CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen of the Pepperdine women's tennis program continued their dominance at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Thursday afternoon, advancing to the semifinals at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.
 
The two Waves become the first Pepperdine representatives in the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship since 2000, and just the third in program history.
 
#42 Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) won their third consecutive ranked matchup in Champaign, defeating 36^th-ranked Kylie Bilchev and Ava Hraster from Georgia Tech, 6-1, 6-1.
 
Against three top-40 opponents at the doubles championship, including two pairs in the top-16, Broadus and Tjen have dropped just 10 games in total.
 
The pair will face the top-ranked doubles team in the country of Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller from NC State on Friday at a time to be determined. With a win, Broadus and Tjen would become the first Waves to advance to the finals of the NCAA Doubles Championship.
 
At the NCAA Singles Championship, #27 Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) finished her historic run in the quarterfinals, falling to #55 Fiona Crawley from North Carolina 6-3, 6-1.
 
Zaar wrapped up a season where she went 38-11, including 18-5 in dual matches. Her 38 overall wins place her fourth on Pepperdine's single-season wins list.
 
RESULTS
 
SINGLES
 
Quarterfinal
#55 Crawley (North Carolina) def. #27 Lisa Zaar 6-3, 6-1
 
DOUBLES
 
Quarterfinal
#42 Broadus/Tjen def. #36 Bilchev/Hraster (Georgia Tech) 6-1, 6-1