May 10, 2002
STANFORD, Calif. - No. 36 Pepperdine (13-13) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Team Championships on Friday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over No. 64 Long Beach State (21-3) at the Taube Tennis Center. The Waves, winners of four straight, will face the winner of Friday's other first round match between No. 2 Stanford and Sacramento State. That match will be played Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
"We knew that Long Beach State would come out fighting," explained Pepperdine head coach Gualberto Escudero. "After falling to Loyola Marymount in our conference tournament, our team knew that it had to be ready for anyone and relied on that experience."
Pepperdine, the region's No. 33-48 seed, took an early 1-0 lead in the match by winning the doubles point. The duo of Karin Schlapbach and Anna Andersson notched an 8-4 win at the No. 3 position to get things started for the Waves, and the tandem of Monika Horvath and Aleksandra Kujawska secured the point with an 8-5 win. The match at No. 1 doubles was abandoned.
Despite a late charge by the 49ers, the Waves were able to capture singles victories at Nos. 2, 5 and 6 to finish with a 4-1 triumph. Pepperdine chalked up quick wins at the bottom of the lineup, as No. 5 Karin Schlapbach recorded a 6-1, 6-4 victory and No. 6 Anna Andersson won her match by a 6-1, 6-1 count.
Long Beach State's No. 3 Alena Dvornikova scored a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory to cut the Pepperdine lead to 3-1, but the Wave's Monika Horvath was able to outlast LBSU's Lindsey Marvel 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 2 singles for the match win. Matches at No. 1 and 4 were abandoned.
Doubles (Pepperdine wins point to take 1-0 lead)
1) Vernaz-Koksova (PEP) vs. Dvornikova-Dvornikova (LBSU) 7-6, abandoned
2) Horvath-Kujawska (PEP) def. Marvel-Thomas (LBSU) 8-5
3) Schlapbach-Andersson (PEP) def. Kindred-Kelly Chan (LBSU) 8-4
Singles
1) No. 108 Anastasia Dvornikova (LBSU) vs. No. 92 Charlotte Vernaz 2-6, 6-5, abandoned
2) Monika Horvath (PEP) def. Lindsey Marvel (LBSU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
3) Alena Dvornikova (LBSU) def. Veronica Koksova (PEP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
4) Laura Thomas (LBSU) vs. Aleksandra Kujawska (PEP) 6-3, 4-4, abandoned
5) Karin Schlapbach (PEP) def. Cheryl Kindred (LBSU) 6-1, 6-4
6) Anna Andersson (PEP) def. Claudia Argumendo (LBSU) 6-1, 6-1
Match Notes
Doubles: Point was clinched at No. 2
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles: Match was clinched at No. 2
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 3, 2