MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine women's tennis team will start the 2023 dual season ranked #10 in the country as the ITA preseason Top 25 coaches' poll was released on Wednesday morning.
 
This is the seventh season in a row that the Waves have been ranked in the top 10 prior to the start of the dual season. Last spring, Pepperdine occupied the #2 spot before finishing as a national quarterfinalist for the third consecutive full season.
 
In the most recent edition of the ITA player rankings, Pepperdine saw two players represented in singles: junior Janice Tjen (#12) and sophomore Savannah Broadus (#21). In doubles, the pair of Broadus and Tjen was ranked fourth following its ITA National Fall Championship doubles title.
 
The Waves begin the season on Sunday, January 22 with a road match against #12 California at 1:00 p.m. Pepperdine will host the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on January 28-29, welcoming Columbia, Clemson and Memphis to Malibu, with the winner of the four-team tournament advancing to the ITA DI National Women's Team Indoor Championship in Seattle, Washington, from February 10-13.