Feb. 11, 2012
STANFORD, Calif.- No.2 Stanford powered its way to a 5-2 victory over No. 27 Pepperdine on Saturday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Improving to 3-0, the Cardinal can now shift its focus to Sunday's highly-anticipated regular season matchup against No. 1 Florida. In addition to pitting the nation's top two programs against each other, the contest represents a rematch of the last two national championships.
The Cardinal easily handled its business on Saturday, cruising past Pepperdine (2-4).
Stanford swept all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point for a 1-0 lead.
Wins by Mallory Burdette and Nicole Gibbs gave Stanford a 3-0 advantage, only to see Pepperdine collect wins at the bottom of the lineup to creep within 3-2.
Stacey Tan's 6-3, 7-6 (5) triumph at the No. 3 spot provided the clincher.
No. 2 Stanford 5, No. 27 Pepperdine 2
DOUBLES
1) No. 1 Burdette/Gibbs (STAN) d. Issara/Guillermo (PEPP) 8-4
2) Tan/Tsay (STAN) d. Moore/Walters (PEPP) 8-3
3) Kristie Ahn/Li (STAN) d. Granillo/Panu (PEPP) 8-1
Order of Finish: unavailable
SINGLES
1) No. 5 Nicole Gibbs (STAN) d. No. 72 Ale Granillo (PEPP) 6-3, 6-1
2) No. 1 Mallory Burdette (STAN) d. Khunpak Issara (PEPP) 6-1, 6-3
3) Stacey Tan (STAN) d. Lorraine Guillermo (PEPP) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
4) Ellen Tsay (STAN) d. Arianna Colffer (PEPP) 6-4, 6-2
5) Ali Walters (PEPP) d. Veronica Li (STAN) 6-3, 6-2
6) Megan Moore (PEPP) d. Natalie Dillon (STAN) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4