USC
Pepperdine
Women of Troy Victory Sends Waves Crashing
February 27, 2002 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 27, 2002
MALIBU, Calif. -- Crosstown rival and 15th-ranked USC defeated host Pepperdine by a final score of 6-1 in a dual match played Wednesday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu. With the win, the Women of Troy improve to 6-4 this season.
The Trojans won all three doubles matches to start the afternoon. The most decisive victory came at the No. 3 spot as Bernadette Bayani and Melissa Esmero defeated Pepperdine's Anna Andersson and Monika Horvath by an 8-1 score.
USC then captured five of the six singles matches in straight sets to claim the victory. Pepperdine's lone win was at No. 5 singles, as Horvath defeated Tiffany Brymer by scores of 6-4, 6-3.
The Waves take a week-long break before returning to action next Wednesday (March 6) afternoon with a 1:30 p.m. home match against Georgia Tech.
#15 USC 6, #30 Pepperdine 1
Singles
(1) #10 Jewel Peterson (USC) def. Charlotte Vernaz (Pepp) - 6-0, 7-5
(2) #47 Luana Magnani (USC) def. #125 Alexsandra Kujawska (Pepp) - 6-4, 6-3
(3) Maureen Diaz (USC) def. Karin Schlapbach (Pepp) - 6-0, 6-4
(4) Anita Loyola (USC) def. Anna Andersson (Pepp) - 6-3, 6-2
(5) Monika Horvath (Pepp) def. Tiffany Brymer (USC) - 6-4, 6-3
(6) Bernadette Bayani (USC) def. Veronika Koksova (Pepp) - 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
(1) #12 Brymer/Peterson (USC) def. Kujawska/Schlapbach (Pepp) - 8-3
(2) #26 Loyola/Magnani (USC) def. Koksova/Vernaz (Pepp) - 8-6
(3) Bayani/Melissa Esmero (USC) def. Andersson/Horvath (Pepp) - 8-1
