Feb. 13, 2008
MALIBU, Calif. - The 52nd-ranked San Diego State women's tennis team was unable to pull off an upset on Wednesday afternoon, falling to No. 17 Pepperdine, 7-0, at the Ralphs-Straus Center in Malibu. The Aztecs drop to 4-3 on the season, while the Waves won their third consecutive match to improve to 4-2 overall.
Pepperdine, which has won the doubles point in all of their matches this year, continued to dominate as the Waves defeated the Aztecs on all three courts. Holly Bagshaw and Eliska Krausova had the daunting task of facing the nation's 35th-ranked duo of Anete Bandere and Anamika Bhargava at the No. 2 spot. The Aztec tandem were the last ones off the court, but still found themselves on the short end of the stick, dropping an 8-3 decision.
SDSU was unable to get much going in singles action, falling in straight sets in five of their six matches. Bagshaw played No. 99 Sylvia Kosakowski down to the wire at the No. 1 position, but eventually dropped a 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 heartbreaker.
The Aztecs will be right back in action on Friday, Feb. 15, when they host No. 11 USC at the Aztec Tennis Center. First serve is set for 2 p.m. PT.
No. 17 Pepperdine 7, No. 52 San Diego State 0
Ralphs-Straus Center -- Malibu, Calif.
Feb. 13, 2008
Doubles
1. Sylvia Kosakowski/Bianca Dulgheru (PEPP) def. Kathryn Kitts/Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 8-0.
2. #35 Anete Bandere/Anamika Bhargava (PEPP) def. Holly Bagshaw/Eliska Krausova (SDSU), 8-3.
3. Jill Braverman/Tania Rice (PEPP) def. Ozge Atalay/Olivia Colman (SDSU), 8-2.
Singles
1. #99 Sylvia Kosakowski (PEPP) def. Holly Bagshaw (SDSU), 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.
2. Bianca Dulgheru (PEPP) def. Eliska Krausova (SDSU), 6-1, 6-1.
3. Anamika Bhargava (PEPP) def. Esther Cadua (SDSU), 6-4, 7-5.
4. Anete Bandere (PEPP) def. Milana Yusupov (SDSU), 7-5, 6-2.
5. Jill Braverman (PEPP) def. Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 6-1, 6-1.
6. Tania Rice (PEPP) def. Olivia Colman (SDSU), 6-3, 6-4.
Order of finish
Doubles: 1, 3, 2
Singles: 2, 5, 4*, 6, 1, 3
*match-clinching victory