SAN DIEGO, Calif. \u2014 Pepperdine women’s tennis wrapped up play at the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego, co-hosted between San Diego State and the University of San Diego.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three Waves advanced into the singles quarterfinals, with Alexia Harmon<\/a> falling one set short of a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship, falling in three sets in the semifinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Harmon and \u017diva Falkner<\/a> also advanced to the doubles quarterfinals with a pair of victories, while Falkner and Chantal Sauvant<\/a> each earned three singles victories in the tournament.<\/p>\n Harmon began her run on Friday with a three-set win over Long Beach’s Pamela Badillo Hernandez in the round of 64, battling back after dropping the first set to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. She got it done in two sets later in the day, with a round of 32 win over UCSB’s Raphaelle Leroux. Harmon took care of business the next two days with consecutive wins in two sets over USC’s Lily Fairclough and San Diego’s Emily Deming, reaching the semifinals. After dropping the first set against UCLA’s Ahmani Guichard, Harmon forced a third set with a tiebreak win in set two. Guichard was able to claim the third set 6-3, earning the bid to the NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n Falkner began her singles run with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over UC Irvine’s Montana Parkinson-Lubold in the round of 64. She then claimed a three-set win over Cal Poly’s Jessica MacCallum, dropping the first set in a tiebreak before claiming set wins of 6-3 and 7-5. Falkner then advances in a walkover in the round of 16 before falling in three sets in the quarterfinals to Arizona State’s Sara Svetac.<\/p>\n Sauvant earned the first of her three singles wins in the tournament with a 6-0, 6-4 win against Hawaii’s Grete Gull, returning later in the day to post another comfortable 6-3, 6-1 victory against UCSB’s Shachf Lieberman. She then advanced into the quarterfinals with a three-set win over USC’s Daniela Borruel, staging a comeback after dropping the first set in a tiebreak. Sauvant eventually fell in a third set tiebreak against Guichard in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n In doubles, Falkner and Harmon cruised to an 8-2 win in the round of 32 against San Diego State. The Pepperdine duo then posted a 8-6 victory against a conference tandem from LMU. The Waves matched up with UCLA in the quarterfinals, dropping the match 7-8 as the Bruins won in a tiebreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sauvant and Anastasiia Grechkina<\/a> fell in a doubles tiebreak in the round of 32, as Grechkina was defeated in three sets in the singles round of 64.<\/p>\n Pepperdine’s full results for the tournament can be found below.<\/p>\n SINGLES DOUBLES
\nRound of 64
\nNo. 20 \u017diva Falkner<\/a> (PEPP) def. Montana Parkinson-Lubold (UCI): 6-1, 6-3
\nCiara Moore (ZONA) def. No. 16 Anastasiia Grechkina<\/a> (PEPP): 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
\nAlexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Pamela Badillo Hernandez (LBSU): 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
\nNo. 70 Chantal Sauvant<\/a> (PEPP) def. Grete Gull (HAW): 6-0, 6-4
\nRound of 32
\nNo. 20 \u017diva Falkner<\/a> (PEPP) def. Jessica MacCallum (POLY): 6-7, 6-3, 7-5
\nAlexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB): 6-3, 6-3
\nNo. 70 Chantal Sauvant<\/a> (PEPP) def. Shachf Lieberman (UCSB): 6-3, 6-1
\nRound of 16
\nNo. 20 \u017diva Falkner<\/a> (PEPP) def. Nanami Goto (ASU): Walkover
\nAlexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Lily Fairclough (USC): 6-4, 6-4
\nNo. 70 Chantal Sauvant<\/a> (PEPP) def. Daniela Borruel (USC): 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
\nQuarterfinals
\nAlexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Emily Deming (USD): 7-6, 7-5
\nSara Svetac (ASU) def. No. 20 \u017diva Falkner<\/a> (PEPP): 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
\nAhmani Guichard (UCLA) def. No. 70 Chantal Sauvant<\/a> (PEPP): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
\nSemifinals
\nAhmani Guichard (UCLA): def. Alexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP): 6-3, 6-7, 6-3<\/p>\n
\nRound of 32
\n\u017diva Falkner<\/a>\/Alexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Vesa Gjinaj\/Teja Tirunelveli (SDSU): 8-2
\nMartina Markov\/Emilie Lugon (CSUF) def. No. 31 Anastasiia Grechkina<\/a>\/Chantal Sauvant<\/a> (PEPP): 8-7
\nRound of 16
\n\u017diva Falkner<\/a>\/Alexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP) def. Yelyzaveta Chainykova\/Ada Piestrzynska (LMU): 8-6
\nQuarterfinals
\nPolina Marakhtanova\/Koronayashe Rugara (UCLA) def. \u017diva Falkner<\/a>\/Alexia Harmon<\/a> (PEPP): 8-7<\/p>\n