Lulu Sun delivered No. 2 Texas its third championship in program history, defeating Pepperdine’s Taisiya Pachkaleva in the deciding match at No. 3 singles. Sun won her matchup 6-2, 7-6, 7-5. She had a chance to serve for the match up 5-3 after a service break in the eighth game before Pachkaleva broke back and tied the set at five games apiece. But Sun’s serve put her back in front again and broke Pachkaleva’s serve a second time to win it, clinching the match with a cross-court backhand winner that was returned into the net.
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Texas won the doubles point and No. 4 singles for an early 2-0 lead before Pepperdine pulled level with wins on courts two and five. The Longhorns and Waves split singles wins at No. 1 and No. 6 just as Pachkaleva forced a third set, setting the stage for a winner-take-all moment.
Here are the final scores (in order) of all singles matches:
No. 4 singles: Texas’ Charlotte Chavatipon def. Pepperdine’s Shiori Fukuda 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 singles: Pepperdine’s Jessica Failla def. Texas’ Anna Turati 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 singles: Pepperdine’s Lisa Zaar def. Texas’ Kylie Collins 6-3, 7-6
No. 1 singles: Texas’ Peyton Stearns def….
