Saturday, January 29
Malibu, Calif.
10:00 A.M.
Columbia University
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at
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No. 7 Pepperdine
Photo by: Mike McLaughlin
Lions Fall to No. 7 Pepperdine in First Round of ITA Kick-Off
1/29/2022 7:47:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Boxscore: Pepperdine 4, Columbia 0 (PDF)Watch Live: Columbia vs. ColoradoColumbia vs. Colorado LIve Stats
Columbia to play Colorado in Sunday’s Consolation match at 10 a.m. PT.
MALIBU, Calif.—The Columbia women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 ITA Kick-Off Weekend match against No. 7 ranked and host Pepperdine Saturday at the Ralph Strauss Tennis Center. With the loss, the Lions (2-1) will face Colorado (0-1) in the Consolation Match on Sunday at 10 a.m. PT.
Pepperdine took the doubles point as Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen defeated Columbia's Rachele Rimondini and Melissa Sakar 6-1 at No. 2 and Shiori Fakuda and Anastasia Iamachkine won a 6-3 decision over Clarine Lerby and Sophia Strugnell at No. 3 doubles.
The Waves then won three straight singles matches at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 6. No. 31 ranked Fukuda won a 6-1, 6-1 match over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan at No. 1 singles, No. 10 ranked Lisa Zaar claimed a 6-0, 6-1 decision over Columbia's Anna Zhang at No. 2, and Iamachkine took a 7-5, 6-1 win over Columbia's Michelle Xu at No. 6.
Tomorrow's Columbia-Colorado match will be live-streamed via Playsight and can be found on PepperdineWaves.com at this link. Scores will be updated periodically on the web and on Twitter at @WavesTennis. Admission is free, but fans must have a free E-ticket to gain access to campus. Please visit www.pepperdinewaves.com/tickets for more information.
Columbia is competing in the prestigious ITA Kick-Off Weekend event for the second consecutive season.
ITA KICK-OFF WEEKEND
January 29-30 | Malibu, Calif. | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center
Saturday's Schedule
No. 7 Pepperdine 4, Columbia 0
Notre Dame 4, Colorado 1
Sunday's Schedule
Columbia (2-1) vs. Colorado (0-1), 10 a.m. PT
No. 7 Pepperdine (1-1) vs. Notre Dame (2-1), 1 p.m. PT
Pepperdine took the doubles point as Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen defeated Columbia's Rachele Rimondini and Melissa Sakar 6-1 at No. 2 and Shiori Fakuda and Anastasia Iamachkine won a 6-3 decision over Clarine Lerby and Sophia Strugnell at No. 3 doubles.
The Waves then won three straight singles matches at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 6. No. 31 ranked Fukuda won a 6-1, 6-1 match over Columbia's Akanksha Bhan at No. 1 singles, No. 10 ranked Lisa Zaar claimed a 6-0, 6-1 decision over Columbia's Anna Zhang at No. 2, and Iamachkine took a 7-5, 6-1 win over Columbia's Michelle Xu at No. 6.
Tomorrow's Columbia-Colorado match will be live-streamed via Playsight and can be found on PepperdineWaves.com at this link. Scores will be updated periodically on the web and on Twitter at @WavesTennis. Admission is free, but fans must have a free E-ticket to gain access to campus. Please visit www.pepperdinewaves.com/tickets for more information.
Columbia is competing in the prestigious ITA Kick-Off Weekend event for the second consecutive season.
ITA KICK-OFF WEEKEND
January 29-30 | Malibu, Calif. | Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center
Saturday's Schedule
No. 7 Pepperdine 4, Columbia 0
Notre Dame 4, Colorado 1
Sunday's Schedule
Columbia (2-1) vs. Colorado (0-1), 10 a.m. PT
No. 7 Pepperdine (1-1) vs. Notre Dame (2-1), 1 p.m. PT
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