEXT
MATCH #4 (SEMIFINALS): #5 Pepperdine vs #1 North Carolina | Saturday, February 6 | 10 a.m. PT | Stillwater, Okla. | Watch | Live Scoring
The Waves will face top-ranked North Carolina in Stillwater Saturday at 10 a.m. PT.
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RESULTS
#5 Pepperdine 4, #6 Georgia Tech 2
DOUBLES
1. Jones/Flores (GT) def. Shiori Fukuda/Jessica Failla (PEPP) – 6-3
2. Cohen/Marsh (GT) def. Nikki Redelijk/Astrid Olsen (PEPP) – 7-6
3. Taisiya Pachkaleva/Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Lee/Dedaj (GT) – 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
SINGLES
1. Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. Kenya Jones (GT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Victoria Flores (GT) vs. Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-5), 2-5, unfinished
3. Gia Cohen (GT) def. Taisiya Pachkaleva (WPEPP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) def. Mahak Jain (GT) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
5. Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. Carol Lee (GT) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
6. Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
RECAP
Starting off the day in doubles, Taisiya Pachkaleva and Lisa Zaar proved to be a bright spot for the Waves after they defeated Georgia Tech's Lee and Dedaj on court three 6-2 for the first win of the day. The tide turned slightly on the other two courts and Pepperdine dropped the doubles point.
Being down 1-0 didn't stop the Waves' fight, however, as #33 Jessica Failla took on the tall task of upsetting Tech's #13 Kenya Jones in straight sets in what seemed to be the easiest match of the day.
After a loss on court three, redshirt freshman #45 Lexi Ryngler battled the Jackets' Mahak Jain on court four. The first set required a tie-breaker as Ryngler outlasted her opponent going 7-6(8). She only needed an extra game in the second set, however, to finally put Jain to rest and even the overall score at 2-2.
Sophomore Lisa Zaar had herself a day, pushing through three sets against Carol Lee on court five. Zaar handily took the first set 6-1, but dipped in a tie break in the second set to force a third. She gathered her notes from the first set and defeated Lee 6-2 in the third to finally get the Waves over the hump at 3-2.
With #13 Shiori Fukuda's match going into tie-breaks on each of the first two sets, all eyes landed on Nikki Redelijk battling it out on court six. Redelijk had taken the first set at 7-5 but fell 2-6 in the second. She came out strong in the third set and went up a quick 5-1 before Tech's Garcia Gross made a short comeback, pushing the score to 5-4.
Redelijk eventually grew tired of entertaining Garcia Gross and only allowed her a single point in the last frame, as the Wave won 6-4 and clinched the match for Pepperdine at 4-2.
UP NEXT
MATCH #4 (SEMIFINALS): #5 Pepperdine vs #1 North Carolina | Saturday, February 6 | 10 a.m. PT | Stillwater, Okla. | Watch | Live Scoring
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