LOS ANGELES- The No. 21 ranked Loyola Marymount University women's tennis team took a tough loss to the No. 5 ranked Pepperdine Waves in their first West Coast Conference match of the season.
 
#21 LMU Women's Tennis 0, #5 Pepperdine Women's Tennis 4
 
Doubles Results
1. Isabella Tcherkes-Zade/Wiktoria Rutkowska (LMUW) losses to Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 6-2.
2. Veronika Miroshnichenko/Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik (LMUW) vs. Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen (PEPP) 4-5, UF
3. Eva Marie Voracek/Ulyana Shirokova (LMUW) losses to Anastasia Iamachkine/Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEPP) 6-4

 
Singles Results
1. Veronika Miroshnichenko (LMUW) vs. Shiori Fukuda (PEPP) 4-6, 6-4, 2-1, UF
2. Eva Marie Voracek (LMUW) losses to Lisa Zaar (PEPP) 6-2, 6-3
3. Wiktoria Rutkowska (LMUW) losses to Janice Tjen (PEPP) 6-1, 6-1
4. Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik (LMUW) vs. Savannah Broadus (PEPP) 2-6, 7-5, UF
5. Isabella Tcherkes-Zade (LMUW) vs. Victoria Flores (PEPP) 7-6, 6-1, 1-2, UF
6. Ulyana Shirokova (LMUW) losses to Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) 7-6, 6-2
 
 
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 9-2, 0-1 WCC; National ranking #21
Pepperdine 12-3, 2-0 WCC; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,2,6)

Up next: The Lions will return home for a match with the Utah Utes on Sunday, March 27 at LMU Tennis Center. The matchup is set to start at 11:00 a.m. PST