MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine women's tennis program has claimed a coveted top-8 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the Waves will welcome USC, San Diego State and Denver to Malibu this weekend for the first and second rounds.
 
Should the eighth-seeded Waves advance through this weekend, they would host a Super Regional on Friday, May 13 against the winner of the Miami (Fla.) regional.
 
Play will begin Friday, with the USC/San Diego State match starting at 10:00 a.m. First serve for Pepperdine's match against Denver is at 1:00 p.m. The winners will meet Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
 
On Saturday, Pepperdine won its eighth consecutive West Coast Conference Tournament title and will be making its 37^th trip to the national tournament. Last season, Pepperdine advanced to the NCAA national championship match before falling to Texas, 4-3.
 
This is the 10th time overall and the sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament that Pepperdine has hosted the early rounds.
 
Visit PepperdineWaves.com this week for more information regarding ticketing procedures. A full preview of the weekend will be released on Wednesday.
 
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