MALIBU, Calif. - The No. 5 Pepperdine Waves won 6-1 over the Gaels on Saturday afternoon, but the dual match still had a major highlight for SMC as No. 49 Mariia Kozyreva took down No. 9 Shiori Fukuda at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

Kozyreva won 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) in taking the final set in the tiebreaker in the final match of the day to finish. Jocelyn Massey also had an epic, three-set battle against No. 82 Savannah Broadus coming up just short in a 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6) score.

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Match Results
#5 Pepperdine 6, Saint Mary's 1

Singles competition
1. #49 Kozyreva, Mariia (SMC) def. #9 Fukuda, Shiori (PEPP) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
2. #17 Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) def. Ronney, Julia (SMC) 6-0, 6-1
3. #79 Tjen, Janice (PEPP) def. Harris, Jordan (SMC) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
4. #36 Pachkaleva, Taisiya (PEPP) def. Hovda, Lene Mari (SMC) 6-1, 6-2
5. #82 Broadus, Savannah (PEPP) def. Massey, Jocelyn (SMC) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
6. #98 Redelijk, Nikki (PEPP) def. Tevez, Gabriela (SMC) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #17 Flores, Victoria/Zaar, Lisa (PEPP) vs. #36 Harris, Jordan/Kozyreva, Mariia (SMC) 2-5, unfinished
2. Broadus, Savannah/Fukuda, Shiori (PEPP) def. Massey, Jocelyn/Ronney, Julia (SMC) 6-2
3. Pachkaleva, Taisiya/Tjen, Janice (PEPP) def. Hovda, Lene Mari/Rook, Olivia (SMC) 6-0

Match Notes:
Saint Mary's 7-8, 2-3 WCC
Pepperdine 14-4, 4-0 WCC; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,2,6,5,3,1)