ITA Kickoff Weekend - Pepperdine

Schedule

#1 pepperdine def. #4 wisconsin 4-0

Singles Results:

#1 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) v Xinyu Cai (UW) 3-6, 1-2, unf.
#33 Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. Ava Markham (UW) 6-3, 6-0
#12 Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) v Antonela Stoica (UW) 6-3, 3-2, unf.
#45 Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) v Anna Makarova (UW) unf.
#88 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPP) def. Miruna Tudor (UW) 6-2, 6-1
Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) def. Charmaine Seah (UW) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Results:

Fukuda/Olsen (PEPP) def. Cai/Markham (UW) 6-0
Lahey/Redelijk (PEPP) def. Makarova/Stoica (UW) 6-2
Failla/Zaar (PEPP) v Semenovski/Ossa (UW) 3-3, unf.

#3 usc def. #2 denver 4-1

Singles Results:

#48 Eryn Cayetano (USC) v #117 Taylor Melville (DU) 7-5, 5-1, unf.
#103 Naomi Cheong (USC) def. Anna Riedmiller (DU) 6-3, 6-3
Salma Ewing (USC) v Britt Pursell (DU) 2-6, 5-5, unf.
Daniella Willson (USC) def. Tatum Burger (DU) 6-2, 6-3
Summer Dvorak (USC) def. Hada Chang (DU) 6-2, 6-2
Camille Verden-Anderson (DU) def. Clare McKee (USC) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles Results:

#12 Kulikov/Cayetano (USC) def. Melville/Chang (DU) 6-0
Ewing/Cheong (USC) def. Pursell/Verden-Anderson (DU) 6-2
Dvorak/McKee (USC) v Burger/Riedmiller (DU) 3-4, unf.

#1 Pepperdine def. #3 USC 4-2

Singles Results:

#33 Jessica Failla (PEPP) def. #48 Eryn Cayetano (USC) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
#1 Ashley Lahey (PEPP) def. #103 Naomi Cheong (USC) 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
#12 Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) def. Salma Ewing (USC) 6-4, 6-2
Danielle Willson (USC) def. #45 Lexi Ryngler (PEPP) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
#88 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPP) def. Summer Dvorak (USC) 7-5, 6-1
Clare McKee (USC) v Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 5-5, unf.

Doubles Results:

#12 Kulikov/Cayetano (USC) def. Failla/Pachkaleva (PEPP) 6-2
Ewing/Cheong (USC) def. Fukuda/Olsen (PEPP) 7-6(4)
Lahey/Redelijk (PEPP) def. Dvorak/McKee (PEPP) 7-5

#4 Wisconsin def. #2 Denver 4-3

Singles Results:

Xinyu Cai (UW) def. Taylor Melville (DU) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(3)
Anna Riedmiller (DU) def. Ava Markham (UW) 7-6(5), 6-1
Antonela Stoica (UW) def. Britt Pursell (DU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Anna Makarova (UW) def. Tatum Burger (DU) 6-0, 7-6(5)
Charmaine Seah (UW) def. Camille V. Anderson (DU) 6-4, 6-2
Toni Nelson (DU) def. Nastsya Semenovski (UW) 7-6(5), 6-2

Doubles Results:

Melville/Chang (DU) def. Cai/Markham (UW) 6-3
Pursell/V. Anderson (DU) def. Stoica/Makarova (UW) 6-4
Burger/Riedmiller (DU) v Tudor/Seah (UW) 4-5, unf.

Rosters

Pepperdine (Host)

Coach: Per Nilsson

Asst. Coach: Pete Billingham

Jessica Failla, GR

Shiori Fukuda, GR

Anastasia Iamachkine, JR

Ashley Lahey, GR

Astrid Olsen, SO

Taisiya Pachkaleva, FR

Nikki Redelijk, FR

Lexi Ryngler, R-FR

Lisa Zaar, SO

Denver

Coach: Christian Bass

Asst. Coach: Karen Clark

Tatum Burger, JR

Hada Chang, SR

Taylor Melville, JR

Toni Nelson, JR

Britt Pursell, SO

Anna Riedmiller, SR

Alessia Truden, SO

Camille Verden-Anderson, SR

USC

Coach: Alison Swain

Asst. Coach: Rachel Manasse

Constance Branstine, SR

Eryn Cayetano, SO

Naomi Cheong, FR

Summer Dvorak, R-SR

Salma Ewing, JR

Snow Han, FR

Estella Jaeger, JR

McKenna Koenig, FR

Angela Kulikov, SR

Clare McKee, SR

Ana Neffa, SR

Payton Saca, SO

Danielle Willson, JR

Wisconsin

Coach: Kelcy McKenna

Asst. Coach: Anthony Nguyen

Xinyu Cai, SO

Anna Makarova, SR

Ava Markham, JR

Jordana Ossa, FR

Charmaine Seah, SO

Nastasya Semenovski, FR

Antonela Stoica, JR

Miruna Tudor, SR

*Returning Singles All-American, ^Returning Doubles All-American

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Team Background

PEPPERDINE

36 NCAA appearances (7 quarterfinal appearances)
2018 ITA National Team Indoors runner-up
2020 ITA Senior Player of the Year (Ashley Lahey)
19 athletes have earned 45 All-American honors

DENVER

9 NCAA appearances (6 straight)
2 ITA Regional Senior Players of the Year
3 ITA Regional Rookies of the Year
2 athletes have earned 2 All-American honors

USC

2-time NCAA Champion (2 runner-up appearances)
1 NCAA singles championship (Beth Herr), 1 doubles championship (Kaitlyn Christian & Sabrina Santamaria)
34 athletes have earned 73 All-American honors

WISCONSIN

8 NCAA appearances
1 ITA National Senior Player of the Year (Melissa Zimpfer)
3 ITA Regional Players to Watch
6 athletes have earned 9 All-American honors

Coaches

Pepperdine - Per Nilsson

7th season as Pepperdine head coach
122-26 (.824) record at Pepperdine
5-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
4-time WCC Coach of the Year
WCC champions every year at Pepperdine
3 top-10 finishes in ITA rankings
Coached Ashley Lahey to 2020 ITA National Senior Player of the Year award

Denver - Christian Bass

8th season as Denver head coach
117-43 (.731) career record
Perfect record in Summit League play (25-0)
2-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
4-time Summit League Coach of the Year
Has coached 4 Summit League Players of the Year
Coached 31 All-Summit League selections

USC - Alison Swain

4th season as USC head coach
40-24 (.625) record at USC
Coached Williams (DIII) to 8 national championships and a 224-28 (.889) record
Her 6 DIII national championships is tied for the most consecutive at any level
2013 DIII ITA National Coach of the Year
Coached Angela Kulikov and Rianna Valdes to semifinals of NCAA doubles tournament

Wisconsin - Kelcy McKenna

5th season as Wisconsin head coach
54-45 (.545) career record
2014 ITA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year
In 2019, lead Wisconsin to its first NCAA tournament since 2005
2019 team has the most wins for the program since 1997
Coached Lexi Keberle to earning first-team All Big Ten honors as a freshman, the first Wisconsin freshman to do so since 1996

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