AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 12 Auburn women’s tennis team lost a tough fight to No. 6 Pepperdine in the opening round of the ITA Team National Indoor Championships in Madison, Wis.
In doubles, the Tigers fought until the final set. Pepperdine took the first match with a 6-3 win by Adrijana Lekaj and Laure Gulbe over Auburn’s Georgie Axon and Alannah Griffin. Auburn proceeded to strike back with a 6-3 victory of their own by Taylor Russo and Madeline Meredith over Pepperdine’s Evgeniya Levashova and Dzina Milovanovic.