MALIBU, Calif. — The University of San Francisco women's tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to No 5 Pepperdine Saturday in a West Coast Conference match at the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center.
 
Chiho Mushika earned the Dons' (6-4, 0-1 WCC) lone point in the match, earning a retirement victory at No. 4 singles over Pepperdine's Nikki Redelijk. The Waves earned swept the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3, then clinched the match victory with singles victories at No. 2, 6 and 1. Jessica Failla, the No. 4-ranked singles player in the country, downed USF's Maria Martinez Vaquero at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-2.
 
San Francisco next hosts Saint Mary's and Pacific on Thursday and Saturday, respectively, in WCC matches at the Olympic Club.
 
#5 Pepperdine 6, San Francisco 1
Malibu, Calif. – Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center
March 27, 2021
 
Singles
1. #4 Jessica Failla (PEP) def. Maria Martinez Vaquero (USF), 6-0, 6-2
2. Shiori Fukuda (PEP) def. Mya Bui (USF), 6-0, 6-0
3. #94 Taisiya Pachkaleva (PEP) def. Rita Colyer (USF), 6-1, 6-1
4. Chiho Mushika (USF) def. Nikki Redelijk (PEP), 2-5, retired
5. Lisa Zaar (PEP) def. Arianna Capogrosso (USF), 6-1, 6-0
6. Astrid Olsen (PEP) def. Azaria Hayes (USF) 6-1, 6-1
 
Order of finish: 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5
 
Doubles
1. Failla /Fukuda (PEP) def. Bui/Mushika (USF) 6-1
2. Pachkaleva/Zaar (PEP) vs. Capogrosso/Colyer (USF) 4-3, unfinished
3. Olsen, Astrid/Redelijk, Nikki (PEP) def. Hayes/Martinez Vaquero (USF) 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles 1, 3