SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The #5 Pepperdine women's tennis program added another ranked win to its resume on Wednesday afternoon, having little trouble with #29 UC Santa Barbara in a two-hour, 4-0 win over the Gauchos at the Arnhold Tennis Center.
UCSB (9-6) took court three in doubles to begin the afternoon, but Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia), ranked 16th nationally, earned a 6-2 win on court two over the ranked pair of Honer and Reuter to remain perfect on the season. The doubles point came down to court one, where the 17th-ranked duo of Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) and Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) claimed a 6-4 win over #60 Khatamova and Volodko, securing another doubles point for Pepperdine (11-3).
The Waves started fast in singles, taking all six first sets. #79 Tjen was the first winner on court three, taking down Camille Kiss 6-1, 6-3. #82 Broadus was next for the Waves, winning court four over Amelia Honer 6-1, 6-0 to open up a 3-0 lead for Pepperdine.
#9 Shiori Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan), the reigning West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week, clinched the match for Pepperdine with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court one over #105 Shakhnoza Khatamova.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#17 Flores/Zaar def. #60 Khatamova/Volodko 6-4
#16 Broadus /Tjen def. #68 Honer/Reuter 6-2
Gonzalez Ballbe/Kiss def. Iamachkine/Pachkaleva 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
#9 Fukuda def. #105 Khatamova 6-3, 6-3
#17 Zaar vs. Volodko 6-3, 5-2 unfinished
#79 Tjen def. Kiss 6-1, 6-3
#82 Broadus def. Honer 6-1, 6-0
#51 Flores vs. Bruu-Syversen 7-6 (5), 1-2 unfinished
Iamachkine vs. Janikian 6-3, 2-1 unfinished
Order of finish: 3, 4, 1*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine returns home to face #21 Loyola Marymount in West Coast Conference action on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 p.m.
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