LOS ANGELES, Calf. — In a battle of cross-town rivals, the #4 Pepperdine women's tennis team fell 4-3 against the #24 UCLA Bruins in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The loss snapped a 10-match winning streak for the Waves.
The match came down to a three-set battle between top-20 singles players: #11 Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) of Pepperdine (13-3, 4-0 WCC) and UCLA (10-6, 4-4 Pac-12) freshman #19 Fangran Tian. Tian would win 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 to clinch for the Bruins.
In doubles play, UCLA took an early advantage on court three, where Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer and Tian defeated Anna Campana (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Nikki Redelijk (Windermere, Fla.). UCLA's sixth-ranked duo of Kimmi Hance and Elise Wagle clinched the doubles point for UCLA over #1 Tjen and Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) with a 6-3 win.
Over in singles, #18 Broadus tied things up with a quick, 6-2, 6-0 win over Ava Catanzarite on court three, then #30 Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden)'s 6-2, 6-1 victory on court two gave the Waves a 2-1 advantage. The Bruins won on court four to take back the lead, but Redelijk would win 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 on court five to put Pepperdine back in the driver's seat.
UCLA would not go quietly. The Bruins tied the score with a three-set win on court six that left the fate of the match up to #11 Tjen and #19 Tian on court one. Although Tian won a close first set 7-6 (1), Tjen rallied from trailing 4-2 in the second set to win 7-6 before Tian closed the book on the match with a 6-3 third-set win.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#6 Hance/Wagle def. #1 Broadus/Tjen, 6-3
#33 Thamchaiwat/Zaar vs. Catanzarite/Vagramov 2-5 unfinished
Lutkemeyer/Tian def. A. Campana/Redelijk, 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
SINGLES
#19 Tian def. #11 Tjen, 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (6-8), 6-3
#30 Zaar def. #106 Hance 6-2, 6-1
#18 Broadus def. Catanzarite 6-2, 6-0
Wagle def. Thamchaiwat 6-1, 7-5
Redelijk def. Vagramov 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Lutkemeyer def. A. Campana 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4)
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine's road swing continues at #74 BYU on Saturday, April 15 at 11 a.m. PT. From there, the Waves will play the University of San Diego on Wednesday, April 19 before hosting Senior Day on Friday, April 21.
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