MALIBU, Calif. – The Santa Clara women's tennis team lost to Pepperdine 7-0 today at the home of the Waves. The Broncos move to 6-8 overall and 2-3 in WCC.
On a three-match win streak, Santa Clara was unable to make it four against the No. 15 Waves.
Though Nabila Farah and Daniella Silva were leading 4-3 against Guillermo and Runglerdkriandrai at No. 1 singles, Pepperdine closed the doubles play on courts 2 and 3 before they had a chance to earn the win. Chelby Cooke and Delphine Rouvillois were defeated by #25 Maddox and Cutura, while freshmen Riley Morgan and Zeina El Tawil fell to Feneridis and Gulbe.
Pepperdine beat out Santa Clara in singles to earn the 7-0 victory. Two Broncos faced off against ranked players: Rouvillois took on #10 Lorraine Guillermo and Cooke played #95 Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai. Rouvillois lost 6-1, 6-1 while Cooke pushed her matchup to three sets, eventually losing 5-7, 6-2, 10-6. Silva also held a close match for Santa Clara, taking Matea Cutura to three sets but falling in the end 2-6, 6-3, 10-3.
With four regular season matches remaining before the WCC Championship, Santa Clara returns home for its next two matches, facing Saint Mary's on Apr. 10 and Pacific on Apr. 11
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Go Broncos!
Pepperdine 7, Santa Clara 0
Doubles | Order of Finish: 2, 3
1) Farah/Silva (SCU) vs. Guillermo/Runglerdkriandrai (PEP) 4-3, DNF
2) #25 Maddox/Cutura (PEP) def. Cooke/Rouvillois (SCU) 6-2
3) Feneridis/Gulbe (PEP) def. Morgan/El Tawil (SCU) 6-1
Singles | Order of Finish: 1, 6, 5, 2, 4, 3
1) #10 Lorraine Guillermo (PEP) def. Delphine Rouvillois (SCU) 6-1, 6-1
2) Laura Gulbe (PEP) def. Nabila Farah (SCU) 6-0, 6-3
3) #95 Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) def. Chelby Cooke (SCU) 5-7, 6-2, 10-6
4) Matea Cutura (PEP) def. Daniella Silva (SCU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-3
5) Michaela Capannolo (PEP) def. Zeina El Tawil (SCU) 6-3, 6-1
6) Danielle Feneridis (PEP) def. Danielle Zinn (SCU) 6-2, 6-3
