#5 Waves Take Down #17 Old Dominion in First Round of ITA Indoors

Friday, February 11

Madison, Wis.

1:30 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Old Dominion

Photo by: Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)

#5 Waves Take Down #17 Old Dominion in First Round of ITA Indoors

2/11/2022 5:37:00 PM | Women's Tennis

By: By Athletic Communications

MADISON, Wisconsin – The #5 Pepperdine women's tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a 4-1 victory over #17 Old Dominion on Friday afternoon at the Nielsen Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin.

The victory was highlighted by Victoria Flores and Lisa Zaar beating the #1-ranked doubles team in the country.

The 20^th-ranked doubles pair of Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) claimed a 6-3 victory on court two over Alexandra Viktorovich/Alesya Yakubovich to give Pepperdine the first win. Shortly after, the 14^th-ranked pair of Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) and Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) took down Tatsiana Sasnouskaya and Yuliia Starodubtseva, the top-ranked doubles pair in the country, 6-3 to seal the doubles point for the Waves.

Tjen, ranked 90^th nationally, was the first singles winner after dispatching Sophia Johnson in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, on court five to give Pepperdine (4-1) a 2-0 cushion. Shortly after, the eighth-ranked Zaar was a straight-set winner on two, defeating Tatsiana Sasnouskaya 6-1, 6-2 to give the Waves a commanding 3-0 lead.

Old Dominion (3-3) took court four in straight sets, making Pepperdine's lead two with three courts to play – all going to three sets. Broadus took care of Alesya Yakubovich 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to win on six and win the match for Pepperdine.

RESULTS

DOUBLES

#14 Flores/Zaar def. #1 Sasnouskaya/Starodubtseva 6-3
#20 Broadus/Tjen def. Viktorovich/Yakubovich 6-3
Fukuda/Iamachkine vs. Johnson/Sasnouskaya 6-5, unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 1

SINGLES

#16 Fukuda vs. #47 Starodubsteva 5-7, 6-1, 4-2 unfinished
#8 Zaar def. #53 Sasnouskaya 6-1, 6-2
#34 Flores vs. Alcaide 6-3, 2-6, 3-5 unfinished
#106 Viktorovich def. #23 Pachkaleva 6-1, 6-4
#90 Tjen def. Johnson 6-1, 6-3
Broadus def. Yakubovich 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4

Order of finish: 5, 2, 4, 6*

NEXT UP: Pepperdine meets #4 California in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. PT. This is a rematch of the season opener for the Waves, where the Bears won 4-3 in a top-10 showdown in Malibu. With a win, the Pepperdine would play in the semifinals on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. PT. With a loss, the Waves would be back in action on Saturday night at 4:30 p.m. PT.

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