Michigan
Pepperdine
Wolverines Fall at No. 16 Pepperdine
3/7/2020 6:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Michigan won the doubles point, but Pepperdine won the first four singles matches off court to record a 4-1 win.
» Pepperdine, ranked No. 16, marked Michigan's ninth ranked opponent of its non-conference season.
» U-M will kick off Big Ten play next week, traveling to Penn State for a match on March 13.
Site: Malibu, Calif. (Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)
Result: #16 Pepperdine 4, #15 Michigan 1
Records: U-M (5-6), Pepperdine (8-4)
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 13 -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.), Noon
MALIBU, Calif. -- The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point to grab the early lead, but No. 16-ranked Pepperdine won the first four singles matches off court to record a 4-1 win over the Wolverines on Saturday (March 7) afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Michigan raced out to the early lead, wrapping up the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. U-M's No. 1 duo of junior Alyvia Jones and freshman Andrea Cerdan made quick work of Pepperdine's No. 55-ranked pair of Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine in a 6-0 shutout.
Pepperdine got a match back with a win at No. 2.
U-M's No. 3 pair of junior Bella Lorenzini and sophomore Anca Craciun clinched the match's first point with a 6-3 victory at No. 3. The Wolverine pair broke early for a 3-1 lead and that was all the space they needed to put Michigan on the board.
Michigan got first-set singles wins from senior Chiara Lommer at No. 2 and Jones at No. 5, with the Waves winning four first sets.
The Waves got on the board to even the score at one point each with a straight-set win at No. 3.
Pepperdine took its first lead of the day a few minutes later with a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 4 for a 2-0 advantage before following with a win at No. 6 for a 3-1 lead.
Senior Giulia Pairone put up a fight against No. 1-ranked Ashley Lahey at the top spot before falling, 6-3, 7-6(3). In the second set, Pairone suffered a late break to fall behind 5-3 before fighting off a match point to get back on serve. The Wolverine won her next two service games to force a breaker before eventually falling, 7-3, to give Pepperdine a 4-1 win.
Michigan returns to the Midwest to kick off Big Ten action next week, first traveling to Penn State for a noon match Friday (March 13).
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 1 Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine) d. No. 30 Giulia Pairone (U-M), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 -- Chiara Lommer (U-M) vs. No. 33 Anastasia Iamachkine (Pepperdine), 6-2, 6-5 abandoned
No. 3 -- No. 35 Jessica Failla (Pepperdine) d. Nicole Hammond (U-M), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Lisa Zaar (Pepperdine) d. No. 85 Andrea Cerdan (U-M), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 -- No. 93 Alyvia Jones (U-M) vs. Daria Kuczer (Pepperdine), 6-2, 2-6, 1-3 abandoned
No. 6 -- Astrid Olsen (Pepperdine) d. Bella Lorenzini (U-M), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Andrea Cerdan/Alyvia Jones (U-M) d. No. 55 Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (Pepperdine), 6-0
No. 2 -- Ashley Lahey/Astrid Olsen (Pepperdine) d. Chiara Lommer/Giulia Pairone (U-M), 6-2
No. 3 -- Bella Lorenzini/Anca Craciun (U-M) d. Daria Kuczer/Lisa Zaar (Pepperdine), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-2-3, Singles 3-4-6-1
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