#4 Women's Tennis Dominates #28 Baylor 5-0

Luisa Stefani clinched the match for the Waves and advanced her dual record to 5-0 on the season thus far.

Luisa Stefani (Photo by Sarah Otteman)

March 16, 2018

Final Stats

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – The No. 4 Pepperdine women’s tennis team dominated No. 28 Baylor 5-0 in a non-conference matchup at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday night.

No. 28 Luisa Stefani clinched the overall match for the Waves (9-1) over the Bears (8-9) in singles, while Pepperdine also swept through doubles action with wins on courts one and three.

RESULTS

#4 Pepperdine 5, Baylor 0

Singles

1: #28 Luisa Stefani (PEPP) def. Kris Sorokolet (BU) – 6-1, 6-3

2: #19 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. Theresa Van Zyl (BU) – 6-1, 6-1

3: #10 Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. Camilla Abbate (BU) – 6-2, 6-4

4: #57 Evgeniya Levashova (PEPP) vs. Dominikia Sujova (BU) – 6-4, 1-2, unfinished

5: #76 Laura Gulbe (PEPP) def. Giorgia Testa (BU) – 6-2, 6-2

6: #105 Dzina Milovanovic (PENN) vs. Livia Kraus – 6-4, 3-4, unfinished

Order of Finish: 2, 5, 1*, 3

Doubles

1: #38 Luisa Stefani/Mayar Sherif (PEPP) def. Kris Sorokolet/Dominika Sujova (BU) – 6-4

2: #71 Evgeniya Levashova/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) vs. Theresa Van Zyl/Giorgia Testa (BU) – 5-3

3: Ashley Lahey/Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) def. Camilla Abbate/Livia Kraus (BU) – 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 1*

MATCH RECAP

Pepperdine came out firing on all cylinders, pulling ahead on all courts to open doubles play. The Waves’ No. 3 pair, Ashley Lahey and Adrijana Lekaj finished first with a 6-2 win over Camilla Abbate and Livia Kraus for the Waves’ first advantage. No. 38 Luisa Stefani and Mayar Sherif closed the opening round with a 6-4 win on court one over Kris Sorokolet and Dominka Sujova.

With the advantage heading into singles, Pepperdine had the momentum early on, winning all six first sets. No. 19 Lahey made quick work of her opponent on court two, Theres Van Zyl, with a pair of 6-1 set wins. Then, No. 76 Laura Gulbe extended the Waves’ lead to 3-0 with a couple of 6-2 set wins over Giorgia Testa to put her team in a position to clinch.

No. 28 Stefani would be the Wave to clinch. After a 6-1 first set win, she dominated the second set en route to a 6-3 win over Kris Sorokolet in the No. 1 position to extend the Waves’ record to 9-1 on the season thus far. As the match in court three was already playing the final point, No. 10 Sherif was able to finish off her match against Camilla Abbate 6-2, 6-4 to make it a 5-0 win for the Waves throughout.

NOTABLES

The Waves have gone 3-1 against opponents ranked in the top-12 of the Oracle/ITA rankings.

Luisa Stefani currently has untarnished dual record with a 5-0 record.

The No. 1 doubles position has gone 9-1 this season for the Waves in dual action.

The Waves have gone 39-11 in singles action and 18-6 in doubles play this season.

The Waves have six ranked in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings #10 Mayar Sherif, #19 Ashley Lahey, #28 Luisa Stefani, #57 Evgeniya Levashova, #76 Laura Gulbe and #105 Dzina Milovanovic.

The team has three doubles pairs ranked with Sherif and Stefani ranking #38, Sherif and Lahey ranking #28 and Milovanovic and Levashova ranking #71.

NEXT UP

Next, Pepperdine returns home to Malibu to host Dartmouth on March 20 at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.