Tuesday, March 23
Malibu, Calif.
1:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
vs
California
Photo by: Morgan Davenport
Women's Tennis Holds Another Top-20 Matchup on Tuesday
3/21/2021 3:14:00 PM | Women's Tennis
MALIBU, Calif. – The fourth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis team will play host to the 20th-ranked Cal Bears on Tuesday before kicking off West Coast Conference play this weekend.
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MATCH #11: #4 Pepperdine (8-2) vs #20 Cal (10-2) | Tuesday, March 22 | 1 p.m. | Malibu, Calif. | Livestream & Scoring
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SCOUTING THE BEARS
Standing at 10-2, Cal's only losses have come by the hands of UCLA and Colorado. Their win column includes dubs over the likes of four WCC teams, three Pac-12 teams and UCSB. Haley Giavara is the top-ranked player for the Bears at #18, followed by Valentina Ivanov at #26 and Julia Rosenqvist at #43.
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Since 2018, the Waves have gone 3-1 with the Bears after halting an 0-14 losing streak dating back to the 2000 season.
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SURF REPORT
The Waves defeated #21 USC for the third time this season in 4-1 fashion last week after a Lisa Zaar clinch point on court six.
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Pepperdine claimed the doubles point after a clinch point on court one from Jessica Failla and Shiori Fukuda, going 6-2 over the Trojan pair of Cayetano and Cheong. In singles, #88 Taisiya Pachkaleva earned yet another quick win on court four, being the first Wave to finish at 6-1, 6-2 over USC's Dvorak.
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33rd-ranked Failla earned her eighth-straight win of the dual season over #103 Naomi Cheong, 6-3, 7-5. In route to that latest win, the graduate student from Ramona, Calif. has put to rest the likes of USC's #12 Angela Kulikov, #48 Eryn Cayetano and #103 Cheong, Georgia Tech's #13 Kenya Jones, UCLA's #7 Abbey Forbes and #19 Jada Hart all on court one. The Wave was also one game from beating #3 Alexa Graham of North Carolina before a premature clinch point to end the match.
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UP NEXT
The #4 Waves remain in Malibu this weekend to kick off WCC play against Santa Clara on Friday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. and San Francisco on Saturday, March 27 at 12 p.m.Â
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MATCH #11: #4 Pepperdine (8-2) vs #20 Cal (10-2) | Tuesday, March 22 | 1 p.m. | Malibu, Calif. | Livestream & Scoring
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SCOUTING THE BEARS
Standing at 10-2, Cal's only losses have come by the hands of UCLA and Colorado. Their win column includes dubs over the likes of four WCC teams, three Pac-12 teams and UCSB. Haley Giavara is the top-ranked player for the Bears at #18, followed by Valentina Ivanov at #26 and Julia Rosenqvist at #43.
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Since 2018, the Waves have gone 3-1 with the Bears after halting an 0-14 losing streak dating back to the 2000 season.
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SURF REPORT
The Waves defeated #21 USC for the third time this season in 4-1 fashion last week after a Lisa Zaar clinch point on court six.
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Pepperdine claimed the doubles point after a clinch point on court one from Jessica Failla and Shiori Fukuda, going 6-2 over the Trojan pair of Cayetano and Cheong. In singles, #88 Taisiya Pachkaleva earned yet another quick win on court four, being the first Wave to finish at 6-1, 6-2 over USC's Dvorak.
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33rd-ranked Failla earned her eighth-straight win of the dual season over #103 Naomi Cheong, 6-3, 7-5. In route to that latest win, the graduate student from Ramona, Calif. has put to rest the likes of USC's #12 Angela Kulikov, #48 Eryn Cayetano and #103 Cheong, Georgia Tech's #13 Kenya Jones, UCLA's #7 Abbey Forbes and #19 Jada Hart all on court one. The Wave was also one game from beating #3 Alexa Graham of North Carolina before a premature clinch point to end the match.
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UP NEXT
The #4 Waves remain in Malibu this weekend to kick off WCC play against Santa Clara on Friday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. and San Francisco on Saturday, March 27 at 12 p.m.Â
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