SAN DIEGO - San Diego women's tennis (14-4, 6-1 WCC) took two doubles matches into tiebreaks and three singles matches into a third set, but were defeated 7-0 by No. 7 Pepperdine (20-3, 8-0 WCC) on Sunday morning at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center.
In doubles, the Toreros took the first match as Solymar Colling and Elizabeth Goldsmith defeated their opponent 6-4 on court one. Kati Kukaras and Elisabeth Andryukhova pushed their counterparts into a tiebreak but were defeated 7-4. On court two,
Abigail Desiatnikov and
Jordyn McBride battled back from down 5-3 and 6-5 to push their opponents into a tiebreak as well, but lost 7-3 as Pepperdine won the doubles point.
In singles play, the Waves lead was pushed to 2-0 with a win on court two and 3-0 with a win on court four. Colling, and McBride battled back from first set defeats to push their ranked opponents to a third set, and Victoria Kalaitzis went to a third set in her match but Pepperdine clinched the match with a win on court six.
The Toreros will return to the Skip and Cindy Hogan Center on Wednesday, April 28 as they take on Gonzaga at noon (PT).
Results
Doubles
1. Solymar Colling/Elizabeth Goldsmith (USD) def. Jessica Failla /Shiori Fukuda (PEPPW) 6-4
2. Lisa Zaar/Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPPW) def. Jordyn McBride/Abigail Desiatnikov (USD) 7-6 (7-3)
3.Astrid Olsen/Ashley Lahey (PEPPW) def. Kati Kukaras/Elisabeth Andryukhov (USD) 7-6 (7-4)
Singles
1. #113 Ashley Lahey (PEPPW) def. #57 Solymar Colling (USD) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
2. #26 Jessica Failla (PEPPW) def. Elizabeth Goldsmith (USD) 6-2, 6-1
3. #116 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPPW) def. Jordyn McBride (USD) 6-1, 5-7, 3-0, retired
4. Shiori Fukuda (PEPPW) def. Abigail Desiatnikov (USD) 6-1, 7-5
5. ZLisa Zaar (PEPPW) def. Victoria Kalaitzis (USD) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
6. Nikki Redelijk (PEPPW) def. Kati Kukaras (USD) 6-1, 6-3