Pepperdine University women’s tennis team outlasted Gonzaga, Saturday afternoon as they defeated the Bulldogs 7-0 at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center for the Waves’ 10th straight victory. Pepperdine is back in action for a midweek match at UCLA on Wednesday, April 12th.
First serve at the Los Angeles Tennis Center is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The court three combo of Anna Campana and Nikki Redelijk won 6-0 on court three. To clinch the doubles point, top pairing of Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen beat the winners 6-1 on court one to give the Waves an early lead over Gonzaga going into singles.
Once in singles, Pepperdine kept her foot on the gas as she won all six first sets. No. 14 Broadus notched a 6-0, 6-2 court three victory over Jenna Sloan to double Pepperdine’s lead. Next to finish was Redelijk picking up a 6-0, 6-0 five-court victory over Rose Hayes.
To clinch the Pepperdine win, Bell beat Caroline Wernli 6-3, 6-1 on court six. The remaining three games were played. No. 30 Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) triumphed 6-1, 6-0 on second court against Kianna Oda. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat then defeated Tiegan Aitken 6-3, 6-2 on court four before No.
10 Tjen beat Adrianna Sosnowska 6-1, 4-6, [11-9] to close out the match.
Women’s singles
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#10 Tjen def. Sosnowska 6-1, 4-6, [11-9]
#30 Zaar def. Oda 6-1, 6-0
#14 Broadus def. Sloan 6-0, 6-2
Thamchaiwat def. Aitken 6-3, 6-2
Redelijk def.
Hayes 6-0, 6-0
A. Campana def. Wernli 6-3, 6-1
Women’s doubles
#1 Broadus/Tjen def. Oda/Sosnowska 6-1
#29 Thamchaiwat/Zaar vs. Aitken/Hayes 5-2 unfinished
A. Campana/Redelijk def. Sloan/Wernli 6-0
About Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private US university located in Malibu, California.
The main campus covers an area of 340 hectares and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the main campus, courses are held in six others scattered throughout Southern California. The University also has campuses in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Switzerland and Argentina, more precisely in the cities of Heidelberg, London, Florence, Shanghai, Lausanne and Buenos Aires.
In August 1984, the water polo competitions of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in the Malibu campus swimming pool. The university is composed of an undergraduate liberal arts school and four graduate schools: the Caruso School of Law, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Graziadio Business School, and the School of Public Policy.
In February 1937, against the backdrop of the Great Depression, George Pepperdine founded a liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles to be affiliated with the Churches of Christ and to be called George Pepperdine College.
Pepperdine University competes in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics. Most teams play in the West Coast Conference, but men’s volleyball plays in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and men’s water polo plays in the Golden Coast Conference.
Pepperdine’s teams are known as the Waves.
