MALIBU, Calif. – The No. 9 Pepperdine Waves cruised to a 4-0 win over Portland in West Coast Conference women's tennis action Saturday at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. The Pilots fall to 7-9 overall and 2-4 in West Coast Conference play, while the Waves improve to 14-3 and 5-0 in league.

Perennial contender Pepperdine featured a lineup with two nationally-ranked singles players and the No. 24 doubles tandem in the country.

Portland juniors Anna Oberg and Jelena Lukic pushed the ranked duo of Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine at No. 1 doubles and were trailing 5-4 when the Waves clinched with wins at the other two positions.

The Waves posted straight set wins at No. 6, No. 4 and No. 1 singles, respectively, to close out the scoring. Pilot junior Emily Soares was down a set, but leading 5-2 in the second set to Dzina Milovanovic when the team victory was clinched.

Portland will continue WCC play next weekend with two home matches at the Louisiana Pacific Tennis Center. The Pilots welcome Saint Mary's on Friday at 10 a.m. and then Pacific on Saturday at 11 a.m. All Portland home matches will have live video and scoring available at PortlandPilots.com.
 
#9 Pepperdine 4, Portland 0
Malibu, Calif. (Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)
April 6, 2019

Singles
1. #88 Adrijana Lekaj (PEPP) def. Jelena Lukic (POR) 6-0, 6-2
2. #81 Jessica Failla (PEPP) vs. Raphaelle Leblanc (POR) 6-3, 5-0, unfinished
3. Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) vs. Emily Soares (POR) 6-1, 2-5, unfinished
4. Satsuki Takamura (PEPP) def. Marija Elenova (POR) 6-2, 6-1
5. Daria Kuczer (PEPP) vs. Lourdes Ramalle (POR) 6-1, 4-1, unfinished
6. Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP) def. Angela Schuster (POR) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. #24 Failla/Iamachkine (PEPP) vs. Lukic/Anna Oberg (POR) 5-4, unfinished
2. Lahey, Ashley/Kuczer (PEPP) def. Elenova/Soares (POR) 6-4
3. Lekaj/Milovanovic (PEPP) def. Schuster/Laura Okazaki (POR) 6-2

Match Notes:
Portland 7-9, 2-4 WCC
Pepperdine University 14-3, 5-0 WCC; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,4,1)