MALIBU, Calif. – The #6 Pepperdine women's tennis program played its first home match in over a month on Sunday afternoon and took control from the start, throttling #25 Stanford 4-1 at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Pepperdine (7-3) took advantage early in doubles, controlling the pace from the beginning as the 15
th-ranked pair of
Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) continued their perfect dual season with a 6-3 win on court two. Soon after,
Anastasia Iamachkine (Lima, Peru) and
Taisiya Pachkaleva (Moscow, Russia), playing their first dual action of the spring together, were 6-3 winners on court three to give Pepperdine the advantage heading into singles. The ranked matchup on court one was abandoned.
In singles, the Waves jumped on Stanford (7-2) by winning four first sets. Iamachkine was the first winner of the day, blowing by Sara Choy on court six to win 6-2, 6-1. Tjen was next to earn a victory, defeating Angelica Blake 7-5, 6-1 on court three to open up a commanding 3-0 lead for the Waves. Needing only one more Wave win, the Cardinal took the ranked matchup on court one but #12
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) claimed a victory in the top-20 matchup on court two, taking down #17 Alexandra Yepifanova 6-2, 6-4 in straight sets to give Pepperdine another ranked win, its fifth of the season.
This is Pepperdine's third win in a row in the series over Stanford and fifth win in the last six meetings dating back to 2016.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#11
Flores/Zaar vs. #21 Blake/Ma 5-2 unfinished
#15
Broadus/Tjen def. Xu/Yepifanova 6-3
Iamachkine/Pachkaleva def. Geller/Madurawe 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3
SINGLES
#18 Ma def. #23
Pachkaleva 6-2, 6-2
#12
Zaar def. #17 Yepifanova 6-2, 6-4
#88
Tjen def. Blake 7-5, 6-1
#117
Broadus vs. Houghton 4-6, 5-2 unfinished
#45
Flores vs. #65 Xu 7-6 (3), 1-2 unfinished
Iamachkine def. Choy 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 3, 1, 2*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine stays home for two more next week, hosting Princeton on Thursday, March 10 at 12:00 p.m. and BYU on Saturday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m. Visit pepperdinewaves.com/tickets for information on securing a free e-ticket to the match. While tickets are free, one must be obtained to gain access to campus for the event.
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