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Friday, March 24
Malibu, CA
3 p.m.

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#5 Pepperdine

Garcia Ruiz, Julia

OU Drops Battle To No. 5 Pepperdine

March 24, 2023 | Women's Tennis

PEPP 4, OU 2

MALIBU, Calif. - The No. 21 Oklahoma women's tennis team fell in a hard-fought 4-2 battle to No. 5 Pepperdine on Friday evening.

The Sooners were first to strike with a court-three win in doubles from Julia Garcia Ruiz and Dana taking down Nikki Redelijk and Anna Campana 6-2. The Waves then came back with a 6-4 win by No. 1 Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen over No. 16 Carmen and Ivana Corley at the top court. The doubles point was given to Pepperdine after No. 40 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat and Lisa Zaar clinched court two 6-4 over No. 17 Alexandra Pisareva.

OU claimed the first singles court at the No. 6 spot from Garcia Ruiz against Campana, taking the match 6-1, 6-0. Play continued back-and-forth with Pepperdine taking court three over No. 64 Guzman 6-3, 6-1 by No. 17 Savannah Broadus.

Sleeth battled to take the top court 6-4, 6-4 and grabbed a ranked win over No. 17 Tjen. The Waves took the 3-2 lead with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 victory on court four from Bunyawi Thamchaiwat over Pisareva. To clinch the match, Pepperdine's No. 29 Zaar defeated No. 106 Carmen Corley 6-1, 4-6, 7-4 on court two.

When play was halted, Emma Staker was tied 7-5, 2-6, 4-4 with Nikki Redelijk on court five.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will face San Diego tomorrow at 2 p.m. CT in San Diego, Calif.

RESULTS

#5 Pepperdine 4, #21 Oklahoma 2
 

Singles

1. Layne Sleeth (OU) def. #13 Janice Tjen (PEPP) 6-4, 6-4

2. #29 Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. #106 Carmen Corley (OU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

3. #17 Savannah Broadus (PEPP) def. #64 Dana Guzman (OU) 6-3, 6-1

4. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (PEPP) def. Alexandra Pisareva (OU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

5. Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) vs. Emma Staker (OU) 7-5, 2-6, 4-4, unfinished

6. Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) def. Anna Campana (PEPP) 6-1, 6-0


Doubles

1. #1 Broadus, Savannah/Tjen, Janice (PEPP) def. #16 Corley, Carmen/Corley, Ivana (OU) 6-4

2. #40 Thamchaiwat, Bunyawi/Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) def. #17 Pisareva, Alexandra/Sleeth, Layne (OU) 6-4

3. Garcia Ruiz, Julia/Guzman, Dana (OU) def. Campana, Anna/Redelijk, Nikki (PEPP) 6-2


Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,3,1,4,2)

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