PALO ALTO, Calif. — No. 16 Pepperdine women's tennis (7-3, 2-0 WCC) extended its winning streak to four matches with a 4-1 victory at No. 24 Stanford (6-6, 2-2 ACC) Friday afternoon.

The Waves improved to 4-0 on the road this season and 5-1 against ranked opponents with the victory.

Duru Söke, Sonja Zhiyenbayeva and Alexia Harmon each earned singles victories for the Waves to secure the win, as the Waves also won the doubles point to begin. The trio of Söke, Zhiyenbayeva and Harmon have now combined to win their past 13 singles matches.

Pepperdine's dominance in doubles continued with a pair of 6-3 wins on courts one and two. Živa Falkner and Zhiyenbayeva earned the win at the No. 1 position over No. 72 Caroline Driscoll/Monika Ekstrand, earning their second ranked victory of the campaign.

Chantal Sauvant and Anastasiia Grechkina improved to 6-0 on the season to clinch the doubles point at the No. 2 position, with Söke and Shihomi Leong going unfinished on court three. The three doubles pairings in the lineup for the Waves today have now combined to win their past 12 matches.

Söke made quick work of her match on court six to begin singles, dropping just two games across two sets to pick up the 6-0, 6-2 win over Morgan Shaffer. Söke is now 5-0 on the dual match season.

Zhiyenbayeva then logged her team-leading eighth singles win of the season on court three. She took down Caroline Driscoll in two sets, winning the tiebreak in the first set (7-5) before claiming set two by a 6-3 margin. Zhiyenbayeva is now 8-1 on the season in her freshman campaign.

The Cardinal got one point back on four, but the Waves responded quickly after to clinch the match at 4-1.

Harmon defeated Sein Myoung on court five by a 6-2, 7-5 scoreline, giving Pepperdine the ranked win. Harmon has now won her past five singles matches and sits at 7-2 on the season.

Falkner's match was unfinished on court one against No 46 Monika Ekstrand. Ekstrand had won the first set in a tiebreak while the second set was in the middle of another tiebreak (5-5) when abandoned.

Grechkina had claimed a tiebreak win in the first set over No. 32 Alyssa Ahn, as the second set was knotted up at 5-5 when the match was clinched.

The Waves improved to 6-34 all-time against the Cardinal, but have now won six of the past eight matchups dating back to 2016.
 

RESULTS
Doubles

1. No. 26 Živa Falkner/Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (PEPP) def. No. 72 Caroline Driscoll/Monika Ekstrand (STAN): 6-3

2. Anastasiia Grechkina/Chantal Sauvant (PEPP) def. Alyssa Ahn/Tianmei Wang (STAN): 6-3

3. Shihomi Leong/Duru Söke (PEPP) ABN vs. Sein Myoung/Morgan Shaffer (STAN): 3-4

Order of finish: 1,2

1. No. 43 Živa Falkner (PEPP) ABN vs. No. 46 Monika Ekstrand (STAN): 6-7 (7-4), 6-6

2. No. 10 Anastasiia Grechkina (PEPP) ABN vs. No. 32 Alyssa Ahn (STAN): 7-6 (7-3), 5-5 

3. No. 122 Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (PEPP) def. Caroline Driscoll (STAN): 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

4. Tianmei Wang (STAN) def. Chantal Sauvant (PEPP): 7-5, 6-4

5. Alexia Harmon (PEPP) def. Sein Myoung (STAN): 6-2, 7-5

6. Duru Söke (PEPP) def. Morgan Shaffer (STAN): 6-0, 6-2

Order of Finish: 6,3,4,5

The Waves will take on Santa Clara (3-8) on the road tomorrow at 11 a.m. in a West Coast Conference matchup.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Pepperdine women's tennis has been a consistent powerhouse in the collegiate scene, reaching 40 NCAA Tournaments since 1982 including 28 straight appearances. Since 2018, the program has seen three national runner-ups between both singles and doubles while reaching an NCAA Regional as a team eight times in the past nine tournaments. The success at the conference level has been paramount with 33 WCC Championships including an active streak of 11 consecutive conference titles. With its 24 total All-Americans, the program has also consistently sent players to the pro circuit following their time in Malibu.
 
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