Pepperdine University
Gonzaga (WCC Final)
No. 11 Waves Win Fifth-Straight WCC Championship Crown
4/29/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
RESULTS
CLAREMONT, Calif.: The 11th-ranked Pepperdine women's tennis squad collected its fifth-consecutive West Coast Conference Championship title on Saturday afternoon at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. The top-seeded Waves won doubles and the clinched the victory with singles wins on courts three, four and six to down 2nd-seeded Gonzaga with a 4-0 sweep.
The Waves have won 27 of the last 30-tournament titles and now hold a 61-3 all-time record in WCC tournament play since the dual-format was established in 1995. This season, Pepperdine has posted an untarnished 11-0 record against WCC competition, all of which have been won with uncontested sweeps.
The win is the Waves 16th-consecutive, while the team has also swept 12 of the last 14 opponents in that time as well. Pepperdine heads into the selection show on May 2 at 2:30 p.m. with a 21-4 overall record.
The championship bout began with doubles and the Waves No. 1-pair, 7th-ranked Mayar Sherif and Christine Maddox, opened action with a 6-1 dominating win over Nevada Apollo and Domonique Garley. Pepperdine's No. 3-pair, Ashley Lahey and Dzina Milovanovic then clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory over Alex Bourgiugnon and Kate Ketels to pull ahead 1-0 heading into singles play.
Singles competition held similar fashion, with the Waves collecting first-set wins on five-of-six courts, with the exception being a 6-7 (9) battle for a lost first-set on court one.
Milovanovic would be the first to finish in the No. 6 position, collecting a 6-0, 6-3 win over Garley to extend the Waves' advantage.
At the No. 4 position, 86th-ranked Laura Gulbe then put the Waves in a position to clinch with a pair of 6-1 sets over Bourgiugnon for the 3-0 Waves' lead.
The Waves would clinch on court three as 36th-ranked Sherif bested her opponent Graciela Rosas with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. It was Sherif's second clinch of the tournament for the team.
Pepperdine tabbed three to WCC All-Tournament Team in singles and one doubles recognition. Sherif earned both singles and doubles recognition alongside doubles partner Maddox. Gulbe and Milovanovic also earned singles acclaim.
The NCAA selection show will air 2:30 p.m. (PT) on Tuesday, May 2. Follow WavesTennis on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more.
2017 WCC Women's Tennis All-Tournament Team
#1 Doubles - Mayar Sherif and Christine Maddox, Pepperdine
#2 Doubles - Sohpie Whittle and Graciela Rosas, Gonzaga
#3 Doubles - Sophia Chow and Maria Paula Torres, San Diego
#1 Singles - Nevada Apollo, Gonzaga
#2 Singles - Sophie Whittle, Gonzaga
#3 Singles - Mayar Sherif, Pepperdine
#4 Singles - Laura Gulbe, Pepperdine
#5 Singles - Taylah Backman, BYU
#6 Singles - Dzina Milovanovic, Pepperdine
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