OJAI, Calif. – The #8 Pepperdine women's tennis program advanced to yet another West Coast Conference Tournament championship match after shutting out San Francisco 4-0 on Friday morning at the Weil Tennis Academy.
Since the current tournament format was instituted in 1995, the Waves (19-6) have yet to miss a championship match.
Pepperdine wasted no time setting the tone in doubles, as the Waves only dropped three games total to the Dons (12-11). Court three's pair of Shiori Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan) and Taisiya Pachkaleva (Moscow, Russia) won 6-1 to begin the morning. Shortly after, the 34th-ranked duo of Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) also were 6-1 victors, clinching the doubles point for the Waves. Court one, where Pepperdine held a commanding lead and was on the verge of a clinch, was abandoned.
In singles, Pepperdine won all six first sets, but before all were completed, two matches were already wrapped up as #97 Broadus was a 6-0, 6-0 winner on court five over Mya Bui and court three also went to the Waves thanks to a 6-0, 6-1 win by #39 Pachkaleva over Caragh Courtney. With one more win needed for a match victory, #91 Tjen cruised to a triumph on court two, defeating Chiho Mushika 6-3, 6-1 to send Pepperdine to Saturday afternoon's WCC Championship.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#44 Flores/Zaar vs. Colyer/Martinez Vaquero 5-1 unfinished
#34 Broadus/Tjen def. Bui/Mushika 6-1
Fukuda/Pachkaleva def. Courtney/Hayes 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
#16 Fukuda vs. Martinez Vaquero 7-6 (4), unfinished
#91 Tjen def. Mushika 6-3, 6-1
#39 Pachkaleva def. Courtney 6-0, 6-1
#27 Zaar vs. Colyer 6-1, 3-2 unfinished
#97 Broadus def. Bui 6-0, 6-0
#57 Flores vs. Gamracy 6-3, 1-1 unfinished
Order of finish: 5, 3, 2*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will meet the winner of Loyola Marymount and San Diego in the WCC Championship match tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The winner will receive the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
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