Saturday, February 6
Stillwater, Okla.
10:00 a.m. PT
Pepperdine University
1
vs
4
North Carolina
Photo by: Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
#5 Pepperdine Falls in ITA Indoors Semifinals
2/6/2021 1:27:00 PM | Women's Tennis
STILLWATER, Okla. – The fifth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team took a hard-fought loss to top-ranked North Carolina 4-1 on Saturday morning. Their time in the ITA Indoors is not quite over, however, as the Waves will face the loser of #2 UCLA and #3 Texas tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. PT.
RESULTS
#1 UNC 4, #5 Pepperdine 1
DOUBLES
1. Failla/Fukuda (PEPP) vs Daavettila/Jones (UNC) – 5-5, unfinished
2. Scotty/Morra (UNC) def. Olsen/Redelijk (PEPP) – 6-1
3. Tran/Sanford (UNC) def. Pachkaleva/Zaar (PEPP) – 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
1. #33 Jessica Failla (PEPP) vs #3 Alexa Graham (UNC) – 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
2. #12 Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) vs #4 Sara Daavettila (UNC) – 2-6, 6-1, 2-4, unfinished
3. #6 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. #45 Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) 6-0, 6-1
4. #88 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPP) def. #79 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-4, 6-0
5. #49 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 6-3, 6-0
6. #120 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 6
RECAP
After dropping the doubles point to the Tarheels, the Waves took to singles where almost every Pepperdine player earned the first point of the first set.
#88 Taisiya Pachkaleva shined for the Waves on court four, where she took a 6-4 first-set win over UNC's #79 Elizabeth Scotty but shut Scotty out in the second, going 6-0 for Pepperdine's lone singles point of the match.
33rd-ranked Jessica Failla showed heart on court one, going neck-and-neck with #3 Alexa Graham and finally winning 7-5 in set one over the Tarheel. In the second set, she came out with the same intensity, eventually going up 5-2 before the UNC clinch point stopped play.
12th-ranked Shiori Fukuda fought back hard against #4 Sara Daavettila after falling in the first round. In the second, Fukuda only allowed her opponent one point, going 6-1 to force a third set that went unfinished.
UP NEXT
MATCH #5: #5 Pepperdine vs #2 UCLA or #3 Texas | Sunday, February 5 | 1:30 PM PT | Stillwater, Okla. | Watch | Live Scoring
RESULTS
#1 UNC 4, #5 Pepperdine 1
DOUBLES
1. Failla/Fukuda (PEPP) vs Daavettila/Jones (UNC) – 5-5, unfinished
2. Scotty/Morra (UNC) def. Olsen/Redelijk (PEPP) – 6-1
3. Tran/Sanford (UNC) def. Pachkaleva/Zaar (PEPP) – 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
1. #33 Jessica Failla (PEPP) vs #3 Alexa Graham (UNC) – 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
2. #12 Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) vs #4 Sara Daavettila (UNC) – 2-6, 6-1, 2-4, unfinished
3. #6 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. #45 Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) 6-0, 6-1
4. #88 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPP) def. #79 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-4, 6-0
5. #49 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 6-3, 6-0
6. #120 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 4, 5, 6
RECAP
After dropping the doubles point to the Tarheels, the Waves took to singles where almost every Pepperdine player earned the first point of the first set.
#88 Taisiya Pachkaleva shined for the Waves on court four, where she took a 6-4 first-set win over UNC's #79 Elizabeth Scotty but shut Scotty out in the second, going 6-0 for Pepperdine's lone singles point of the match.
33rd-ranked Jessica Failla showed heart on court one, going neck-and-neck with #3 Alexa Graham and finally winning 7-5 in set one over the Tarheel. In the second set, she came out with the same intensity, eventually going up 5-2 before the UNC clinch point stopped play.
12th-ranked Shiori Fukuda fought back hard against #4 Sara Daavettila after falling in the first round. In the second, Fukuda only allowed her opponent one point, going 6-1 to force a third set that went unfinished.
UP NEXT
MATCH #5: #5 Pepperdine vs #2 UCLA or #3 Texas | Sunday, February 5 | 1:30 PM PT | Stillwater, Okla. | Watch | Live Scoring
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