Zaar Advances At NCAA Singles Championship

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Pepperdine women's tennis program will have one singles player in the round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship, as #27 Lisa Zaar was victorious in her opening-round match on Monday afternoon at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.

Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden), an All-WCC first-team performer, took down UCLA's #25 Abigail Forbes 6-3, 6-3 in one of the more highly anticipated first-round matches of the day.

#15 Shiori Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan) fell 6-4, 6-1 to VCU's Paola Diaz-Delgado to end her Pepperdine career. As a top-16 seed, Fukuda has already earned All-American status.

Zaar looks to become the second All-American Wave this season when she battles #6 Sarah Hamner from South Carolina on Tuesday. At the ITA All-American Championships in October, Hamner defeated Zaar in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen, ranked 42^nd by the ITA, begin their run at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Tuesday against Florida State's Anna Arkadianou and Petra Hule.

RESULTS

SINGLES

Round of 64
#96 Diaz-Delgado (VCU) def. #15 Shiori Fukuda 6-4, 6-1
#27 Lisa Zaar def. #25 Forbes (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Savannah Broadus

Shiori Fukuda

Janice Tjen

Lisa Zaar

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