Friday, February 24
Gainesville, Fla.
2:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
at
Florida
Photo by: Morgan Davenport
#25 Pepperdine Heads to Florida for Two Matches
2/22/2023 11:37:00 AM | Women's Tennis
MALIBU, California – Following a nearly two-week hiatus, the #25 Pepperdine women's tennis program heads to the Eastern Time Zone for a pair of ranked, road matches in the Sunshine State.
Â
MATCH 6: #25 Pepperdine (3-2) at #15 Florida (4-1) | Friday, February 24 | 2 p.m. PT | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex | Gainesville, Fla.
Â
MATCH 7: #25 Pepperdine (3-2) at #14 UCF (4-3) | Sunday, February 26 | 9 a.m. PT | USTA National Campus | Orlando, Fla.
Â
COVERAGE
Both schools will provide live video and stats for each match. Links for both matches can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
Â
SERIES HISTORY
Pepperdine has not defeated Florida, though the teams have only met twice since 1998. The only meeting between the teams in Gainesville came in 1989.
Â
This will be the first all-time meeting between Pepperdine and UCF.
Â
SCOUTING THE WAVES
Pepperdine last competed a week and a half ago at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, going 1-2 with a top-10 win over #7 Virginia. #16 Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) won all three of her singles matches against top-15 teams en route to being named the West Coast Conference singles player of the week. She leads the Waves with a 4-0 dual singles record, while Anna Campana (Hillsborough, Calif.) is 3-1. Following ITA Indoors, Broadus and Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia), the top-ranked doubles team in the country, were named the WCC doubles team of the week. Tjen checks in at #29 in the ITA singles rankings. Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) is ranked #35 in singles, while she and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand) are ranked #27 in doubles.
Â
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Florida has won four of five matches to begin the season, defeating South Florida, Arizona, Baylor and Florida State. Their only defeat was to then-#4 Texas A&M over ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Three Gators are 4-0 in singles play this spring: #83 Sara Dahlstrom, Emily de Oliveira and Rachel Gailis. Two other players are ranked by the ITA in singles: #61 Carly Briggs and #106 Anastasia Sysoeva.
Â
Central Florida is 4-3 to begin the spring, though all three losses are to top-25 teams on the road. Wins for UCF have come against Stetson, Arizona State, LSU and Florida International. Last weekend, the Knights went to Vanderbilt and Tennessee losing 4-1 and 4-3, respectively. Marie Mattel is ranked #31 by the ITA in singles, while Nandini Sharms is 125th.
Â
FOLLOW: Follow @WavesTennis on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to pepperdinewaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
Â
MATCH 6: #25 Pepperdine (3-2) at #15 Florida (4-1) | Friday, February 24 | 2 p.m. PT | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex | Gainesville, Fla.
Â
MATCH 7: #25 Pepperdine (3-2) at #14 UCF (4-3) | Sunday, February 26 | 9 a.m. PT | USTA National Campus | Orlando, Fla.
Â
COVERAGE
Both schools will provide live video and stats for each match. Links for both matches can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
Â
SERIES HISTORY
Pepperdine has not defeated Florida, though the teams have only met twice since 1998. The only meeting between the teams in Gainesville came in 1989.
Â
This will be the first all-time meeting between Pepperdine and UCF.
Â
SCOUTING THE WAVES
Pepperdine last competed a week and a half ago at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, going 1-2 with a top-10 win over #7 Virginia. #16 Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) won all three of her singles matches against top-15 teams en route to being named the West Coast Conference singles player of the week. She leads the Waves with a 4-0 dual singles record, while Anna Campana (Hillsborough, Calif.) is 3-1. Following ITA Indoors, Broadus and Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia), the top-ranked doubles team in the country, were named the WCC doubles team of the week. Tjen checks in at #29 in the ITA singles rankings. Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) is ranked #35 in singles, while she and Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand) are ranked #27 in doubles.
Â
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Florida has won four of five matches to begin the season, defeating South Florida, Arizona, Baylor and Florida State. Their only defeat was to then-#4 Texas A&M over ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Three Gators are 4-0 in singles play this spring: #83 Sara Dahlstrom, Emily de Oliveira and Rachel Gailis. Two other players are ranked by the ITA in singles: #61 Carly Briggs and #106 Anastasia Sysoeva.
Â
Central Florida is 4-3 to begin the spring, though all three losses are to top-25 teams on the road. Wins for UCF have come against Stetson, Arizona State, LSU and Florida International. Last weekend, the Knights went to Vanderbilt and Tennessee losing 4-1 and 4-3, respectively. Marie Mattel is ranked #31 by the ITA in singles, while Nandini Sharms is 125th.
Â
FOLLOW: Follow @WavesTennis on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to pepperdinewaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
