Lady Vols defeat Pepperdine, advance to NCAA Tournament Super Regional
Lady Vols defeat Pepperdine, advance to NCAA Tournament Super Regional
No. 10 seed Tennessee (19-7) defeated Pepperdine (15-13), 4-0, in the NCAA Tournament second round Saturday at Goodfriend Tennis Center.
The Lady Vols advance to the Sweet 16 and will face No. 7 seed Virginia (22-5) on May 9 in Charlottesville, Virginia. First serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. EDT.
"Very excited," Tennessee head coach Alison Ojeda said. "Playing at home on Rocky Top makes a huge difference. Having home court advantage with the Tennessee men's tennis team here was fantastic. The girls compete their tails off all the time, but in front of our own crowd makes a difference."
Tennessee-Pepperdine tennis results
Singles
#7 Elza Tomase (TENN) def. Vivian Yang (PEP) 6-1, 6-4 #41 Catherine Aulia (TENN) vs. #56 Anastasiia Grechkina (PEP) 6-1, 2-6, 1-4, unfinished #66 Leyla Britez Risso (TENN) def. Alexia Harmon (PEP) 6-2, 6-4 Vanesa Suarez (TENN) vs. Sebastiann Scilipoti (PEP) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0, unfinished Francesca Mattioli (TENN) vs. Duru Soke (PEP) 7-6 (7-4), 1-1, unfinished Saray Yli-Piipari (TENN) def. Liam Oved (PEP) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 6,1,3
Doubles
#30 Catherine Aulia/Leyla Britez Risso (TENN) def. Oved,Liam/Scilipoti,Sebastiann (PEP) 6-0 Elza Tomase/Saray Yli-Piipari (TENN) vs. Harmon,Alexia/Grechkina,Anastasiia (PEP) 5-4, unfinished Maeve Thornton/Vanesa Suarez (TENN) def. Soke,Duru/Yang,Vivian (PEP) 6-3
Order of finish: 1,3
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