Pepperdine Shuts Out Michigan State at Blue Gray National Tennis Classic

Waves play Marshall on Sunday to wrap action in Montgomery, Ala.

Ale Granillo

March 16, 2013

Complete Results

MALIBU, Calif. - After coming close time and time again, the Pepperdine women's tennis team finally broke through today and defeated Michigan State 4-0 to put its first tally in the win column in 2013. The Waves won the doubles point before delivering a dominant performance in singles.

Pepperdine (1-9) got on the board right away, winning two of the three doubles matches to claim the early advantage. Khunpak Issara (Bangkok, Thailand/Bangkok Patana School) and Lorraine Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS) won their fourth straight, topping Marina Bohrer and Catherine Parenteau 8-4.

Ale Granillo (Pachuca, Mexico/Instituto Hidalgo) and Michaela Capannolo (Hawthorn, Australia/Genazzano FCJ College) also won in doubles, downing Nicole Herzog and Michaela Silesova by a score of 8-3.

The momentum carried over in singles, and the Waves won the first set in five of the six matches.

Granillo nearly shut out Olga Chernova, allowing just one game in a straight-set decision.

With her sixth singles win in a row, Issara put a point on the board for Pepperdine with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph versus Parenteau.

Freshman Capannolo defeated Emily Meyers 6-1, 7-5.

With the dual decided, play was suspended on the remaining courts.

Guillermo and Megan Moore (Portland, Ore./Jesuit HS) were both well on their way to victory, having both won their first sets.

The loss drops the Spartans to 10-5 on the season.

Pepperdine concludes action at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic tomorrow, March 17 with a dual against Marshall.

Michigan State vs Pepperdine
Mar 16, 2013 at Montgomery, Ala.
(Lagoon Park Tennis Center)

Pepperdine 4, Michigan State 0
Singles
1. #54 Lorraine Guillermo (PEP) vs. Marina Bohrer (MSU) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
2. #56 Khunpak Issara (PEP) def. Catherine Parenteau (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. #110 Ale Granillo (PEP) def. Olga Chernova (MSU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Michaela Capannolo (PEP) def. Emily Meyers (MSU) 6-1, 7-5
5. Megan Moore (PEP) vs. Nicole Herzog (MSU) 7-6, 0-1, unfinished
6. Danielle Feneridis (PEP) vs. Michaela Silesova (MSU) 5-7, 1-3, unfinished

Doubles
1. #13 Khunpak Issara/Lorraine Guillermo (PEP) def. Marina Bohrer/Catherine Parenteau (MSU) 8-4
2. Michaela Capannolo/Ale Granillo (PEP) def. Nicole Herzog/Michaela Silesova (MSU) 8-3
3. Emily Meyers/Julianne Gruber (MSU) def. Tara Panu/Abigail Phillips (PEP) 8-2

Match Notes:
Michigan State 10-5
Pepperdine 1-9
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic

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