ANN ARBOR, Michigan – The #8 Pepperdine women's tennis team, in its first true road match of the season, won another top-25 match after defeating #16 Michigan 4-3 at the Varsity Tennis Center on Friday night.
Pepperdine (6-2) took advantage early in doubles, as
Shiori Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan) and
Taisiya Pachkaleva (Moscow, Russia) were quick winners on court three, 6-2. Almost simultaneously, the Waves clinched the doubles point thanks to a 6-2 win on court two by
Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia). Court one was abandoned at 4-4.
Broadus, ranked #117 nationally, was a winner on court six to begin singles, blowing by Gala Mesochoritou 6-0, 6-0 to give Pepperdine a 2-0 lead. Fukuda took down #8 Kari Miller 6-2, 6-1 on court one to give the Waves a commanding 3-0 lead with four courts remaining.
After the Wolverines (5-3) claimed victory on courts two and three, Pepperdine held a 3-2 lead with courts four and five remaining. It was a race to the finish, and 88
th ranked Tjen clinched the match for the Waves, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 over Julia Fliegner.
Court four finished its third set to completion, where Michigan won 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#11
Flores/Zaar vs. Brown/Cerdan 4-4 unfinished
#15
Broadus/Tjen def. Fliegner/Miller 6-2
Fukuda/Pachkaleva def. Craciun/Kelly 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
#21
Fukuda def. #8 Miller 6-2, 6-1
#107 Brown def. #12
Zaar 6-3, 6-2
#113 Cerdan def. #23
Pachkaleva 7-6 (5), 6-1
Hammond def. #45
Flores 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
#88
Tjen def. Fliegner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#117
Broadus def. Mesochoritou 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 3, 5*, 4
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will stay on the road for another match this weekend, taking on #4 Ohio State on Sunday morning beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT. Links to both live video and live scoring are available at PepperdineWaves.com.
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