MALIBU, Calif. – The sixth-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis program opened West Coast Conference play strong on Saturday, defeating BYU 7-0 at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Pepperdine (9-3, 1-0 WCC) made quick work of doubles, as
Anastasia Iamachkine (Lima, Peru) and
Nikki Redelijk (Windermere, Fla.) were the first winners at 6-2 on court three. The doubles point was clinched by the ninth-ranked doubles pair in the country,
Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia), who were also 6-2 winners on court two.
The Waves took five first sets from BYU (6-8, 0-1 WCC) and #88 Tjen was the first singles winner, blowing past Anastasia Abramyan 6-0, 6-2 on court two. Broadus was next, taking court three from Yujia Huang 6-1, 6-0, giving the Waves a 3-0 match lead.
Redelijk clinched the match for Pepperdine with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Madison Smith on court five.
With the match in hand, the remaining three matches played to completion, and Iamachkine took down Kara Lin on court six, 6-3, 6-4 to give Pepperdine a 5-0 lead. #22
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) was victorious in her match, a 7-5, 6-0 win on court one over Leah Heimuli.
#48
Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) defeated Emilee Astle on court four to finish out the afternoon, 4-6, 7-6 (1), [10-5].
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#14
Flores/Zaar vs. Abramyan/Huang 3-5, unfinished
#9
Broadus /Tjen def. Heimuli/Smith 6-2
Iamachkine/Redelijk def. Astle/Lin 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
#22
Zaar def. Heimuli 7-5, 6-0
#88
Tjen def. Abramyan 6-0, 6-2
#109
Broadus def. Huang 6-1, 6-0
#48
Flores def. Astle 4-6, 7-6 (1), [10-5]
#98
Redelijk def. Smith 6-1, 6-3
Iamachkine def. Lin 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 5, 6, 1, 4
NEXT UP: Pepperdine steps back out of conference play to host USC next Saturday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m.
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