PORTLAND, Ore. – Sema Pankin earned a win over the 80th ranked player in the nation, but the No. 31 Pepperdine Waves took down the Portland Pilots 5-2. The win drops the Pilots to 8-6 on the season and 2-4 in conference play.
"Today I think Pepperdine really just raised their level when they needed to," Portland coach Aaron Gross said. "I feel like we played a heck of a lot better than we did last weekend."
The Pilots pushed the Waves in the doubles matches, but Pepperdine took the point. Portland took early leads in all three matches, but Pepperdine was able to come back in the No.