Women's Tennis

Toreros in Tough Match Up

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)

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Players Mentioned

Nicole Anderson

Nicole Anderson

5' 3"
Sophomore
Gemma Garcia

Gemma Garcia

5' 6"
Sophomore
Kati Kukaras

Kati Kukaras

5' 10"
Sophomore
Daniela Morales

Daniela Morales

5' 6"
Sophomore
Carolin Nonnenmacher

Carolin Nonnenmacher

5' 3"
Freshman
Maria-Paula Torres

Maria-Paula Torres

5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Nicole Anderson

Nicole Anderson

5' 3"
Sophomore
Gemma Garcia

Gemma Garcia

5' 6"
Sophomore
Kati Kukaras

Kati Kukaras

5' 10"
Sophomore
Daniela Morales

Daniela Morales

5' 6"
Sophomore
Carolin Nonnenmacher

Carolin Nonnenmacher

5' 3"
Freshman
Maria-Paula Torres

Maria-Paula Torres

5' 6"
Junior