MALIBU, Calif. – The sixth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis program defended home court once again on Thursday afternoon, breezing by Princeton 6-1 at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Pepperdine (8-3) wasted no time getting the doubles point, as
Anastasia Iamachkine (Lima, Peru) and
Taisiya Pachkaleva (Moscow, Russia) took the 6-2 win playing on court two for the first time this dual season. Courts one and three were both 5-4 in favor of the Waves, and
Nikki Redelijk (Windermere, Fla.) and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) pulled away for a 6-4 win on court three to claim a 1-0 lead heading into singles.
The Waves kept the momentum in singles, winning six first sets against the Tigers (4-9). The first winner of the day came on court six, as Iamachkine was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Michelle Sorokko. Shortly after, #88 Tjen cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory on court three over Stephanie Schrage to give the Waves a commanding 3-0 lead.
Princeton clawed back with a three-set win on court one after the Tigers dropped the first set 6-0, trimming the match score to 3-1. However, #98 Redelijk clinched the match win for Pepperdine with a resounding 6-4, 6-0 win on court five over Maia Sung.
Courts two and four finished their matches, as #22
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) won an abbreviated third set to defeat Zoe Howard 6-0, 5-7, [10-7]. #48
Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) was a three-set winner on four to finish out the afternoon, defeating Grace Joyce 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#14
Flores/Zaar vs. Joyce/Sung 5-4, unfinished
Iamachkine/Pachkaleva def. Rodilosso/Shvets 6-2
Redelijk/Tjen def. Grishuk/Velaga 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
Velaga def. #39
Pachkaleva 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
#22
Zaar def. Howard 6-0, 5-7, [10-7]
#88
Tjen def. Schrage 6-4, 6-1
#48
Flores def. Joyce 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
#98
Redelijk def. Sung 6-4, 6-0
Iamachkine def. Sorokko 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 3, 1, 5*, 2, 4
NEXT UP: The Waves remain home through the weekend, beginning West Coast Conference action with a match against BYU on Saturday afternoon. First serve is at 2:00 p.m.
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