April 13, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. â€" The Toreros faced No. 9 Pepperdine Friday afternoon for a tough match up. The women lost 4-0 to the undefeated conference team.
USD was swept by No. 9 Pepperdine during their seventh conference match of the season. Pepperdine is undefeated in conference play and holds a 17-1 overall record.
The women lost the doubles point to the No. 9 ranked pair, Luisa Stefani and Mayar Sherif at the No. 1 position, 6-2, and then to Ashley Lahey and Adrijana Lekaj at No. 3, 6-0.
In singles play, Toreros in the No. 1 through No. 4 spots played the Waves top ranked players. Daniela Morales lost to No. 20 Sherif at the No. 2 spot, 6-3, 6-1. And Kati Kukaras was defeated by Pepperdine's No. 101 Laura Gulbe at the No. 4 spot 6-1, 6-1.
The remaining matches were left unfinished. Carolin Nonnenmacher maintains her six-match win streak going into another conference match against Loyola Marymount Saturday morning.
San Diego fell to 10-9 overall and 2-5 in conference. They pick up play at LMU Saturday at 11 a.m.
Tennis Match Results
San Diego vs Pepperdine University
Apr 13, 2018 at Malibu, Calif.
(Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)
#9 Pepperdine University 4, San Diego 0
Singles competition
1. #14 Lahey, Ashley (PEP) vs. Nicole Anderson (USD) 7-6, 1-1, unfinished
2. #20 Sherif, Mayar (PEP) def. Daniela Morales (USD) 6-3, 6-1
3. #70 Levashova, Evgeniya (PEP) def. Maria-Paula Torres (USD) 6-0, 6-1
4. #101 Gulbe, Laura (PEP) def. Kati Kukaras (USD) 6-1, 6-1
5. Milovanovic, Dzina (PEP) vs. Gemma Garcia (USD) 6-7 (4-7), 0-1, unfinished
6. Lekaj, Adrijana (PEP) vs. Carolin Nonnenmacher (USD) 6-6 (5-5), unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #9 Stefani, Luisa/Sherif, Mayar (PEP) def. Nicole Anderson/Daniela Morales (USD) 6-2
2. #85 Levashova, Evgeniya/Milovanovic, Dzina (PEP) vs. Maria-Paula Torres/Colomba DeFilippo (USD) 4-2, unfinished
3. Lahey, Ashley/Lekaj, Adrijana (PEP) def. Gemma Garcia/Carolin Nonnenmacher (USD) 6-0
Match Notes:
San Diego 10-9, 2-5 WCC
Pepperdine University 17-1, 6-0 WCC; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,4,2)